Research topic: James Graham Fair

Related pictures

Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Rate these pictures

James Graham Fair

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
James Graham Fair 1831-94, American financier, b. near Belfast, Ireland. He emigrated to America as a child, grew up on an Illinois farm, and went to the West in 1851 in search of gold. In partnership with J. W. Mackay, J. C. Flood, and William S. O'Brien, he made a large fortune from the silver of the Comstock Lode. He was U.S. Senator from Nevada from 1881 to 1887. Bibliography: See O. Lewis, Silver Kings (1947). Author not available, FAIR, JAMES GRAHAM. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
James Keir Hardie
James Keir Hardie The British politician James Keir Hardie (1856-1915) helped to initiate the 20th-century...for an 8-hour day brought cooperation from R. B. Cunninghame-Graham, a member of Parliament and a cofounder of the Scottish Labour...Lowe, From Pit to Parliament: The Story of the Early Life of ... Read more
The 1960s: Fashion: Deaths
...FASHION: DEATHS Elizabeth Arden (Florence N. Graham), 81, business-woman who founded and ran...influenced women's fashions, 25 December 1962. James Frank Duryea, 97, inventor, with brother...architect, chief architect of 1939 World vs Fair in New York City, 25 January 1965. Royal... Read more

Related research topics

Online videos

Nottingham Goose Fair 2007

Free newspaper and magazine articles

Free Article The 51st Annual Ebony Fashion Fair presents the runway report 2008-2009: what's hip. What's hot. What's now!
Free Article Ebony Fashion Fair chairpersons.
Free Article Ebony Fashion Fair Chairpersons.(Brief Article)

For Students and teachers!

HighBeam Encyclopedia provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

HighBeam Encyclopedia provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including: