America Heritage Center

Veteran Hollywood director Frank McDonald got his start acting, directing and stage managing, but is best remembered today for his work directing shows like Wyatt Earp and National Velvet for television.

“Alexander’s Ragtime Band” was the hit song that helped propel Irving Berlin to fame in 1911.

The Big Mama Rag newspaper was first published in Colorado in 1972. It was a publication focused on feminist empowerment.

The Petroleum Administration for War (PAW), established in 1942, played a critical part in American success in World War II. PAW’s slogan was “Oil to back the attack!”.

Ellen and William Demorest established a New York City fashion empire, built on their magazine subscriptions, tissue paper patterns and Demorest Fashion Emporium.

In the 1960s, executives from the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation envisioned a sort of flying bus of the future. They called it the LiftLiner.

The El Malcriado newspaper was established in 1964 by Chicano labor leader Cesar Chavez. It was the unofficial publication of the United Farm Workers.

American journalist Ray Josephs was concerned that politics in Argentina in the 1940s might destabilize Latin America.

Fritz Gutheim was a preservation activist and university professor whose expertise in urban planning and historic preservation influenced generations of students.

Before the internet, Amazon and Walmart, there was the Montgomery Ward mail order catalog, offering an astonishing array of products.