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Crosby once stated, "I am a plain woman of uncertain age, standing six feet in my stockings...I scribble a bit for various sporting journals, and I would rather fish any day than go to heaven." [ 4 ] Fly Rod, as was her pseudonym on her columns, was a role model to young women around the nation, bolstering a personal philosophy of athleticism ...
Percy Lee Crosby [1] (December 8, 1891 – December 8, 1964) [2] [3] was an American author, illustrator and cartoonist best known for his comic strip Skippy.Adapted into movies, a novel and a radio show, Crosby's creation was commemorated on a 1997 U.S. Postal Service stamp.
Caresse Crosby (born Mary Phelps Jacob; April 20, 1892 – January 24, 1970) [1] was the recipient of a patent for the first successful modern bra, [2] an American patron of the arts, a publisher, and the woman Time called the "literary godmother to the Lost Generation of expatriate writers in Paris."
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The strip focused on Skippy Skinner, a young boy living in the city. Usually wearing an enormous collar and tie and a floppy checked hat, he was an odd mix of mischief and melancholy who might equally be found stealing from the corner fruit stand, failing to master skates or baseball, complaining about the adult world, or staring sadly at an old relative's grave ("And only last year she gave ...
New York City Brooklyn: Kingsborough Art Museum [62] Lehman College: Public New York City The Bronx: Lehman College Art Gallery [63] Manhattan Community College: Public New York City Manhattan Shirley Fiterman Art Center [64] Le Moyne College: Private Syracuse: Onondaga: Wilson Art Gallery [65] Long Island University: Private Brookville: Nassau
Crosby returned to the field Sunday after missing last week with a high ankle sprain, which was the first game he’s missed due to injury in his career. He had three total tackles and two sacks.
A fine copy was offered in New York during 2010 by Hugh Anson-Cartwright Fine Books for USD$4,429 (or about €5316). [ 34 ] A near-fine copy of the first English-language edition of Max Ernst 's and Paul Eluard 's book, Misfortunes of the Immortals , which Caresse published in 1943, was offered for sale in 2010 by Derringer Books for £2,293 ...