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Into the Cold: A Journey of the Soul is a documentary film written and directed by Sebastian Copeland that follows two men's journey to the geographic North Pole in 2009, commemorating the centennial of Admiral Peary's successful 1909 reach. [1]
As the centennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth was celebrated across the United States, President Theodore Roosevelt appeared at Hodgenville, Kentucky, for the laying of the cornerstone for a building to house a log cabin in which Lincoln was born. [17] The New York Academy of Sciences celebrated the centennial of the birth of Charles Darwin. [18]
The Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, acronym AYP or AYPE, was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909 publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. It was originally planned for 1907 to mark the 10th anniversary of the Klondike Gold Rush , but the organizers learned of the Jamestown Exposition being held that same year and rescheduled.
Ballets Russes Centennial and other exhibitions. From Russia with love: costumes from the Ballets Russes, 1909–1933, an online exhibition featuring material from the collection of the National Gallery of Australia; Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1909–1929: 20 Years That Changed The World of Art Online Exhibition, Houghton Library, Harvard ...
Hudson–Fulton Celebration program Hudson–Fulton Celebration New York City, commemorative stamp, 1909 Issue. The Hudson–Fulton Celebration from September 25 to October 9, 1909 in New York and New Jersey was an elaborate commemoration of the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of the Hudson River and the 100th anniversary of Robert Fulton's first successful commercial ...
This probably dates to 1909.” CEI worker Michael Greathouse installs a photo mural Thursday for a Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. display at the Akron History Center at 172 S. Main St. Work underway ...
The Great Sanitary Fair in 1864 was the model for the Centennial Exposition; it raised $1,046,859 for medicine and bandages during the American Civil War. Joseph Roswell Hawley, president of the U.S. Centennial Commission A stock certificate for five $10 shares issued by the Centennial Board of Finance
Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival is set to celebrate the centennial of Columbia Pictures with a retrospective featuring classic titles spawned by the Hollywood studio between the dawn of ...