The Impatient Reader | The American 250
Rainey KnudsonHome of The American 250: 250 words on 250 objects, throughout 2026. Ultra-short entries on art and other things.
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97. Ben Franklin’s Tooth
Supposed tooth of Benjamin Franklin, encased in gold acorn. Collection of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA. (source)
What does it mean to hang onto a piece of a person’s body after they’re gone? If I had Benjamin Frankl...
96. Hobo Nickel
A classic domed-hat hobo nickel by Bert sold in 2019 for $9,600. Image: Heritage Auctions
The Buffalo nickel was already nostalgic for the disappearing frontier when it entered circulation in 1913. Sculptor James Earle Fraser was best know...
95. Transistor
Original point-contact transistor, 1947, developed by John Bardeen and Walter Brattain at Bell Labs, Murray Hill, New Jersey.
Four notes on the transistor:
1. Its influence cannot be overstated. Nobody could have imagined how it woul...
94. Mount St. Helens Ash Jar
source: Reddit
People knew something was coming. The mountain had been dormant since the 1850s, but in March 1980, small earthquakes—an “earthquake swarm”—began to signal its awakening from hibernation. Washington Governor Dixy Lee Ray dec...
93. Corn Flakes
How can such a tiny, bland little thing have such a wild origin story? It’s just a flake. Of corn. And yet Corn Flakes emerged from religious fervor and bitter lawsuits.
There were two brothers, John Harvey and Will Keith Kellogg. One was...
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I keep it short. Art and other things. Author of The MFAH 100; founder of Glasstire: Texas visual art online.
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