Just what was Marilyn Monroe saying?
Marilyn Monroe was often portrayed as a "dumb blonde," but one Post writer saw how carefully she chose her words.... More
About: Jeff Nilsson
Jeff Nilsson is the director of Post archives and a website editor. He is a specialist in American History, with graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin, University of New Mexico, and Eastern Michigan University. He writes our website's weekly Retrospective feature, and is directing the program of digitally converting the magazine's 190 years of issues.
Posts by Jeff Nilsson:
Book Review: Fateful Lightning
Civil War scholar Allen C. Guelzo offers a fresh, complete account of the epoch that defined our nation.... More
All first-class music dealers keep them.
The same for this company. After finding this advertisement from an 1899 issue, I wanted to learn in what year Washburns went out of business.... More
Simonds hacksaw blades
It happens more often than you would expect. I find an interesting old ad from the 1900s and I go online to learn when the... More
1912: Life before the cellphone camera—
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Undiscovered Poe? Early Works Before ‘The Black Cat’
Did the Post print several anonymous pieces by Edgar Allan Poe before we printed his classic short story, The Black Cat?... More
“For in that sleep of death…”
An Edgar Allan Possibility: The following article appeared in the August 13, 1831 Post. We believe it may have been written by Edgar Allan Poe... More
Still Learning
When I began working in the archives in 2009, I thought I’d soon get a fairly good idea of the Post’s archives. That was before... More
The Rock Revolution in the Dick Clark Days
When Dick Clark told the Post, "I don't think some people's attitudes about rock 'n' roll can stop a way of life," he was including... More
Jonathan Frid 1924 – 2012
“Can Barnabas Collins, a 172-year-old vampire with a guilt complex, find love and happiness in a typical New England town?"... More
Dick Clark: Rock’s Clean-Cut Champion
"l am always puzzled why anybody should dislike me because I am associated with young people, and because I defend teenagers' musical likes and... More
The Assassin’s Mummy; or, John Wilkes Booth’s Second Career
More audiences may have seen the infamous actor in 1938 than when he was alive.... More
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