The key members of the American Bantam Car Company pose with the first jeep prototype outside of the Butler factory, September 21, 1940. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution. No…

Judge Musmanno at Nuremberg, 1947. Duquesne University Archives and Special Collections. Between 1946 and 1949, the U.S. military conducted the “Subsequent Nuremberg Trials,” prosecuting mid-level Nazi officials who carried out…

A Guide to Wartime Cooking. Gift of the Heinz Company. World War II brought a host of struggles to those serving on the home front. One that confronted housewives every…

The following article originally appeared in the Spring 2010 edition of Western Pennsylvania History. Arthur Buchman, c. 1940 Among the more unique forms of correspondence in the collections at the Detre…

FBI Agent John F. Leahy’s equipment on display in the We Can Do It! WWII exhibition. Courtesy of Kathryn A. Leahy in memory of John F. Leahy. Tapping into Pittsburgh’s…

After months of research, design, and anticipation, the History Center’s new We Can Do It! WWII exhibition will finally open to the public this Saturday, April 25, at 10 a.m.…

George G. Blaisdell with a giant replica Zippo. The Zippo motto, “it works, or we fix it free,” is a promise that the Bradford, Pa. company still stands by to…