The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1641: Aaron Montgomery Ward

Episode: 3424 Anne Brigman brings a wild new dimension to the early years of photography. Today, Anne Brigman’s photographs.

Episode: 3423 Protocols: From diplomatic procedures to computer communications standards. Today, we examine how protocols have shaped communication throughout the evolution of humans as well as that of the machines they create.

Episode: 3422 Women soldiers in the Civil War. How did that work? Today, woman soldiers in the Civil War.

Episode: 3421 Wigwam burners and the dying breath of the mighty Douglas Fir tree. Today, wigwam burners.

Episode: 1644 An 18th-century doctor helps great-grandmother raise grandpa. Today, we raise a nineteenth-century child.