Stories

The story of The Seeing Eye began in the 1920s, when American dog breeder Dorothy Harrison Eustis moved to Vevey, Switzerland.

In Colombia’s war on drugs, one dog became so effective that a powerful cartel put a price on her head.

In nineteenth-century Britain, Parliament passed laws that placed heavy burdens on workers and the poor. The Master and Servant Act of 1823 criminalized breaches of labor contracts by employees.

Steve Jobs is often remembered for transforming technology with Apple products like the iPhone, iPad, and Macintosh.

In the mid-1950s, Dodge introduced the La Femme, a car created as an option package on the Dodge Custom Royal Lancer.

In 1997, Frédéric Bourdin claimed the identity of Nicholas Barclay, a Texas boy who had vanished three years earlier.

The Lycurgus Cup, made in the 4th century, is a Roman glass vessel that astonishes by changing color: green when viewed in reflected light and red when illuminated from behind.

When Howard Carter opened Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, he uncovered treasures beyond imagination.

In 1660, Prince Rupert of the Rhine presented King Charles II with an unusual glass object.

Monturiol returned to his hometown of Figueres and began designing a submarine. Drawing on his father’s craft as a cooper and aided by builders, he created the Ictíneo in 1859.