Word: oldest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, were displayed scores of daguerreotypes (1840-1860) culled from the private albums of the oldest Philadelphia families. In defense of daguerreotypes, it was pointed out out that "as documents of human interest . . . they are more truthful in their revelation of personality than is the modern development. . . . Nor did the pioneer photographer neglect a fine appreciation for spacing and composition in the arrangement of his subject on the plate." "The elusive half smile, half frown of the posed groups" was traced to "the awkward time* required for the photographic process...
...Services to humanity" rendered by Governor General Leonard Wood in the Philippines brought him the Medal of Peace conferred by the Pope. The oldest and strongest Christian body in the Philippines is the Roman Catholic. Mgr. Beliveau, Archbishop of St. Boniface, Manitoba, categorically forbade women and girls to wear knickers in winter sports. "Dangerous and immodest...
...small square temple, built by the Sumerian king Aannipadda, of Ur, about 4500 B. C., is the oldest building in the world still standing above ground, according to a report from Dr. C. Leonard Woolley, director of the joint expedition of the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania Museum, which is excavating in the region of Ur in lower Babylonia (TiME, April 28, July 9, Dec. 31). The temple, located at Tell el Obeid, four miles from Ur, was first unearthed some months ago, but its excavation has now been completed, carrying back the known history of Sumeria...
...notable collection of comments, originals, illustrations, and translations of the dramatic works of Moliere are now in the display cases of the Treasure Room in the Library. Of these, the originals are the oldest volumes, some of them dating back into the latter part of the 17th century...
...Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, which is the oldest legal reserve life insurance company in America, reported 1923 as the greatest year in its 81 years of existence. On its books at the close of last year was $2,817,761,195 of insurance; while its assets amounted...