The Library of Congress

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Old Theater, Miami Beach, Florida (LOC)

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  • moccasinlanding said:
    Makes me think of Last Picture Show.

Mgr. Falconio, sitting, copyright by Gutekunst (LOC)

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  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diomede_Falconio
    "Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. (20 September 1842 – 8 February 1917) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Congregation for Religious from 1916 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1911. He was Apostolic Delegate to the United States from 1902 to 1911."
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks swanq, we'll update the catalog record.

Fred R. Hazard, Syracuse (LOC)

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  • swanq said:
    www.findagrave.com

    BIRTH
    14 Jun 1858
    Peace Dale, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
    DEATH
    27 Feb 1917 (aged 58)
    Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, USA

    digital.sciencehistory.org
    "Frederick Rowland Hazard was born in Peacedale, Rhode Island in 1858 and graduate from Brown University in 1881. After graduating from Brown, Hazard studied the Solvay Process, a significant industrial process for the manufacture of sodium carbonate or soda ash at Solvay & Co. in France. Upon his return to the United States, Hazard assumed the position of Assistant Treasurer at the Solvay Process Company in Syracuse, New York. He subsequently served as the company's Treasurer before assuming the position of President following his father's death in 1898. Frederick Rowland Hazard died in Syracuse, New York on February 27, 1917."
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks swanq, we'll add some of this information to our catalog record.

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