Buick automobile; Automobiles -- History; Nineteen tens; Transportation -- History
In 1911, you could buy a Buick Model 14 "Bug" with wooden body for $550.00. This included the rubber top, oil lamps, gas headlights, horn and repair outfit. To know when you reached your top cruising speed of 30 miles per hour, you needed...
Toys; Airplanes; Airlines -- United States; Aircraft industry
Can you imagine flying in an airplane with the windows open? This Tri-motor airplane is a toy copy of the late 1920s Ford Tri-motor airplane. At the time, it was the most popular passenger airplane. Flying lower than airplanes do today, the planes...
Indianapolis Speedway Race; Board games; Games; Automobile Racing; Automobile Racing -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
Can you hear the roar of the engines? Can you feel the wind the cars whip around the curve just in front of your eyes? Cars have been racing in the Indianapolis 500 since 1911. With games like this 1930s Speedway Motor Race board game, players...
The wolverine lives in the Western USA, Scandinavia, Alaska, Canada, and Siberia. It is a heavily built animal, very strong, and able to kill animals much larger than itself. They are ground dwelling and mainly solitary animals. Wolverines have...
Dresses; Clothing and dress; Jordan; Jordan--Social life and customs
Jordan is a country in the Near East, east of Israel. In the last few decades dolls have been made in the refugee camps on the banks of the river Jordan. The YWCA has centers there offering training (for example in doll making) to Palestinian Arab...
Incas; Incas--Social life and customs; Implements, utensils, etc.
In the 12th Century, the Inca civilization began its empire near Cuzco, Peru. By 1500 Incan territory extended over 2,000 miles, including Argentina. Ceramics, along with weaving and metalwork, was held in high regard by the Incas.
Tortoises; Kenya; Kenya--Social life and customs; Soapstone; Soapstone art objects; Sculpture
The stone from which this sculpture is made, called kisii stone (or Kenyan soapstone), is found only in the Tabaka Hills in Western Kenya. It occurs in a variety of colors, ranging from black to white and even pink. Stones are quarried then...
Incas; Incas--Social life and customs; Implements, utensils, etc.; Hair --Removal; Hair--Social aspects
In the 12th Century, the Inca civilization began its empire near Cuzco, Peru. By 1500 Incan territory extended over 2,000 miles. Metalwork, along with weaving and ceramics, was held in high regard by the Incas. Metalwork consisted of copper and...
Incas; Incas--Social life and customs; Implements, utensils, etc.
In the 12th Century, the Inca civilization began its empire near Cuzco, Peru. By 1500 Incan territory extended over 2,000 miles, including Argentina. Ceramics, along with weaving and metalwork, was held in high regard by the Incas. This vessel has...
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Indianapolis, Ind.); Indianapolis Speedway Race; Sports journalism--United States
For many years, the Indianapolis 500 radio network broadcast booth and the timing and scoring crews were housed in a Japanese-style Pagoda. Newspaper reporters needed a special badge to enter the Pagoda. From the Pagoda, reporters watched the race...
