Corning, N.Y., ‘The Crystal City’
The city of Corning, N.Y., was once known by another name. Newspapers called it "The Crystal City" because of the large number of cut glass and glass products being produced there in the early 1900s that was sold all over the world. Local production...
Silhouettes: Outlining history
Silhouettes are thought of as a featureless side view of a person, with a backdrop of white or cream, usually in an old antique frame with some sort of historical value. Really, a silhouette is simply a person, animal, object or scene that is a solid black...
The world-famous antique clock: Rauthaus-Glockenspiel
There is a giant mechanical, working clock in the plaza, or Marienplatz of Munich, Germany. It is called the Rathaus-Glockenspiel, and it spins and moves and tells two different stories, high above the square, with life-sized wooden figures that move and...
