Afterword
A column that pays homage to people, places, and things we’ve lost.
The Instant Pot and the Miracle Kitchen Devices of Yesteryear
Preparing meals is a Sisyphean task, and anything that promises to make it faster, or easier, or better, or healthier, or more fun, is irresistible.
The Salmon in the Sky
A painted plane that flew the Alaskan coast.
The Photographer of the Black Is Beautiful Movement
Kwame Brathwaite’s landmark work, beginning with a show in 1962, had a titanic impact on fashion and identity.
The First Magician on the Vegas Strip
Gloria Dea began performing when she was five years old. Even then, she was sassy and self-assured.
A Long Life as a Disney Animator
For nearly seventy years, Burny Mattinson drew many of the studio’s best-loved characters.
Blanche the Unusually Friendly Swan
She reigned at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, but life wasn’t always easy.
The Bartender Behind the Blue Hawaii
How Harry Yee put “paradise”—and those little umbrellas—in a cocktail glass.
The Fort Wayne Daisies’ Star Pitcher
Apart from the charm-school classes, Maxine Kline relished her time in the girls’ professional baseball league.
The Deer Who Lived Upstairs
Dillie, a whitetail from Ohio, defied many expectations during her unexpectedly long life.
A Man Who Loved Rattlesnakes
Eugene DeLeon liked that he was doing something helpful in town.