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Saving the "IMAX of Its Day"
The Gettysburg Cyclorama, one of the largest paintings ever commissioned, has been drawing crowds for 120 years now. But it’s also been deteriorating for a lot of those years. Now at last it is again a work in progress. A leading Lincoln scholar reports on the massive effort to save it—and polls Civil War historians to find out if the relic is really worth all that time and money.
By Harold Holzer
The Lost Tribe of Indian
Recently a company tried to harness history by resurrecting a great American motorcycle. What happened is a cautionary tale about business, and memory, and the seductive urge to recapture the past.
By Fred Haefele
The 18-Hole Hustle
During the golden age of golf, many of the sport’s greatest players never went pro. They couldn’t afford the pay cut.
By Tom LeCompte
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