A history of the Boston hardware store that expanded into food service distribution.

The Terrace Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati opened in 1948. It was designed in the International Style and included a circular restaurant with commissioned mural by Joan Miró.

The Federal Government opened its new immigration facility on Ellis Island, N.Y., on Jan. 1, 1892. Before its closure on Nov. 12, 1954, almost 12 million immigrants were processed there.

Brown's Candies was located in Detroit, Michigan, around the turn of the 20th century.

The 48th floor of the Time-Life Building served as the members-only Hemisphere Club during the day and became the Tower Suite public dining room at night.

Founded in 1864, Boston City Hospital was a city-funded public hospital dedicated to poor patients.

Brothers Nathan and Maurice Goldblatt opened their first store in 1914 on Ashland Avenue in Chicago, IL, and later opened their five-story flagship store at 1613-35 W. Chicago Avenue in 1928. Goldblatt’s featured quality merchandise at low prices.

Jackson China Company took advantage of their available supply of butter pats to create advertising pieces that could be presented to potential customers as a business card.

Distinctive Paul McCobb-designed platters with tab handles were used by Jackson China as promotional items.

Jackson China hired Paul McCobb in the late 1950s to help increase sales. Paul McCobb (1917 - 1969) was an important mid-century Industrial Designer, best known for his mass-produced furniture designs.

Marshall Field (1835-1906) was a pioneer in the department store business and his retail operation was among the finest.

A discussion of the other restaurants at Bloomingdale's New York department store.

A discussion about the Bloomingdale’s French railroad dining car, Le Train Bleu, located on the 6th floor of the New York department store.

A brief introduction to the history of 20th Century Fox Studio and its restaurants.

In 1916, August A. Bush, Sr. of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company built Bevo Mill with an entrance that replicated an authentic Dutch mill, complete with 60-foot diameter wooden-blade wind sails.

The Edgewater Beach in Chicago offered several dining areas including its three-level main dining room, known as the Marine Cafe and its fifteen private dining rooms with seating capacities from 10 to 1,000.

Opening on May 31, 1952, the new Greater Pittsburgh Airport cost $33 million. Designed by architect Joseph W. Hoover, it was the largest international airport in the world at the time and contained a 60-room hotel and a 300-seat movie theater.

The Hangar Club, located at 34-36 E. 63rd Street in New York City, New York, opened in 1930 as a mens club dedicated to aviation.

Legendary Jack Dempsey and his restaurant.

The history and demise of the grand Kloeber Sanatorium which opened in 1900 in Green River Hot Springs, Washington and burned to the ground ten years later.

A look at the restaurants of the 70-story RCA Building, which opened in May, 1933 and is located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, New York.