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...estate of Jefferson Monroe Levy, onetime Representative from New York, onetime owner of "Monticello," famed seat of Thomas Jefferson, revealed that he died insolvent. In 1923 Mr. Lew sold "Monticello," which had been in the possession of his family since the Civil War, to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation for $500,000. He died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sir Harry Lauder | 3/10/1930 | See Source »

...Lew Leslie's "International Revue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Lew Leslie's International Revue | 3/10/1930 | See Source »

...Shades of Lew Wallace and James Whitcomb Riley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 13, 1930 | 1/13/1930 | See Source »

...many cameras searching out strange races of the world has ever caught one in the process of creating its legends, yet it is easy for people who have never seen any Maoris to believe that these in The Devil's Pit are not modern but ancient men. Producer Lew Collins took a year photographing them in New Zealand. Flabby Maoris desperately fight with sticks and spears, standing face to face in the Japanese manner, all because one chief's son has killed his rival for the hand of another's daughter. The story is simple enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Oct. 28, 1929 | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

...Interesting for prehistoric Indian traces, present Indians, pueblos, Spanish conquest, somnolescence, artists, cemetery, old Governor's Palace (now a museum), scenery of Ben Hur (which the late Governor Lew Wallace wrote), turquoise and silver jewelry, September Indian fiesta, hospitality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Flying Archeologists | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

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