Posts Tagged ‘Portrait’

John North Willys, President Willys-Overland, Portrait circa 1912

An article in the March 1912 edition of Cassiers’ Magazine gives a brief account of John North Willys activities in the auto industry. According to the issue, he began selling Overland automobiles, was promoted to general manager and acquired control of the company. He also purchased Pope-Toledo Works, after the death of Mr. Albert A.…

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Francois Peron Biography

BORN: August, 1775 DIED: December 14, 1810 [republished from The naturalist’s library (1833) by Sir William Jardine] EARLY YEARS AND EDUCATION FRANCOIS PERON was born at Cerilly, in August 1775. From his earliest years his intelligence exhibited itself by his extreme curiosity, and an insatiable desire for information. Scarcely had he learnt to spell, when…

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Katsushika Hokusai Biography

[Text by Sir Charles John Holmes, former Director of the National Portrait Gallery and the sixth Director of the National Gallery, from Hokusai, published in 1901.] BORN: 1760 DIED: 1849 In the autumn of 1760, when Hogarth had just had his Sigismunda thrown on his hands by Sir Richard Grosvenor, a child was born in…

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Profile James Mapes Dodge circa 1903

[reprinted from Cassier’s magazine v. 24 May-Oct. 1903. Article by By S. Howard-Smith] Mechanical instinct and crea-tive facility were manifested at an early period in the life of Mr. James Mapes Dodge. The leisure of his school-boy days was largely employed in applying mechanical movements and principles to “things of use and things of play,”…

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Profile of Edward Daniel Meier circa 1900

[reprinted from Cassier’s magazine v. 18 May-Oct. 1900. Article by Robert W. Hunt] The question has been often asked, — “How and why have the United States of America made such wonderful progress, and in so short a time?” The answer is simple, when we study the character of the men who have been active…

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Henry Latham Doherty Quotes

[as reprinted from Cassier’s magazine v. 30 May-Oct. 1906. Article by John Craig Hammond] The man who invents and creates, the man who improves on old methods, — a man who is a leader is the man worth while. To be a leader, to put away old methods and follow some untried path is to…

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Biography Louis Cassier – Founder of Cassier’s Magazine

[reprinted from Cassier’s magazine v. 30 May-Oct. 1906] Among the victims of the appalling railway disaster on the London & South-Western Railway, on July 1, was Louis Cassier, the founder of this magazine. Speeding from Plymouth to London, the fast night express, which carried mails and passengers from the American Line steamship “New York,” left…

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