John D. Rockefeller

<p><span class="deck">When Ida Tarbell set out to probe the operations of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Trust, it seemed like David against Goliath all over again</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> FOR SEVEN DECADES OUR EBULLIENT COUSIN INSTRUCTED US ON EVERYTHING: THE BOERS, PROHIBITION, HITLER, CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S FEET, AND THE COMMON CAUSE OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> How the happy combination of a millionaire and, a parson gave us Colonial Williamsburg, a place of surpassing loveliness—and a continuing reminder of what a truly bold enterprise our Revolution was</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> J<span class="typestyle"> ohn Wenrich’s original drawings of Rockefeller Center helped attract tenants in the middle of the Depression. Fifty years later they survive as talismans of a golden moment in American architecture</span> . </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">For years it was seen as the worst of times: bloated, crass, witlessly extravagant. But now scholars are beginning to find some of the era’s unexpected virtues</span>. </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Beatrix Farrand’s exactingly beautiful designs changed the American landscape.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">75 years ago, Americans paid their first income tax. And liked it.</span></p>