For decades, Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday was marked by a mysterious visitor to his gravesite in Baltimore. Beginning in the 1930s, the “Poe Toaster” placed three roses at the grave every Jan. 19 and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Electric single-slice “tipper” style ...

Q. This is a photo of an electric marshmallow toaster that was given to my mother in the early 1930s by a salesman when she worked in a wholesale grocery office in Portland, Ore. Marked on the toaster ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The quest for the perfect slice of ...