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Loading image…1927-09-24
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis card identifies the front page of The Wisconsin enterprise-blade (Milwaukee, Wis.), September 24, 1927. The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog:…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis card identifies the front page of The Wisconsin enterprise-blade (Milwaukee, Wis.), September 29, 1928. The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog:…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis card identifies the front page of The Wisconsin enterprise-blade (Milwaukee, Wis.), September 3, 1927. The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog:…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis card identifies the front page of The Wisconsin enterprise-blade (Milwaukee, Wis.), September 4, 1926. The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog:…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis card identifies the front page of The Wisconsin enterprise-blade (Milwaukee, Wis.), September 5, 1925. The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog:…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis card identifies the front page of The Wisconsin enterprise-blade (Milwaukee, Wis.), September 8, 1928. The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog:…
1897–1975
Thelma Waide Brown (1897 - August 25, 1975) was an African-American concert and opera singer. Brown was born in Ashland, Kentucky, and lived in Indianapolis before moving to Chicago. She toured as a concert singer and performed in operas, and was also a…
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Thenjiwe Moseley born Thenjiwe Maphumulo on 29 September 1977 is a South African comedian, actress, master of ceremonies and entrepreneur originating from KwaMashu, Durban. Professionally, she is simply known as Thenjiwe. She created and acted in Judge…
Biography
Theophlius Killion is an American businessman who was CEO of Zale Corporation from February 2010 to July 2014. He also was director of Jewelers of America, initially as interim CEO and a member of the board of directors of Express, Inc. His tenure led the…
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Theodore Colbert III ( kohl-bərt; born 1973) is a businessman, engineer, and the former Chief Executive Officer for Boeing Defense, Space & Security, a subdivision at The Boeing Company. He served in the position from March 2022 until September 2024.…
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Theodore Wellington Jones (September 19, 1853 – April 30, 1943) was a Canadian-born American businessman, newspaper editor, and politician. He was a Cook County Commissioner in 1895–1896, and member of the National Negro Business League and the Negro…
1912–1992
Theresa McLaurin Needham (April 17, 1912 – October 16, 1992) was an American tavern owner who became known as "the Godmother of the Chicago blues". She was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001. Born Theresa McLaurin in Meridian,…
mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA size 8 thimble found in drawer A of the Singer cabinet table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The small, silver tone cup features small, diamond shaped dimples on the outside of the top half of the thimble and on the flat top. The bottom has a small,…
mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA size 9 thimble found in drawer A of the Singer cabinet table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The small, silver tone cup features small, diamond shaped dimples on the outside of the top half of the thimble and on the flat top. The bottom has a small,…
mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA size 9 thimble found in drawer C of the Singer cabinet table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The small, silver tone cup features small, diamond shaped dimples on the outside of the top half of the thimble and on the flat top. The bottom has a small,…
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThirteen (13) wooden, cardboard, and plastic spools of thread in varying fibers and colors found in box 2010.6.55.1ab from Mae's Millinery Shop. Spools .8 through .13 are unraveled with the loose ends tangled in a large knot of thread. There are also two…
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThirty-eight (38) buttons of varying sizes, colors, and materials found in the box 2010.6.64.1 from Mae's Millinery Shop.
Biography
Thomas "Danny" Boston (circa 1948 - ) is an American economist who is professor emeritus of Economics and International Affairs in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech. He is a past president of the National Economic Association.
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Thomas Day (c. 1801–1861) was an American furniture craftsman and cabinetmaker in Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina. Born into a free African-American family in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, Day moved to Milton in 1817 and became a highly successful…
1950–2023
Thomas W. Dortch Jr. (born April 12, 1950 in Toccoa, Georgia - February 15, 2023) was an American civic leader and businessman based in Atlanta, Georgia. By 1990, he became the first black man to be chief administrator for a U.S. Senator (Sam Nunn).
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Thomas George Downing (January 27, 1791 – 1866) was an American restaurateur and abolitionist active in New York City during the Victorian era. He was nicknamed the "New York Oyster King". He was one of the wealthiest people in New York City at the time of…
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Thomas Gilman (1830–1911), nicknamed Uncle Tom Gilman, was an American freedman, miner, farmer, and businessperson. He was an enslaved African American who self–purchased his freedom from mining during the mid-19th century, and notably contributed to…
Biography
Thomas Jeremiah (died 18 August 1775) was a free Negro harbor pilot, firefighter, fisherman and merchant from Charles Town, South Carolina, in British North America. A prominent resident of the city, he was executed for attempting to foment a slave revolt…
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Thomas Otis Knight (February 4, 1951 – January 7, 2014) was an American fugitive and serial killer who was executed in Florida for murder. In 1974, Knight murdered a Miami couple after forcing them to withdraw US$50,000 from a bank. While awaiting trial,…
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