Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 9 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 1/16 in; 23.1775 cm x 13.97 cm x .15875 cm ...

Measurements: overall (folded): 17 in x 11 1/2 in x 1/16 in; 43.18 cm x 29.21 cm x .1016 cm ...

A truly "grass roots" sport, organized "go-karting" arose in the late 1950s. In the 1930s and late 1940s, various types of smaller open-wheeled race cars had been developed for certain classes of ...

This upright piano was made by John Isaac Hawkins in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1801. Hawkins patented an ingenious small upright piano with a folding keyboard, of which the Smithsonian’s is an ...

Charles Elmer Doolin, founder of the Frito Company, was an inventor with a restless mind. In 1932 he bought the recipe for Fritos (“little fried things”) for $100 from Gustavo Olguin, the owner of a ...