Buster Brown Shoes and Mary Janes
“I’m Buster Brown, and I live in a shoe. That’s my dog, Tige, and he lives there, too,” went the jingle for Buster Brown shoes. The Brown Shoe Company began […]
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Entrepreneurs & Inventors
The Wheelchair: Who Thought Of It?
Wheelchairs today offer a very high level of independence and mobility to people who cannot walk because of injury or disability. When and how did they come about? While not
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Lionel Barrymore: Actor Opened Door for People with Disabilities
Lionel Barrymore had a long and successful acting career. From the silent era through the early 1950s, he primarily played character roles in films. Barrymore also directed films and composed
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Baseball Catcher’s Mask: How It Was Invented
The baseball catcher’s mask is a fundamental piece of equipment in the game. The catcher is positioned behind home plate and is needed there, but it is a dangerous position
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Mar-a-Lago: The Winter White House
Mar-a-Lago, now owned by presidential candidate Donald Trump, was built by Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887-1973) in the 1920s.
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Grace Wisher, Young Black Girl Helped Sew Star Spangled Banner
Grace Wisher, age 13, was an indentured servant in the home of flagmaker Mary Pickersgill of Baltimore. She worked alongside Pickersgill’s group of women who sewed the over-sized flag we
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