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Efforts in the early 20th century to improve the quality of medical education in the United States led to a steep decline in ...
In the early 20th century, J. C. Leyendecker rose to prominence as an illustrator whose work was seen everywhere from soap advertisements to the cover of the "Saturday Evening Post." His drawings ...
Many early-twentieth-century artists, especially from French and German avant-garde groups, such as Les Fauves and Der Blaue Reiter, freed of the concept that the goal of art was to reproduce ...
Black civil rights leaders used transportation as a means to challenge white supremacy, aiding movements for organized labor ...
Developers are planning a historic renovation of former Whit-Ash furniture properties in Columbia’s Vista neighborhood, all ...
A film adaptation of the popular television series “24” is in early development at 20th Century Studios, sources tell Variety. Imagine Entertainment co-founder Brian Grazer teased the project ...
The Bray School opened in 1760 and was North America’s first institution to educate both enslaved and free Black children. However, the Bray School’s underlying goals offer a stark example of the ...
At the beginning of the 20th century, large-scale industrialization in Japan begun during the Meiji Restoration, a period of rapid modernization that lasted from 1868-1912, was well under way. The ...