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...with his hunting, and thus "today walls are painted so that the artist may eat," whereas "in prehistoric times walls were painted so that the community might eat." Nevertheless, said he: "The formal elegance of the Altamira bison; the grandeur of outline in the Norwegian rock engravings of bear, elk and whale; the cornucopian fecundity of Rhodesian animal landscapes; the kinetic fury of the East Spanish huntsmen; the spontaneous ease with which the South African draftsmen mastered the difficult silhouets of moving creatures: these are achievements which living artists and many others who are interested in living art have admired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Dawn Pictures | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

...trading day this month no less than nine of the 15 most active issues on the Big Board were stocks selling for less than $10 per share. Churned in volume lately have been such "penny" favorites as International Paper & Power Class C ($6.50), Elk Horn Coal preferred ($5.50), General Realty & Utilities ($4.50), Alleghany Corp. ($4.50), Commonwealth & Southern ($3.50), Pierce Petroleum ($2.75), Seaboard Air Line Ry. ($1.75), Consolidated Textile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Hot Pennies | 12/28/1936 | See Source »

...born on June 23, 1894, the same day that the then Duchess of York gave birth to the now Edward VIII; 2) he was the son of a onetime Democratic Congressman; 3) he was a pre-Repeal Dry; 4) he weighed 200 lb.; 5) he was an Elk, Mason, Moose, Odd Fellow, Shriner, Legionary; 6) his favorite expression was "By Golly"; 7) he was a tireless and sometime tiring speaker; 8) his wife, Clara, played the harp. But all these things combined were outweighed by the fact that rich & radical Senator Couzens had appeared to love the New Deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MICHIGAN: Lost Lover | 9/28/1936 | See Source »

Edward M. Steel, Jr., of 119 Elk Avenue, N. Fayetteville, Tenn., Lincoln Country Central High School, Fayetteville; Robert G. Urquhart, of 2974 Helen Avenue, Detroit, Micln, Eastern High School, Detroit; Malcolm R. Wilkey, of 411 South Seminary, Madisonville, Ky., Madisonville High School; and Morton G. Wurtele, of 5832 Stony Island Avenue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AWARDS AMOUNTING TO $65,000 GO TO FRESHMEN | 9/1/1936 | See Source »

...relict of Edward Laurence Doheny. As all oil men know, dark-haired, 6-year-old Mrs. Carrie Estelle Betzold Doheny can do business with the best of them. Her company was her husband's personal basket, founded long before the top blew off the Naval oil lease of Elk Hills. Today it is a hodgepodge of the remaining Doheny oil lands in Bakersfield, Long Beach, Ventura, Kettleman Hills, a big interest in Tide Water Associated Oil, a number of California corner lots, an eleven-story building in Los Angeles, four ranches which raise cattle, grain, fruits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Shade of Sherman | 8/17/1936 | See Source »

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