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Word: mandolins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hrer's old friend and official photographer, who was an acquaintance of the Braun family. A vivacious blonde, she used to mix cocktails and play the accordion for Hitler and the struggling Nazi group. "Today," says the Post, "Evi considers her accordion undignified and plays only the mandolin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: More About Evi | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...offering of the clubs has been streamlined in the past two years to include pieces more up-to-date than the mandolin and banjo groups which have formed the mainstay of the organization in the past...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Instrumental Clubs Present Noval Concert Here Tonight Begin Winter Performances | 12/15/1939 | See Source »

Muralists Millman and Siporin both studied at Chicago's Art Institute, are prime movers in Chicago's Artists' Union. Scholarly Mitch Siporin sings, plays the piano and mandolin. High-strung Eddie Millman relaxes best at the movies. Born on January 1, Millman annually gives a combination New Year's Eve-birthday party famed among Chicago artists, for the rest of the year stays close to the wagon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Muralist Team | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

Other newly elected officers include David G. Halstead '41, vice-President; Lynn A. Brua '41, Manager; John R. Bemis '40, Secretary-Treasurer; Llewellyn Vorley '41, Librarian; Franklin J. Tyler '41, Specialty Manager; David P. Sheppard '40, leader of the Gold Coast, with the leaders of the Vocal and Mandolin Clubs to be appointed shortly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clark Chosen President in Instrumental Club Election | 2/17/1939 | See Source »

...Harvard, where he took a law degree, he was pistol champion as well as a mandolin player. Mandolins and pistols would be a good accompaniment for the speeches in which he seeks to be a reasonable Progressive at the same time he is being a firm landholder. His title to "Progressive" dates from Bull Moose days (1912) which makes him, in the eyes of today's Liberal, a rank Tory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOCIAL SECURITY: Men Under the Moon | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

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