Archivists estimate that Americans made several hundred thousand home recordings over the first few decades of the 20th century. Most are lost. The UC Santa Barbara Cylinder Archive has more than 650.

Fast forward to the 20th century, and soda packaging started taking on a new form. Aluminum cans first hit the market in the ...

Everything about Avery’s Soda‘s bottling floor looks like it belongs to the early part of the 20th century. There are piles of wooden crates with Avery’s motto: “Always Ask For Avery’s ...