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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121. Stereoscope
Reproduction of a Holmes Stereoscope (source)
What is more important, more real: the image of the thing, or the thing itself?
The stereoscope was the first immersive technology that tricked our brains into thinking we were there. The...
120. Marshmallow Fluff
There is, of course, the PB&J, and the more esoteric peanut butter and honey. But neither of these come close to the regional delicacy that is the fluffernutter. Little known outside New England, this peanut-butter-and-Marshmallow-Fluff san...
119. Red Channels
What’s crazy is that it came in the immediate aftermath of WWII. You’d think we’d settle into our newfound power with confidence, not paranoia. But the USSR flipped from ally to arch-enemy in just 4 years. It tested its first nuclear bomb i...
118. Self-Driving Car
Norman Bel Geddes’s Futurama diorama from the 1939 World’s Fair featured self-driving cars
Imagine, as we have since 1925, when the first radio-powered car was tested down Broadway in New York—imagine a world of cars free from human error...
117. Baseball Glove
Asked for a game of catch, the father stands up with alacrity. Never mind that he is tired, never mind that he might not feel well, that his cares weigh on his heart. He knows this is all too fleeting.
When the child comes in, small fist d...
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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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