Chocolate Dipped: The Popularity of Custom Candy in 1940s Chicago
With 1940s war-time sugar rationing, people were without sweets at home and chocolate orders took off in Chicago's downtown district. More »
Shannon Perich is associate curator for the Photographic History Collection at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.
With 1940s war-time sugar rationing, people were without sweets at home and chocolate orders took off in Chicago's downtown district. More »
Just as the Civil War was the first big event covered by the new medium of photography, September 11 was shot digitally More »
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