http://www.worldbook.com/store/blog/9-Then-and-Now.aspx?feed=rss en-us 2026 WORLD BOOK INC. service@worldbook.com Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:04:28 -0500 Pulitzer prizes journalism British Empire India Women Burj Khalifa eiffel tower buildings architecture Mount Everest Mountains Earth History Geography Women's history Britian History Notable People Sports Football History Africa History Colonization disease polio sick illness infantile paralysis Theodore Roosevelt U.S. President Movies Film Motion Pictures Christmas Toys Children cities 100 years ago Tokyo London New York Paris Dehli Population Food preservation preservation Sports Basketball Baseball Sports Chicago Cubs MLB World Series Baseball History History Holidays Fall http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/A-Fellow-Named-Pulitzer http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/A-Fellow-Named-Pulitzer service@worldbook.com Pulitzer prizes journalism Readers paging through volume 6 of the first edition of The World Book Encyclopedia, published in... Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:02:00 -0500 http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/In-one-woman-s-lifetime http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/In-one-woman-s-lifetime service@worldbook.com British Empire India Women On Nov. 19, 1917—the same year the first edition of World Book was published—a girl who would play... Fri, 07 Apr 2017 10:56:00 -0500 http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/The-Tallest-Structure-in-the-World-1917-and-Now http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/The-Tallest-Structure-in-the-World-1917-and-Now service@worldbook.com Burj Khalifa eiffel tower buildings architecture Can you guess what the tallest structure in the world was in 1917? How about today? Wed, 29 Mar 2017 11:43:00 -0500 http://www.worldbook.com/thenandnow/MountEverest.aspx http://www.worldbook.com/thenandnow/MountEverest.aspx service@worldbook.com Mount Everest Mountains Earth History Geography Since the publication of the 1917 edition, however, many people have “accomplished the feat” of... Mon, 20 Mar 2017 11:45:00 -0500 http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/Women-on-the-March-in-1917 http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/Women-on-the-March-in-1917 service@worldbook.com Women's history ​March is Women’s History Month in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, where it... Tue, 07 Mar 2017 13:55:00 -0600 http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/Guess-Who-English-author-soldier-and-statesman http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/Guess-Who-English-author-soldier-and-statesman service@worldbook.com Britian History Notable People In 1917, The World Book Encyclopedia found him important enough to merit a 2-paragraph biography. A... Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:23:00 -0600 http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/FOOTBALL-1917-STYLE http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/FOOTBALL-1917-STYLE service@worldbook.com Sports Football History The 1917 World Book article describes football’s early history and development. Readers today may... Tue, 07 Feb 2017 10:41:00 -0600 http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/Changing-Map-of-Africa-Africa-1917-and-Now http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/Changing-Map-of-Africa-Africa-1917-and-Now service@worldbook.com Africa History Colonization When the first World Book was published in 1917, there were only two independent countries in... Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:59:00 -0600 http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/A-pestilence-that-walketh-in-darkness http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/A-pestilence-that-walketh-in-darkness service@worldbook.com disease polio sick illness infantile paralysis In 1917, World Book quoted this description of a mysterious disease that often led to death or... Fri, 06 Jan 2017 12:09:00 -0600 http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/Theodore-Roosevelt-1917-and-Now http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/Theodore-Roosevelt-1917-and-Now service@worldbook.com Theodore Roosevelt U.S. President Imagine that you were a fifth-grader in 1917, and that you wanted to learn about former U.S.... Wed, 28 Dec 2016 11:34:00 -0600 http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/From-Moving-Pictures-to-IMAX-and-CGI http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/From-Moving-Pictures-to-IMAX-and-CGI service@worldbook.com Movies Film Motion Pictures The “Moving pictures” article in the first edition of The World Book Encyclopedia, published in... Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:59:00 -0600 http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/Toys-for-Girls-and-Boys http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/Toys-for-Girls-and-Boys service@worldbook.com Christmas Toys Children ​“If the little girl has no cups and saucers for her afternoon tea party, acorns and leaves can be... Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:10:00 -0600 http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/The-Biggest-Cities-and-How-They-Grew-or-Didn-t http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/The-Biggest-Cities-and-How-They-Grew-or-Didn-t service@worldbook.com cities 100 years ago Tokyo London New York Paris Dehli Population Cities are the world’s most crowded places. Even in ancient times, there were many large cities in... Wed, 30 Nov 2016 14:15:00 -0600 http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/From-Soup-to-Strawberries-1917-World-Book-Preserved-Them-All http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/From-Soup-to-Strawberries-1917-World-Book-Preserved-Them-All service@worldbook.com Food preservation preservation When we take a can of soup off a store shelf, we don’t usually think about the temperature the soup... Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:29:00 -0600 http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/Two-Peach-Baskets-and-a-Soccer-Ball http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/Two-Peach-Baskets-and-a-Soccer-Ball service@worldbook.com Sports Basketball When the first edition of The World Book Encyclopedia was published in 1917, basketball was barely... Wed, 09 Nov 2016 11:20:00 -0600 http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/A-Day-in-the-Life-of-a-1917-Baseball-Fan http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/A-Day-in-the-Life-of-a-1917-Baseball-Fan service@worldbook.com Baseball Sports Chicago Cubs MLB World Series Baseball History The “Baseball” article in the 2017 edition of The World Book Encyclopedia states, “Baseball is so... Thu, 03 Nov 2016 10:42:00 -0500 http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/Halloween-Then-and-Now http://www.worldbook.com/then-and-now/Halloween-Then-and-Now service@worldbook.com History Holidays Fall Are you excited that its Halloween? Halloween has been a popular and festive holiday in America... 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