Frank, WernerWerner L. Frank was a pioneering figure and longtime contributor to the United States and international computer industry. After being exposed to the young field of digital computing in the U.S. Army and studying it in college, Frank went on to co-found Informatics, one of the path-breaking early producers of software products in the 1960s.
Franklin Court Interior, site of Benjamin Franklin’s Philadelphia residence and the “ghost house” recreation constructed in 1976 for the U.S. BicentennialInterior of Franklin Court , site of Benjamin Franklin’s Philadelphia residence and the “ghost house” recreation constructed in 1976 for…
Fred Hochberg, Lillian Vernon, and Bill Clinton, 2002Former U.S. President Bill Clinton attends Lillian Vernon's son Fred Hochberg's 50th birthday party in New York, February 2, 2002.
Frederick Muhlenberg house, built 1763, Trappe, PaFrederick Muhlenberg house, built 1763, Trappe, Pa. The mansard roof was added c. 1870; note the roofline of Muhlenberg’s 1½…
Free Library and Reading Room (left) and German Medical Dispensary (right) in New York CityThe Freie Bibliothek u. Lesehalle [Free Library and Reading Room] (left) and Deutsches Dispensary [German Medical Dispensary] (right) in New…
Front page of Christoph Sauer Jr.'s 1755 The Pennsylvania Town and Country-man's Almanack [sic.]Front page of Christoph Sauer Jr.'s 1755 The Pennsylvania Town and Country-man's Almanack [sic.]
Frontispiece from Christoph Sauer’s 1747 "Hochdeutsch Americanische Calender"Frontispiece from Christoph Sauer’s 1747 Hochdeutsch Americanische Calender. The illustration offers an allegorical depiction of the news publisher’s role within…
Furnace to Farm: Capital, Labor, and Markets in the Pennsylvania Iron Industry, 1716–1789Created By: Kennedy, Michael V Publisher: Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University, 1996
Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the UnderworldCreated By: Asbury, Herbert Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1928
Garbage Collectors’ Strike, New York City, 1911Social unrest and strikes were the flipside of the unbridled acquisition of wealth and power during the Progressive Era. This…
Gemünder, GeorgeAugust and George Gemünder pioneered high-quality violin making and trading in the United States and were responsible for establishing violin making as a respected craft in the U.S. and also for facilitating the flow of classical violins into the country.
General Slocum disaster coverage in the <em>New York Tribune</em>Front page of the June 16, 1904, New York Tribune. The newspaper discusses the General Slocum disaster in which more…
Generator Room, Power-Station No. 3Generator Room, Power-Station No. 3. From Elbert Hummard, Power or The Study of Niagara Falls (East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1914),…
Genthe, ArnoldIn 1895, Arnold Genthe accepted an offer to work as a tutor for an affluent German-American family in San Francisco. In between tutoring responsibilities, he taught himself photography and began publishing some of his photographs in local magazines. By 1901, he had already become one of the most sought-after portrait photographers on the West Coast. His award-winning photographic landscapes and pictures would soon bring both domestic and international recognition.
Gentlemen Bankers: The World of J.P. MorganCreated By: Pak, Suzie J Publisher: Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013
George Bauer SaloonGeorge W. Bauer owned a saloon or restaurant on either 7th Street or M Street SW from 1872-1902. A close-up…
German Emigrants Embark on a Hamburg Steamship Bound for New York, 1874By the time Emil Boas joined his uncle’s emigrant agency in 1873, the business model of cheaply transporting large numbers…
German Emigrants to Salt Lake City at Castle Garden, 1882German emigrants to Salt Lake City at Castle Garden, New York, 1882
