Special Exhibitions at The Met: Fal... Dec 15, 2008
Artists such as , Charles Wilson Peale, Samuel F.B. Morse, George Caleb Bingham, Lilly Martin Spencer, Winslow Homer, Eastman Johnson, Thomas Eakins, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, WIlliam Merritt Chase and George Bellows are represented in this loan exhibition. The narratives that the paintings relate and how they are interpreted are stressed throughout the presentation. (Suite101.com)
Little improvement in area schools Dec 6, 2007
Baltimore City Failing: Alexander Hamilton; Arundel; Augusta Fells Savage Arts Industry; Beechfield; Belmont; Benjamin Franklin Jr.; Booker T. Washington; Calverton; Canton; Cherry Hill; Chinquapin; Collington Square; Commodore John Rodgers; Diggs-Johnson; Doris M. Johnson; Dr. Carter G. Woodson; Dr. Nathan A. Pitts Ashburton; Dr. Roland N. Patterson; Dr. Samuel Banks; Edgewood; Eutaw-Marshburn; Fort Worthington; Frederick Douglass; Garrison; Gilmor; Guilford; Hamilton; Harlem Park; Hazelwood;... (SunSpot.net)
Visalia Masonic lodge hits 150 years Nov 30, 2007
Ward became a friend of Samuel F.B. Morse and in the Civil War served on the staff of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. SHIRT TALE: Mayors Craig Vejvoda of Tulare and Jesus Gamboa of Visalia will be paying close attention to tonight's Division II Central Section championship football game between the Tulare Union Redskins and the El Diamante Miners. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Photography since the 1850s Nov 9, 2007
Myers discussed French Daguerreotypes brought to America by painter Samuel F.B. Morse, better known for inventing the telegraph and Morse code, colored Hillotypes, the collodian process, Ambrotypes, ferrotypes, Pannotypes, tintypes, carte-de-visites, egg white albumen paper, cabinet cards, Crystoleum, Cyanotypes on blueprint paper like architects use as a cheap proof sheet and Opalotypes. "The desire for photography goes back hundreds of years," Myers said, "but it starts out with a 'Camera... (Dowagiac News, MI)
Hidden house part of city's history Sep 3, 2007
He also designed houses for such notables as Washington Irving, Samuel F.B. Morse and Jay Gould, later known as "The Robber Baron.". Davis has 17 buildings now on the National Register. (The St. Augustine Record)
Okonite celebrates expansion, additional investment could follow Aug 9, 2007
Early customers included Samuel F.B. Morse for his telegraph network and Thomas Edison for the Pearl Street Generating Station, the nation's first. Other notable and recent projects done by Okonite include providing cable used in the Statue of Liberty. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Holograms, giant sloth among museum's exhibits Jun 11, 2007
The portrait painting collection includes names such as Samuel F.B. Morse and Joseph Blackburn, while landscapes are represented by artists such as John Casilear and still-lifes and landscapes are by John James Audubon and William Mason Brown among others. The Root Family Museum includes more than 800 teddy bears in all sizes and shapes and is the largest in Florida. (Ocala Star-Banner)
Thompson: Hollinger management kept him in dark May 2, 2007
Mr. Thompson appeared at ease on the witness stand earlier Tuesday, under direct examination by Mr. Sussman, informing jurors he went to Samuel F.B. Morse Elementary School on Chicago's West Side and served 14 years as governor. He furrowed his brow, occasionally removing his glasses or putting them back on, as Mr. Sussman walked him through questions. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Strawberry Hill Fiddlers to perform benefit concert Apr 13, 2007
Locally, the group will be appearing at the Locust Grove summer concert series at the Samuel F.B. Morse Historic Site in Poughkeepsie. The fiddlers will perform at a benefit concert on Sunday, April 29, 7 p.m. at Haviland Middle School in Hyde Park to raise money for their 10-day invitational tour to Scotland. (MIllbrook Voice Ledger, NY)
