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Crosby next became a sports columnist and illustrator at The New York Globe. On the side, he produced comics used as occasional filler for the paper. Eventually fired, he entered an Edison Company contest for the best cartoon on the use of electric light. He won the $75 prize and saw his cartoon appear in every newspaper in New York City.
The New York Times front page blared, "COUPLE SHOT DEAD IN ARTISTS' HOTEL; Suicide Compact Is Indicated Between Henry Grew Crosby and Harvard Man's Wife. BUT MOTIVE IS UNKNOWN He Was Socially Prominent in Boston—Bodies Found in Friend's Suite." [27] The New York newspapers decided it was a murder-suicide. [23]
Sports portal; Visual arts portal; This category is for articles about artworks showing sport. ... For images of such artwork see Commons and Category:Images from sports.
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."
At its peak, [when?] the firm's revenues were $1.4 billion, with 2,000 employees, operating 94 stores in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, and Massachusetts. It also operated music-only stores in Maryland and the Washington, D.C. area. The 1977–1998 and 2004–present Nobody Beats the Wiz logo. The chain closed permanently in 2003.
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.
J.W. Mays, Inc. is a real estate firm based in Brooklyn, New York, United States. From 1927 until 1988 the company ran a chain of discount department stores in the area surrounding New York City referred to as Mays, with stores located in three of New York City's five boroughs, Long Island, and Putnam County. At its height as a retailer, the ...
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 ...