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...scholarship is obviously extensive, but he is also a gifted storyteller and assembler of vignettes. He includes nice touches of grand illusion. When Bedford Forrest led his Confederate cavalrymen on a raid into occupied Memphis, one of his officers captured the uniform of the Federal commander, C.C. Washburn, and proudly displayed it as a trophy. Forrest gallantly returned the uniform to Washburn under a flag of truce. Some weeks later, also under a flag of truce, Washburn sent Forrest a fine gray uniform made to measure by the cavalryman's own prewar Memphis tailor. As Jefferson Davis' special...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Endgame | 1/27/1975 | See Source »

...Museum of Science is presenting a 20-year retrospective exhibit of Eliot Porter photographs in its Bradford Washburn Gallery. Porter, best known perhaps for his Sierra Club posters, is a master of the outdoors scene and his artistry is well attested to by the 70 color prints of landscapes which make up this show...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GALLERIES | 8/2/1974 | See Source »

...Museum of Science is presenting a 20 year retrospective exhibit of Eliot Porter photographs in its Bradford Washburn Gallery. Porter, best known perhaps for his Sierra Club posters, is a master of the outdoors scene and his artistry is well attested to by the 70 color prints of landscapes which make up this show. Though the Museum has done a poor job of mounting and lighting these photographs, nothing can really dull the impact of Porter's sensuous colors or his ability to capture the unique detail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GALLERIES | 7/30/1974 | See Source »

Parker has not only beaten Yale 12 times in a row but has put together a program of such depth that Yale has rarely had a chance in the last few years. In fact, Parker and freshman coach Ted Washburn have become apologetic about the races, wishing that Yale would do better...

Author: By Bruns H. Grayson, | Title: Crimson Cruises to Easy Win | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

Next to him frosh coach Ted Washburn hustled around, working his camera equipment and trying not to think about his crew's loss to Cornell...

Author: By Bruns H. Grayson, | Title: Harvard Crews Sweep to Five of Six Titles In Outstanding Performance at Eastern Sprints | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

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