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Duncan Phyfe: Pure artistry
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CHANCES ARE, THE NAMES Of few American cabinetmakers are as familiar to non-collectors and non-antiques buffs as Duncan Phyfe (1768-1854). In fact, his name was probably already well known almost 200 years ago. Through his career from late in the 18th century into the mid-19th century, Phyfe, who was born in Scotland, was a promoter par excellence, gaining recognition for his work from "big money" clients. His shop was the most fashionable and the largest in New York, a city that already bustled with highly trained, admired cabinetmakers. His chairs, settees and tables were regarded (as they ...
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The first Black elected governor: L. Douglas Wilder makes history with his election to Virginia's top post.
Magazine article from: Ebony
; ...Since election day 1989--the day L. Douglas Wilder made history by becoming the country...though then Virginia state Senator Wilder had made history 13 years earlier...Virginia's political aristocracy. Wilder may have been a senator, but he...
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Virginia's experience. (Virginia's Governor L. Douglas Wilder's push for accessible education for Black students)
Magazine article from: Black Issues in Higher Education
; ...team, education gains were limited during Wilder administration The 1989 election of L. Douglas Wilder as governor of Virginia proved exciting to the nation. When Wilder became the first African American governor...
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Virginia: sex, cries, and audiotape. (Charles Robb-L. Douglas Wilder feud)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report
; ...the minor stuff like wild parties and threatened...between Virginia's Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and Sen. Charles Robb...Both won Bronze Stars, Wilder in Korea and Robb in...though, the Robb-Wilder fight is without a speck...
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FOCUS: WILDER'S IMPACT TEN YEARS AGO, THE INAUGURATION OF L. DOUGLAS WILDER AS VIRGINIA'S GOVERNOR SET A SHINING EXAMPLE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS. THE RESULTS SINCE HAVE BEEN MIXED.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...clambered up trees to catch a glimpse of L. Douglas Wilder, a son of Virginia and a grandson...governor. Many that day, including Wilder, said that if an African American...surrounding the 10th anniversary of Wilder's inauguration this month...
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U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke and Governor L. Douglas Wilder Tell Political Scientists How Blacks Can Win High-Profile Statewide Office [*].
Magazine article from: PS: Political Science & Politics
; ...Massachusetts and former Governor L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia at length about the...ones they had held. Brooke and Wilder are trailblazers. Brooke, a Republican...s Senate since Reconstruction. Wilder has the distinction of being the...
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L. DOUGLAS WILDER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WILSON'S LEGACY.(FRONT)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; The unveiling of the new L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center at Norfolk...coaxed funds for the center out of Wilder during a trip to Africa. ``He twisted my arm,'' Wilder recalled this weekend. ``Harrison...
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Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder decides not to take job as president of Virginia Union Univ.(Education)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Jet
; Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder recently withdrew as the next president...at the college. Four days before Wilder had been scheduled to take the helm...disruptions at the university," Wilder said in a brief press statement...
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Eunice Wilder, ex-wife of Va. Gov., named new city treasurer of Richmond, Va. (Virginia governor L. Douglas Wilder) (Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Jet
; ...first time holding public office, Eunice M. Wilder, nonetheless, is very familiar with politics...is the former wife of Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder. Additionally, her only son, L. Douglas Wilder Jr., was elected to his first term...
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Virginia governor seeks agency cuts for fiscal 1995-1996 as state plans budget. (L. Douglas Wilder)
Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer
; ...budget-weary but confident Gov. L. Douglas Wilder yesterday told Virginia lawmakers...Assembly's money committees, Wilder said the budget cuts are necessary...budgets for two years at a time. Wilder's budget proposal for the 1995...
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The day of 'man as man.' (Martin Luther King, Jr. and L. Douglas Wilder) (Currents)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report
; ...the fifth time this week, and of L. Douglas Wilder, sworn in last Saturday in Virginia...intend to keep on that track," said Wilder last week to reassure the Old Dominion...potential gains were too meager. Wilder, on the other hand, like Ralph...
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