Word: displays
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Only about 4% of Gilcrease's huge art collection was on display. The rest, saved for future shows, included the art of 45 Indian tribes, dating back to 300 A.D., along with 62,000 books, letters and manuscripts. Among the letters was one from Christopher Columbus' son, Diego, to Charles I of Spain. Another, written by General George Custer, ends: "You will next hear from me . . . not from the plains of Philippi . . . but from those of Dakota, the home of S.B." The initials stood for Custer's Sioux conqueror, Sitting Bull...
...Harvard-Yale race--grand finale to the sports season--will take place on the Thames River tomorrow afternoon, and unless something goes drastically awry it will be an impressive display of Crimson strength. Not a single Harvard crew has come even close to defeat all season, a record which includes wins over every major racing college in the east--including Yale...
...married in the grim summer of 1941, is a Fleming. She was once known as &qout;The Shrimp Queen," because her father had made a lot of money in shrimp. In Northern villages, alongside pictures of Leopold inscribed "We await our King's return," there were on display posters of bosomy Mary Liliane in a low-cut evening dress, bending over a banquet table strewn with blossoms. The caption said simply: "Fruits and Flowers...
...will appeal to the folks who read the Saturday Evening Post (and might buy "Opus 21" if properly titillated), and pushes them briskly into conversation with the book's central character, name of Phillip Wylie. Character Wylie takes these chances to deliver Author Wylie's party line, with considerable display of gusto, and the general attitude of a prophet...
...current photographic display depicts cultural aspects of Central American civilization and specifically explains the banana industry. Previous Dunster exhibits have dealt with England, Switzerland, and the Netherlands...