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The ‘radium girls’ painted clock dials to make them glow in the dark. For some, the experience was fatal.

Hundreds of women and girls were exposed to a radioactive chemical at an Illinois factory in the 1920s. Years later, they helped change workplace safety standards. In the early 1900s, radium was all ...
Untapped Cities

The Lost History of the New York Sun Clock and Thermometer

Since the 1930s, the Sun Clock and Thermometer at 280 Broadway in Lower Manhattan have reported the time and temperature, albeit not always correctly. However, thanks to a recently completed ...