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Davenport brothers. Ira Erastus Davenport (September 17, 1839 – July 8, 1911) [1] and William Henry Davenport (February 1, 1841 – July 1, 1877), [1] known as the Davenport brothers, were American magicians in the late 19th century, sons of a Buffalo, New York policeman. The brothers presented illusions that they and others claimed to be ...
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age —a term he popularized in his short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. During his lifetime, he published four novels, four ...
Yeats photographed in 1903 by Alice Boughton. William Butler Yeats [a] (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist and writer, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and along with Lady Gregory founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief ...
Blue Period with Banjo, Polaroid ER print by William Wegman, 1980. Volcano by Wegman, 1988, acrylic and oil on canvas, Honolulu Museum of Art. William Wegman (born December 2, 1943) is an American artist best known for creating series of compositions involving dogs, primarily his own Weimaraners in various costumes and poses.
From her vintage dresses to her authentic mid-century kitchen appliances, Laci Fay lives every day like it's 1958. And it's not just her home and car that are influenced by the decade: even her ...
Coptic Cat. Dead Oceans. William Fay (born 9 September 1943) is an English singer-songwriter. His early recordings were released by Deram, but following the release of his second album in 1971, Fay was dropped by the label. His work enjoyed a growing cult status in the 1990s, and his older works were re-issued in 1998 and 2004/2005.
William R. Forstchen (born October 11, 1950) is an American historian and author. A Professor of History and Faculty Fellow at Montreat College, in Montreat, North Carolina, he received his doctorate from Purdue University . He has published numerous popular novels and non-fiction works about military and alternative history, thrillers, and ...
J. G. Ballard. James Graham Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) [2] was an English novelist and short story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between human psychology, technology, sex and mass media. [3] Ballard first became associated with New Wave science ...