As we continue “The Forgotten Seconds” series — exploring the lives of U.S. vice presidents who never became president — we arrive at a man whose political career spanned decades and...
Author - Will Moneymaker
William A. Wheeler: The Honest Man in a Compromised Age
As we continue our series Forgotten Seconds, which explores the lives of vice presidents who never reached the presidency, today we turn to William Almon Wheeler, who served as vice...
Henry Wilson: The Shoemaker Who Rose to the Vice Presidency
As we continue our “The Forgotten Seconds” series, tracing the lives of vice presidents who never became president, few offer a more profound story of transformation than Henry...
A Night at Churchill’s, Broadway and Forty-Ninth Street, New York | Postcards from the Past
A Window into Manhattan’s Golden Nights This postcard captures more than just a location. It holds a slice of New York City’s vibrant nightlife in the early 1900s, frozen in time. Dozens of sharply...
The Gravedigger’s Path: Beneath the Surface
Of all the jobs people avoided, feared, or whispered about, the gravedigger stood near the top of the list. Working in quiet corners of churchyards, behind iron fences, or in the shadows of city...