The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has added a gold pocket watch to its collections that once belonged to Julius Rosenwald (1862–1932), a philanthropist and businessman who made his ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. President Theodore Roosevelt’s adventurous spirit brought him nearly everywhere, from San Juan to the Amazon. But if any one place can lay claim to ...

Joseph Bulova was born in the Czech Republic and immigrated to New York City in 1870. In 1875, at the age of 23, he established a small shop named J. Bulova Company in Lower Manhattan, now known as ...