Innovation in Cambridge

Innovation in Cambridge. Left side is black and white photo of person working at a brick factory. On right is person seated in a lab coat with rubber gloves.

Researched and written by Katie MacDonald, 2012 Introduction It’s nearly impossible to get through a single day without using something born right here in Cambridge. Think about it: from the childhood vaccines that protected you to the software powering your computer, the ice cooling your drink, or the screen displaying this very text – Cambridge’s…

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Now April 27!: Ideas, Invention, and Imagination: A Guided Tour of Cambridgeport

"Ideas, Invention, and Imagination. A Guided tour of Cambridgeport" text over an 1894 Bromley map of Cambridgeport

Switching to the rain date! This tour is now Sunday, April 27 at 2 pm Saturday, April 26, 20252-3:30 pmFree; registration requiredLimited space availableWeather date: Sunday, April 27 at 2 pm About the tour Join authors Karen Weintraub and Michael Kuchta for a series of free tours exploring Cambridge’s legacy of innovation, adaptation, and revolutionary…

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The Reverend Jose Glover And The Beginnings Of The Cambridge Press (Part 2)

by John A. Harrer, 1960 This article can be found in the Proceedings of the Cambridge Historical Society Volume 38, from the years 1959-1960. The newly appointed printer, Samuel Green, having had no experience in his new trade, was at once confronted with the work of producing a small book that involved some problems not…

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Elias Howe, Jr., Inventor Of The Sewing Machine (Part 2)

This article can be found in The Proceedings of the Cambridge Historical Society Volume 14, from the year 1919. The Victory Over Labor Mobs Starvation near his door and the $500 of George Fisher exhausted, Howe could now manufacture his machine for sale — if it would sell. To do this, he asked a practical…

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