HeyJaredThe Rustbelt Reader
The Rustbelt Reader is a Pittsburgh-based publication that studies history, measures the present, and imagines the next American century.
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- Sep 27, 2026
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- Aug 4, 2026
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All Problems Have History (opens the original)
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The Bargain Hunter at the Treasury (opens the original)
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I. After Hours In the spring of 1930, a curator at the Hermitage named Tatiana Chernavina was told to stay behind after closing, take Jan van Eyck’s Annunciation down from the wall, hand it to a government official, and hang another picture in its place. She was not told where it was going.1 Its eventual destination was the Washington apartment of the Secretary of the United States Treasury.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MSxb!,f_auto,q_
The Bargain Hunter at the Treasury (opens the original)
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I. After HoursIn the spring of 1930, a curator at the Hermitage named Tatiana Chernavina was told to stay behind after closing, take Jan van Eyck’s Annunciation down from the wall, hand it to a government official, and hang another picture in its place. She was not told where it was going.1 Its eventual destination was the Washington apartment of the Secretary of the United States Treasury.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MSxb!,f_auto,q_a
The Man Who Bought Too Much (opens the original)
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A man with a thousand acres has but one desire—the plot beside his.- Poor Rusty’s Almanack<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="620" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Y7vL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,f
Taxing the Machine (opens the original)
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