All posts tagged "Brooklyn"
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2.4KArts and LeisureRodman and Ruth Law Take Their Sibling Rivalry to Crazy Heights
Rodman and Ruth Law rocketed to fame just before World War I with daredevil movie stunts and breathtaking aeronautical feats. Their father...
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5.9K1MassachusettsHow John Adams Became A “Church going Animal”
It took a lifetime of study and reflection for John Adams to come up with his religious credo. In the end, the...
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10.1K3ConnecticutBlack Husband, White Scientist: The Secret Double Life of Clarence King
In 1888, Clarence King started to lead two secret lives, one on each side of the Brooklyn Bridge. In Manhattan, he was...
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8.1K1Religion and Social MovementsJohn Humphrey Noyes Finds Out Sex and Silverware Don’t Mix
John Humphrey Noyes started out in the 19th century as a conventional Yale-trained minister until he found out he was perfect and...
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9.6K1MassachusettsThe Northampton National Bank Heist, the Biggest in U.S. History
On the morning of Jan. 26, 1876, a woman screamed from her bedroom window that burglars had robbed the Northampton National Bank...
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9.1K3MaineHow John Marin, America’s Greatest Artist, Vanished from Sight
John Marin, voted America’s greatest artist in 1948, looked like an aging Beatle. An admirer described him as having bangs that reached...
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