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Collectors Weekly

Best Article History

A Filthy History of New York

When New Yorkers lived knee-deep in trash.

Hunter Oatman-Stanford Collectors Weekly Jun 2013 20min Permalink

Music

Battle of the Ax Men

Who really built the first electric rock ‘n’ roll guitar?

Ben Marks Collectors Weekly Jan 2019 20min Permalink

Don’t Call Them Bums

A history of hoboes in America.

Lisa Hix Collectors Weekly Apr 2015 40min Permalink

History

Slut-Shaming, Eugenics, and Donald Duck: The Scandalous History of Sex-Ed Movies

On the fear-mongering history of sex education.

Lisa Hix Collectors Weekly Dec 2014 45min Permalink

The Reclusive, Doll-Collecting Copper Queen of Fifth Avenue

The story of heiress Huguette Clark, who spent her life avoiding people and collecting dolls.

Emma Whitford Collectors Weekly Sep 2014 20min Permalink

How Collecting Opium Antiques Turned Me Into an Opium Addict

The evolution of an obsession.

Lisa Hix, Steven Martin Collectors Weekly Sep 2012 25min Permalink