Clarence King's Survey, undertaken between 1867 and 1872, covered a vast swathe of terrain, from the border of California eastward to the edge of the Great Plains. It was the first survey to include a full-time photographer - Timothy O'Sullivan - who produced about 450 finished photographs in large-[...]

A modern reader's guide to life in Jane Austen's Regency England, explaining the nuances of polite society in clear, simple prose.[...]