a time when women her age dressed in somber grays, dull browns, and boring blues. But not Mary Todd Lincoln. For her, expensive clothes were a mark of importance, of breeding. She proceeded to dress like a peacock, draping herself in bold blues, crimson, yellow, and royal purple,...
This group of determined Kentuckians made sure folks in Appalachia had access to books in the early 1900s. On horseback through all kinds of weather and terrain, they started some of the state's first libraries.
Early Kansas settlers had a rough time of it. For the first twenty years of Kansas settlement, homesteaders had to battle hot winds, drought, raids from native Americans, and hailstorms to save their crops. But the year 1874 promised to be different. “In the spring of 1874,” wrote Mrs...
But his hungover pee party in a women's locker room full of ladies takes the (urinal) cake. Dig Deeper Behind-The-Scenes Stories From ‘A League of Their Own,’ The Most Rewatchable Sports Movie Also ranks #3 on Movies Where The Cast And Crew Disagreed About Its Meaning Also ranks #...
The Room of Rare Books 31 2024-06 2 The Sleepy History of the Times Square Ball Drop 32 2024-06 3 Stories of the Sun 35 2024-06 4 A Restful Evening on a Moonlit Beach 31 2024-06 5 Hercules and the Deer 55 2024-06 6 The Ice Harvest ...
collection of contemporary art, featuring 200 artists including works by Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, Ed Ruscha, Roy Lichtenstein, and Andy Warhol. Notable installations include Yayoi Kusama’s “Infinity Mirrored Room” (pictured above) and Ragnar Kjartansson’s expansive 9-screen video “The Visitors...
Pocklington History is a website devoted to the history of an old market town in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Threads of Time: A Detroit Vintage Market Sat, Feb 22 • 11:00 AM The Fisher Building Free The Peacock Room Selling Superman Screening Sat, Feb 22 • 1:00 PM Main Library Free MSU Murray and Hong Special Collections Comic Collection...
Witness testimony is frequently used as a form of evidence within the criminal justice system, as it possesses a high level of evidentiary power (Dando, Wilcock & Milne, 2008), however it is surrounded by much controversy. Weapon focus h... KL Peacock - University of Cumbria 被引量: 0发表...
the natural beauty and the grandeur of imperial gardens. As the largest garden in China, the Summer Palace is today the center of interests of all tourists coming to visit Beijing and its many cultural and historical relics. Looking like a part of Heaven after visiting the turmoil of Beijing...