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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.
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 ...
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View of a night-time baseball game at Yankee Stadium between the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins. This is a list of professional and semi-professional sports teams based in the New York metropolitan area, including from New York City, Long Island, Lower Hudson Valley, Northern and Central New Jersey, and parts of Western Connecticut.
The entrepreneurs had great success and expanded into a nationwide catalog retail concept. The Think Big! product line grew to offer over 100 different larger-than-life objects. With the added success of catalog sales many franchise locations began to open across the country as the pop art style caught on through the 1980s.
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.
The Cheshill Realty Corporation acquired 25 parcels for the store through private negotiations in 1931–1932; the Brooklyn Eagle called the purchases the "Flatbush mystery". The announcement of the new store, coinciding with two others in Union City and Hackensack, New Jersey, was only made once all the land had been purchased. [1]