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Monday, February 17, 2025

We're pedaling away from a Valentine's Day weekend today on our Columbia Valentine bicycles

Monday, November 18, 2024

On this date, November 18, in 1963, Bell Telephone began offering the world's first commercial service ...

Monday, September 30, 2024

September 30th marks the anniversary of the publication of U.S. Patent No. 9020702A, granted in 1902 to chemists ...

Monday, August 19, 2024

This week marks a historic anniversary in the history of invention and photography ...

Monday, July 15, 2024

This week marks a milestone in food history ....

Monday, July 17, 2023

I feel ya' buddy ... we're all looking to beat the heat this month ...

Monday, June 26, 2023

This week marks a moment in transportation history; on June 26, 1819 ....

Monday, June 12, 2023

This clip comes from the 1948 industrial film "The Talking Hoist" ...

Monday, March 20, 2023

Lots of things can be U.F.O.s if you're just not that curious about aircraft ...

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

On March 15, 1892, the American inventor and engineer ....

Monday, January 9, 2023

Children, gather round. Grampa wants to tell you about his sphere again ...

Thursday, November 10, 2022

On this date, November 10, in 1885 the 17 year old son of the German inventor and engineer Gottlieb Daimler ...

Thursday, November 3, 2022

On this date, November 3, in 1952, the inventor, entrepreneur, and naturalist Clarence Birdseye ...

Thursday, October 27, 2022

On this date, October 27, in 1873, the farmer and inventor Joseph Farwell Glidden (1813-1906) filed a patent for an "improvement in wire-fences" ...

Monday, September 19, 2022

On this date, September 19, in 1876 ....

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

On this date, August 31, in 1836 ...

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

On this date, August 24, in 1869 ....

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Nailed it! On this date, August 2, in 1791 ...

Thursday, July 14, 2022

We're posting this 1930 catalog for bedroom furniture today on account of Sarah Elisabeth Goode ...

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Roll up the rugs! Today, we're celebrating the invention of the saxophone, patented #OTD in 1846 ...

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

On this date, May 24, in 1938 ....

Thursday, February 10, 2022

The first U.S. patent on a fire extinguishing system for buildings was granted on this date ...

Monday, January 31, 2022

In 1875, the inventors, photographers, photochemists, and brothers ...

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Today's date, January 27th, marks the anniversary of the death of the English plumber and inventor Thomas Crapper ...

Monday, January 17, 2022

Let's start the week off with this fabulous photograph of aviation pioneer Lawrence Burst Sperry...

Thursday, December 16, 2021

The first U.S. patent for an automatic liquid vending machine ...

Monday, November 29, 2021

The first U.S. patent for a traffic signal was issued on this date ...

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Talk about a bright idea ...

Monday, September 20, 2021

Oh my stars! On this date in 1859 .....

Friday, August 27, 2021

On this date in 1878 ....

Thursday, August 12, 2021

On this date, August 12, in 1851 ....

Thursday, May 20, 2021

On this date in 1873, Levi Strauss (1829-1902) and Jacob W. Davis (1831–1908) made fashion history ...

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Here at Hagley, we love inventions, big and small ...

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Today's #TechTuesday brings us a Pallo-Photo-Phone, a device...

Thursday, February 18, 2021

National Battery Day was established around the year 2000 on the...

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Today is National Inventors' Day in the United States, and has...