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To the beat of muffled drums, 10,000 black men, women, and children marched down 5th Avenue in New York City on July 28, 1917. Their march was in protest of the murders in East St. Louis.

Some towns have slipped away entirely, wandering their street, you see the ghostly visage of better times. But Parksville, NY, still has a pulse. This episode was written and hosted by Natalie Shoemaker. If you’d like to support the show please consider leaving a rating on your favorite platform or supporting the show on Patreon. Follow the show on... Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Website Feel free to email the show at artifactspod@gmail.com

There was a time when North America lived by the sun. We rose and set with its natural rhythms. This was when life was contained within a few miles. When continents were places of faraway stories. Worlds we spoke of but rarely went. This is a story of how time changed in North America. This episode was written and hosted by Natalie Shoemaker. If you’d like to support the show please consider leaving a rating on your favorite platform or supporting the show on Patreon. Follow the show on... Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Website Feel free to email the show at artifactspod@gmail.com

The San Francisco Chronicle once wrote back in 1892 that Carl Kahler is “an artist who will leave behind him a fame that will be remembered long after his last work has been accomplished...” Carl would be remembered. But not for his burning sunset landscapes or still moments of life in Australia. This episode was written and hosted by Natalie Shoemaker. If you’d like to support the show please consider leaving a rating on your favorite platform or supporting the show on Patreon.  

If only you could have seen it, opening day back in March 1920. When thousands of people lined up around this block, waiting just to get a seat. It’s glowing marque lit the block against the title attraction--a silent picture “The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come." If only you could have seen it then. --- If you’d like to support the show please consider leaving a rating or supporting me on Patreon. I highly recommend checking out Treasures of the Tier, which has a ton of amazing photos and information concerning the Strand and it's history (as well as other awesome Binghamton things).

We're going back to a time when air was toxic and the only visible organism that inhabited this world were Stromatolites whose exhalation would be their undoing and our greatest success. Travel back in time with me to billions of years ago. This episode what written and hosted by Natalie Shoemaker.

Within the 24 square miles of the Seneca Army Depot exists the leftover crumbling structures and ecosystem created back in 1941. This episode what written and hosted by Natalie Shoemaker.   Please consider supporting the show by sharing it with your friends or making a donation on Patreon.    

Dead Horse Bay in Brooklyn, NY is an amazing living museum into the past and a stark reminder of what we discard doesn't just disappear. As the topsoil begins to erode, more curios begin to be revealed. Let's take a little journey. This episode written and hosted by Natalie Shoemaker. Website: artifactspodcast.org   If you like the show, please be sure to rate, review, and share. Patreon: patreon.com/natalieshoemaker    

She was a thing to behold, a slender woman dressed all in white riding a train from Buffalo to Hoboken. Her story went that she would ride all day, across the Southern Tier when trains once rumbled through its valleys. And Phoebe Snow would ride without fear that her white gown would become dirtied by the cinders which billowed from the train’s engine. Because she had a secret… the trains she rode were powered by Anthracite.   This episode was written, researched, and hosted by Natalie Shoemaker.

Surrounding the peace and quiet of Maurice and Maggie Leyden's everyday lives are the outlying events that helped win women the right to vote.   This episode was written, researched, and hosted by Natalie Shoemaker.

We're going to the Binghamton Asylum Cemetery--a place that feels forgotten, as much as the people who are buried here. Inside there's more than one marker that's been lost in the weeds and the overgrowth. There must be hundreds of people buried here, and this episode we're going to talk about one: Joseph Israel Lobdell.   Website: artifactspodcast.org

It's unremarkable when you first see it--this sturdy wooden box with a thin mouth at its top. But it's not about it's looks, it's about what this box once held and what it meant for an entire generation of women to greet it for the first time. This episode of Artifacts was written, researched, and hosted by Natalie Shoemaker. If you'd like to support the show please consider leaving a rating on Apple Podcasts. Follow the show on... Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Website

He was a man of charm and profanity, intelligence and anger. A man of two natures--the original Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Introducing Edward Ruloff. ---- This episode was written, researched, and hosted by Natalie Shoemaker. If you'd like to support the show please consider leaving a rating on Apple Podcasts. Follow the show on... Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Website

When things are left behind without context or history, people have a way of giving them a story--a reason for existing. And sometimes within those stories a community can find a way to express themselves, whether it's the frustration of teenagers wanting autonomy from their overbearing parents or something deeper... more insidious. Welcome to this special Halloween episode of Artifacts. This episode was written, researched, and hosted by Natalie Shoemaker. If you'd like to support the show please consider leaving a rating on Apple Podcasts. Follow the show on... Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Website

We all try to hold on to a piece of someone who is dear to us. The kinds of pieces may change over time, but the sentiment remains the same: to feel them close as if they're with us... always. This episode of Artifacts was written, research, and recorded by Natalie Shoemaker.   Sources: Hair and Now. Youtube. Love Entwined: The Curious History of Hairwork in America. Helen Sheumaker. The Intricate Craft of Using Human Hair for Jewelry, Art, and Decoration. Atlas Obscura. Leilas Hair Museum

Sometimes it takes disaster to push change. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire would push regulation and better working conditions. But two years later, another tragedy--the Binghamton Factory fire--would push change further still, and their memory still stands today. This episode was written and research by Natalie Shoemaker  

Many animals were called into serve during WWI, and this episode we're going to share the story of one special bird who was drafted and earned the highest honors. Find Artifacts on Apple, Google, and Spotify. This episode of Artifacts was written, recorded, and researched by Natalie Shoemaker. Cher Ami at the National Museum of American History: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_425415

A bright blue mechanical bird with stunted yellow wings sits on a pedestal within a museum. This is its story.   This episode was written, researched, and recorded by Natalie Shoemaker. ---- Find one near you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_Trainer#Surviving_Trainers

Along the Western end of the Vestal Rail Trail, there's a sign containing six short lines. This is its story.   Artifacts is written, research and hosted by Natalie Shoemaker.

Artifacts will be coming this August. Look for it wherever you get your podcasts. Get ready to explore the fascinating and strange history behind the things you know and maybe a few you don't.