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Dr. Seuss sketching mockups of the Grinch while working on How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957)
Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss) Drawing the Grinch, 1957 Photograph by Al Ravenna. New York World-Telegram and Sun Collection, Library of Congress
Dr. Seuss sketching mockups of the Grinch while working on How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957)
Claude Monet’s 1872 painting Impression, Sunrise. It later gave the art movement its name after a critic used the term for the style overall in a skeptical review of an 1874 exhibition he’d organized
Impression, Sunrise. Claude Monet, 1872
Claude Monet’s 1872 painting Impression, Sunrise. It later gave the art movement its name after a critic used the term for the style overall in a skeptical review of an 1874 exhibition he’d organized
Before founding the American branch of the Red Cross in 1881, Clara Barton worked as a nurse during the American Civil War, and later worked with the International Red Cross to provide care to soldiers wounded during and the Franco-Prussian War
Clara Barton, c. 1860–1865 Mathew Brady, Brady National Photographic Art Gallery
Before founding the American branch of the Red Cross in 1881, Clara Barton worked as a nurse during the American Civil War, and later worked with the International Red Cross to provide care to soldiers wounded during and the Franco-Prussian War
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A creation of Scottish novelist and playwright Sir James Matthew Barrie, what enduring fictional character of stage, page, and screen made their debut appearance in the 1902 novel The Little White Bird, originally published as a serial in the American periodical Scribner’s Magazine?
A Volvo Engineer Invented the Seat Belt

A Volvo Engineer Invented the Seat Belt

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Why Donkeys and Elephants Represent the Major American Political Parties

Why Donkeys and Elephants Represent the Major American Political Parties

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Yachts Were Created to Hunt Pirates

Yachts Were Created to Hunt Pirates

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Developed by a group of Parisian painters in early the 1870s, the Impressionist movement was originally named, by an art critic in 1874, after one of the first works created in that style: Impression, soleil levant (or Impression, Sunrise), an 1872 oil painting by what iconic French-born artist?
Napoleon’s Grand Nephew Created the FBI

Napoleon’s Grand Nephew Created the FBI

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An ad for the stage act of Harry Houdini and his wife Wilhelmina Beatrice Bess’ Houdini, whom he married in 1894. The two of them toured vaudeville circuits performing escape acts and stage illusions before Houdini began billing himself as a solo headliner
The Houdinis Poster, 1895 Color lithograph (62 × 46 cm), printed by Liebler & Maass. Library of Congress, Performing Arts Posters Collection
An ad for the stage act of Harry Houdini and his wife Wilhelmina Beatrice Bess’ Houdini, whom he married in 1894. The two of them toured vaudeville circuits performing escape acts and stage illusions before Houdini began billing himself as a solo headliner
Samuel Morse worked as a professional artist before he began his pioneering work on the telegraph in the 1830s. He’s believed to have completed more than 300 paintings in his career
Samuel F. B. Morse, The House of Representatives, 1822 (reworked c. 1823) Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Samuel Morse worked as a professional artist before he began his pioneering work on the telegraph in the 1830s. He’s believed to have completed more than 300 paintings in his career
John Wilkes Booth’s Famous Brother Wrote an Apology Letter to the American People After the Lincoln Assassination

John Wilkes Booth’s Famous Brother Wrote an Apology Letter to the American People After the Lincoln Assassination

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Roald Dahl's Steamy Spy Career

Roald Dahl's Steamy Spy Career

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