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2. Wooden box - Wikipedia

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   Wooden box with full cleated ends (Style 2) Man with wooden box or chest, 1625. A wooden box is a container made of wood for storage or as a shipping container. Construction may include several types of wood; lumber (timber), plywood, engineered woods, etc. For some purposes, decorative woods are used.

3. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft - Wikipedia

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   The stolen works were originally procured by art collector Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840–1924) and were intended for permanent display at the museum with the rest of her collection. Among them was The Concert , one of only 34 known paintings by Johannes Vermeer and thought to be the most valuable unrecovered painting in the world.

4. Washington Monument - Wikipedia

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   Print of the proposed Washington Monument by architect Robert Mills, c. 1845 –1848 Bronze statue of George Washington in the monument's western alcove. George Washington (1732–1799), hailed as the father of his country, and as the leader who was "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen", as Maj. Gen. 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee eulogized at Washington's December ...

5. George Washington Masonic National Memorial - Wikipedia

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   The arch had two cross-members (each consisting of five stones weighing a total of 70 short tons (64 t)) supported by four 3 inches (7.6 cm) wide, 50 feet (15 m) long steel rods placed in shallow grooves on the underside. [85] The GWMNMA anticipated spending $595,000 in construction funds in 1925, [72] and raised another $500,000 in cash donations.

6. African art - Wikipedia

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   Cloth; raffia; 20.3 x 85.7 cm (8 x 33 3 ⁄ 4 in.); Brooklyn Museum. In Kuba culture, men are responsible for raffia palm cultivation and the weaving of raffia cloth. [72] Several types of raffia cloth are produced for different purposes, the most common form of which is a plain woven cloth that is used as the foundation for decorated textile ...

7. Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon - Wikipedia

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   Wood v. Duff-Gordon 222 N.Y. 88, 118 N.E. 214 (New York 1917); full text of the opinion, with reporter's summary, and the arguments and cases presented by the attorneys for each party. ContractsProf Blog: Today in History: Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon; Some interesting facts of the case from Kent Law professor, Richard Warner; Case Brief for ...