By: Joshua Glenn

Introducing this summer’s series on TV shows of the Fifties (1954–1963).

By: Douglas Wolk

UNDER RESTORATION

By: Douglas Wolk

ALTERNATE VIEWS

By: Douglas Wolk

BUSTED STATUES

By: Douglas Wolk

THE WORLD’S BIGGEST CHIA PET

By: Douglas Wolk

LIBERTY UNDER ATTACK

By: Douglas Wolk

THE WRONG COLOR OF LIBERTY

By: Rani Som

“Some days just going out, being in public, feels like a battle.”

By: Douglas Wolk

LIBERTY’S NEW LOOK

By: David Hajdu

“Yes, I know wearing pince-nez makes me come off as pretentious.”

By: Davy Rothbart

“Dude,” he said to me, “You can’t walk around everywhere holding your pants up.”

By: Douglas Wolk

THE MEETING PLACE

By: Douglas Wolk

VILLAIN HQ

By: Douglas Wolk

BIRTHDAY CAKE

By: James Gaddy

“Maybe it’s that clicky sound, which can give just about any task a metronomic rhythm.”