All posts tagged "auction"
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4.0KMassachusettsCape Cod’s Elmer Crowell, the First and Best Decoy Maker
In 1900, an Elmer Crowell decoy sold for $2. In 2007, an Elmer Crowell decoy sold for $1.13 million. And so did...
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22.0KArts and LeisureRichard Potter, Celebrity Black Magician of the 19th Century
Richard Potter, the son of a former slave, won fame and fortune with a bag of magic tricks and a voice that...
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14.2KPolitics and MilitaryChopmist Hill, Rhode Island’s Secret Listening Post in WWII
Just before Pearl Harbor, Chopmist Hill in Scituate, R.I., was the center of the world. That’s what the Federal Communications Commission discovered...
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9.6K4MassachusettsTobias Gilmore, an African-American Soldier in the American Revolution
Tobias Gilmore, an African-American soldier in the American Revolution, left a legacy that includes a cannon left to the Town of Taunton,...
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9.6K3Arts and LeisureBob Montana Brings Archie Comics to New Hampshire’s Lakes Region
Bob Montana drew his first Archie comic book in 1942 in a rented cottage on Lake Waukewan in Meredith, N.H. The character would...
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