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George Palmer Putnam
George Palmer Putnam 1814-72, American publisher, b. Brunswick, Maine; grandnephew of Israel Putnam. A member of the New York City bookselling firm of Wiley and Putnam, he established a branch in London in 1841. He later returned to New York to found (1848) G. P. Putnam's Sons. He was proprietor of... Read more |
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John Vanderlyn
John Vanderlyn , 1776-1852, American portrait and historical painter, b. Kingston, N.Y. Under the patronage of Aaron Burr he studied with Gilbert Stuart and in Paris. From 1796 to 1815 much of his life was spent in Paris and in Rome. He achieved a high reputation with such compositions as Marius... Read more |
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Brief for Appellee
Brief for Appellee In the Supreme Court of the United StatesNo. 78–18, 1971 Term Jane Roe, John Doe, Mary Doe, and James Hubert Hallford, M.D. Appellants,vs.Henry Wade, District Attorney of Dallas County, Texas Appellee. On Direct Appeal from the United States District Court for the... Read more |
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Thomas Sully
Thomas Sully 1783-1872, American painter, b. England. Having come to the United States as a child, he first studied with his brother Lawrence, a miniaturist, and later for a brief time with Gilbert Stuart. During a year (1809-10) in England he came under the influence of Benjamin West and Sir... Read more |
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Jerry Rice
Jerry Rice1962– Professional football player In 1992 Jerry Rice, then the star wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, grabbed the record for most touchdown receptions in a professional football career, with 101. That milestone—coming as it did during the prime of his career—assured Rice a... Read more |
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Brief for Appellant
Brief for Appellant In the Supreme Court of the United StatesOctober Term, 1970No. ….. JANE ROE, JOHN DOE, AND MARY DOE, APPELLANTS,JAMES HUBERT HALLFORD, M.D., APPELLANT-INTERVENOR,V.HENRY WADE, APPELLEE.ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF... Read more |
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Marguerite Yourcenar
Marguerite Yourcenar French novelist, poet, essayist, dramatist, world traveller, and translator Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987) was the first woman elected to the French Academy. Marguerite Yourcenar was born on June 8, 1903, and baptized Marguerite Antoinette Ghislaine. Her father,... Read more |
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Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge [Fr.,=red stick], city (1990 pop. 219,531), state capital and seat of East Baton Rouge parish, SE La., on a bluff along the eastern bank of the Mississippi River; inc. 1817. It is a busy deepwater port of entry; an important transportation, distribution, and commercial center for a... Read more |
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Olin Levi Warner
Olin Levi Warner 1844-96, American sculptor, b. Suffield, Conn. He studied art in Paris, working for a time as an assistant to J.-B. Carpeaux . He served in the Franco-Prussian War (1870) and returned to the United States in 1892, setting up a studio in New York City. Warner's realistic sculptures... Read more |
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Graffiti
Graffiti art (also called Spraycan art and Subway art). A type of painting based on the kind of spraycan vandalism familiar in cities all over the world and specifically in the New York subway system; the term can apply to any work in this vein, but refers particularly to a vogue in New York in the... Read more |
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When a Door Closes.(security at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum)
When the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum prepared...team at the M.H. de Young...located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. The museum was set ... |
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Enjoying Oaxacan crafts and visiting artists
...night tour of missions, museums and wineries. The train...gardens in Woodside, and San Francisco's rebuilt copper- clad M.H. de Young Memorial Museum. Among the wineries ... |