While now a relatively obscure name, Gruen was once among a club of notable American watch makers. The company’s history goes back to making pocket watches in late 1800s under the name Columbus Watch ...

Benjamin Samuel Katz, who had been a newsboy and messenger boybefore he became a photographer, went into Dinhofer Brothers, Manhattan jewelry wholesaler, one day in 1917 to buy a ring for his fiancee, ...

This site handled (or was contaminated by) uranium, according to government records. The Department of Energy initially considered cleaning up this site under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial ...

Even as gentlemen of the early 20th century embraced the automobile as the ultimate status symbol, a new and unusual problem emerged on the world's tragically unpaved roads. Speeding in haste, ...

A Look at Babe Ruth's 1923 Yankees World Series Gruen Pocket Watch: When the New York Yankees won their first ever World Series in 1923 thanks to some excellent play ...