Otto C. Lightner: America's King of Hobbies

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A tribute to Otto Curtis Lightner who was the founder of the magazine 'Hobbies' devoted to the collecting hobby is presented. Hobbies Magazine was a great success in the 1930s and it was filled with classified advertising from people across the country offering to buy anything and everything.

Executive changes & profiles, Periodical Publishers, Periodicals, Hobby Periodicals, Officials and employees, Periodical publishing, Hobby magazines, Lightner, Otto Curtis

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Edward S. Curtis: portraits of native America

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Edward Sheriff Curtis began documentation of native North American cultures through photographs and interviews in 1901, when he was 33 years old. He studied more than 80 tribes and took more than 40,000 photographs, though the authenticity of his work is the subject of debate.

Photographers, Native Americans, Native North Americans, Curtis, Edward S.

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The hunt is over: oldest operating cooler found in North America

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Boston appliance retailer Chuck Sofio's 1924 refrigerator was judged the winner, topping 5,300 entries in a contest celebrating the 85th anniversary of Frigidaire's invention of the electric household cooler.

History, Achievements and awards, Refrigerators, Sofio, Chuck, Frigidaire Home Products

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