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The Hidden History of Pneumatic Tubes https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/12/the-hidden-history-of-pneumatic-tubes/ 48 comments 4/1/2025 technology

The Negro National League Broke More Than One Barrier https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/02/the-negro-national-league-broke-more-than-one-barrier/ 8 comments 14/2/2020 baseball

Norman Rockwell’s “The Dugout” memorializes the 1948 Chicago Cubs, but maybe not quite the way they would have liked. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/04/rockwell-video-minute-the-chicago-cubs-in-the-dugout/ 12 comments 30/4/2019 baseball

In a 1931 profile, Babe Ruth describes growing up in an orphanage and his lucky early break. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2017/04/babe-ruths-beginnings/ 6 comments 2/2/2019 baseball

From luminaries like Stan the Man and Yogi Berra, to kids playing sandlot ball, The Saturday Evening Post knew no equal when it came to great baseball magazine covers https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/collections/baseball/ 5 comments 20/10/2018 baseball

D-Day: “Not until the Allied soldiers had firmly established a beachhead could Eisenhower be certain that his invasion force was not sailing into a trap, that the Germans hadn’t learned all the key details in May when the plans had sailed out an open window of the War Office in London.” http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2014/06/05/archives/post-perspective/d-day-the-centurys-best-kept-secret.html 9 comments 6/6/2014 history

Why Henry Ford Doubled Wages in 1914: “We increased the buying power of our own people, and they increased the buying power of other people, and so on and on. It is this thought of enlarging buying power by paying high wages and selling at low prices that is behind the prosperity of this country.” http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2014/01/03/archives/post-perspective/ford-doubles-minimum-wage.html 4 comments 9/1/2014 politics

The Mona Lisa Heist: How a Journalist and a Con Man concocted an elaborate story that was accepted as true for decades http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2013/12/07/archives/post-perspective/the-mona-lisa-heist.html 4 comments 18/12/2013 history

How the Early 1960s Looked to Americans (based on magazine ads and illustrations 1953-1963) http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2013/10/19/archives/post-perspective/how-the-early-1960s-looked-to-americans.html 33 comments 24/10/2013 history

The End of an Era: last commercial telegram sent on July 14th, 2013 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2013/07/13/archives/post-perspective/last-telegram.html 12 comments 15/7/2013 history

Thomas Jefferson coined more than 100 new words in the English language, including "belittle," "indecipherable," and "pedicure" http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2013/06/25/in-the-magazine/trends-and-opinions/presidents-words.html 61 comments 28/6/2013 history

The History of Our Two-Party System http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/03/27/in-the-magazine/features/time-party.html 4 comments 27/3/2012 history

Happy Birthday, Albert Einstein! http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2010/03/20/archives/then-and-now/imagination-important-knowledge.html 17 comments 14/3/2012 history

From 1964: The Original Scientology Exposé http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/02/08/archives/scientology-expose-new-yorker.html 3 comments 13/3/2012 history

1939 Field Guide to America's Hate Groups http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/03/10/archives/then-and-now/star-spangled-fascists.html 6 comments 12/3/2012 history

How the U.S. achieved 98% employment in 1918 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/03/03/archives/then-and-now/mandatory-work-laws-america-achieves-98-employment.html 7 comments 5/3/2012 history

The First GPS in 1909 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/02/04/archives/retrospective/gps-1909.html 23 comments 6/2/2012 history

The Modern Super Bowl http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/02/03/lifestyle/features/modern-super-bowl.html 3 comments 3/2/2012 sports

Thomas Edison on Piracy http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/01/28/archives/retrospective/pirates-patents-progress.html 5 comments 1/2/2012 history

A Real War Horse from the Korean War http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/01/14/archives/retrospective/marines-find-real-war-horse-1953.html 4 comments 16/1/2012 history

Happy Birthday, Mark Twain! http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/11/26/archives/retrospective/surprising-familiar-mark-twain.html 3 comments 30/11/2011 books

Offbeat Inventions http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2009/08/20/lifestyle/features/offbeat-inventions.html 5 comments 22/8/2009 technology