Articles by Ella Morton

Beef stew from 1983, anyone?

People were judged alongside livestock at state fairs.

How could the world be spinning? Wouldn't we fall off?

Junji Koyama makes musical instruments out of vegetables.

Groceries are now more grand.

The answer is as simple as sunshine.

You get the lights, I'll flip the switch for the Victorian teleport.

From 1908 to 1924, Lewis Hine collected visual evidence of the nation's youngest workers.

A section of D.C.'s Congressional Cemetery has become a gathering place for honoring LGBT activists.

The in-jokes from the class of 1916 don't all hold up.

After a heyday in the '50s and '60s, Polari all but vanished.

Perhaps thanks to costume dramas, the modesty-minded side saddle has come back into style.

This fascinating electoral map from 1840 documents a chaotic time in American politics.

Morse code messages and bowler hat cameras were the Twitter and cellphones of the Edwardian police chase.

In 1861, imagery on American banknotes included railroads, Greek goddesses, and slavery.