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Emma Summers, from a 1901 newspaper article in The San Francisco Call about the "Oil Queen of California" Emma Summers and her mansion on Wilshire Boulevard. From Sunset magazine , 1911. Emma Summers (née McCutchen , 1858 – 1941) was an American oil tycoon in the 1890s and the early years of the twentieth century.
It is commonly known as the Jerusalem cherry, [2] Madeira winter cherry, or, ambiguously, "winter cherry". These perennials can be grown decoratively as house plants, but in some areas of South Africa , India , Australia and New Zealand it is regarded as a weed .
The Burney Relief (also known as the Queen of the Night relief) is a Mesopotamian terracotta plaque in high relief of the Isin-Larsa period or Old-Babylonian period, depicting a winged, nude, goddess-like figure with bird's talons, flanked by owls, and perched upon two lions. Side view showing depth of the relief
Tada Images / ShutterstockNearly a year after Dairy Queen officially discontinued the popular Cherry Dipped Cone—a move that came as a major blow to fans—the defunct item is finally returning ...
Pietro Annigoni, Queen Elizabeth II, 1955. Tempera, oil and ink on paper. Fishmongers' Hall, London. Pietro Annigoni completed a number of portraits of Queen Elizabeth II between 1954 and 1972. In 1955, he painted her for the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers and in 1969 for the National Portrait Gallery.
In case you think a celebrity chef like De Laurentiis uses only ultra-high-end extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) imported from Italy, think again: Her beloved Lucini is $16 for a 16.9-ounce bottle at ...
Dubonnet poster (1895) 1915 advertisement Faded Dubonnet advertisement, Lautrec Dubonnet advertisement, 1907 — Napoleon and Madame de Pompadour share a bottle. The caption, idiomatically rendered, runs something akin to this: (Napoleon Bonaparte to Mme. the Marchioness de Pompadour) ''My dear Marchioness, you must be perished with the cold.
In case you think a celebrity chef like De Laurentiis uses only the most high-end extra virigin olive oil (EVOO) imported straight from Italy, think again: Her beloved Lucini is less than $14 for ...