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On folkways and creative industry.
Circus Sideshow, by Georges Seurat, 1887–88.

Unforgettable

W.E.B. Du Bois on the beauty of sorrow songs.
via Lapham’s Quarterly on January 1, 1903
Map of Europe with title "Franklina C. Gray: The Grand Tour"

Franklina C. Gray: The Grand Tour

In the late 19th Century, tourism to Europe boomed because wealthy Americans could travel more quickly and safely than ever before on railroads and steamships.
via Camron Stanford House
A map of the United States divided into regions.

A Balkanized Federation

Without a shared civic narrative – the pursuit of liberal democratic self-government – the rival regional cultures of the United States agree on very little.
via Nationhood Lab
Close up image of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Who Invented the Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich?

The story behind America's iconic childhood meal.
via National Peanut Board
Sheet music cover for "I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier," 1915.

"I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier"

The sound of antiwar protest in 1915.
via Voices & Visions
A peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwich.

The Disappearance of the Peanut Butter and Mayonnaise Sandwich

In the South, the pairing was once as popular as PB&J.
by Rachel Rummel via Atlas Obscura
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