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Charles O'Rear was born on November 26, 1941, in Butler, Missouri. [1] [2] [3] His mother, a Humansville native, was a journalist, home economist, and social worker.[4] [5] O'Rear grew up in his home state and was interested in aircraft during his youth, obtaining a pilot license by the age of 16.
Microsoft said they wanted not just to license the image for use as Windows XP's default wallpaper, but to buy all the rights to it. [10]: 3:37 [24] They offered O'Rear what he says is the second-largest payment ever made to a photographer for a single image; however, he signed a confidentiality agreement and cannot disclose the exact amount.
Kansas City, Missouri (KC or KCMO) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and area. The city lies within Jackson, Clay, Platte counties, and a small portion in Cass County. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Missouri–Kansas state line and has a population of 2,392,035.
A computer screen showing a background wallpaper photo of the Palace of Versailles A wallpaper from fractal. A wallpaper or background (also known as a desktop background, desktop picture or desktop image on computers) is a digital image (photo, drawing etc.) used as a decorative background of a graphical user interface on the screen of a computer, smartphone or other electronic device.
For her 34th birthday on Dec. 13, here are 34 pictures of Swift, taken over the years — and especially this year — by Kansas City Star photographers. Taylor Swift made of sugar. Taylor Swift ...
The first flag of Kansas City, adopted in 1913, was pennant shaped and contained the Seal of Kansas City as well as the words "KANSAS CITY". The second flag, adopted in 1936, replaced the pennant with a more customary rectangle, but bore the same seal as the earlier pennant, placed between the words "KANSAS" and "CITY" on the center stripe in a blue–white–blue horizontal triband.
The Money Museum of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, with exhibits and tours of the multi-story cash vault. Irish Museum and Cultural Center located in Kansas City's Union Station. Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall, local area history and natural sciences museum in a Beaux-Arts mansion.
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