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06-05-2023, 05:34 PM,
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RE: Who is this?
horace greeley?
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06-05-2023, 05:48 PM,
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RE: Who is this?
Kudos, Mike! Yes, indeed, that is an image of Horace Greeley.
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08-21-2024, 06:23 PM,
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RE: Who is this?
Name all of these people, left to right:

[Image: people99.jpg]
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08-22-2024, 08:13 AM,
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RE: Who is this?
(08-21-2024, 06:23 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Name all of these people, left to right:

[Image: people99.jpg]

First stab at this (the second to the last person I can't see clearly enough to hazard a guess...)

James Swanson, Mike Kauffman, Louise Taper, Ed Steers, ?, Frank Williams
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08-22-2024, 10:13 AM,
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RE: Who is this?
Brilliant, Scott. The only one unidentified is Tom Turner.

(The photo is from 2005.)
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08-26-2024, 02:36 PM,
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RE: Who is this?
Without googling, who is this man?

[Image: fidowriter.jpg]
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08-26-2024, 03:06 PM,
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RE: Who is this?
(08-26-2024, 02:36 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Without googling, who is this man?

[Image: fidowriter.jpg]

That is William de Fleurville aka William Florville aka "Billy the Barber"
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08-26-2024, 04:57 PM,
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Yes, Scott!
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12-24-2024, 10:05 AM,
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RE: Who is this?
No googling please.

The Bread-Winners: A Social Study is a novel written by someone who knew Abraham Lincoln very well.

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12-25-2024, 07:17 AM,
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RE: Who is this?
Hint #1: The correct answer has been mentioned frequently on this forum.
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12-25-2024, 11:53 AM,
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RE: Who is this?
It would have to be someone who has a literary bent. The only one I can think of would be John Hay.

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12-25-2024, 12:00 PM,
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RE: Who is this?
Rob's right, it's Hay. I'm surprised I know that much about Hay that I recognized the title right away!
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12-25-2024, 01:24 PM,
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Very good, gentlemen!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bread-Winners
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02-22-2025, 12:56 PM,
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No googling please.

Who is this?

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02-22-2025, 06:19 PM,
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RE: Who is this?
Was he involved in workers wages negotiations?
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor,
Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns
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