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- Notes:
- Portrait of Li Ling Ai, signed. She was a lecturer, actress, and writer whose work includes the book "Children of the Sun in Hawaii". Circa 1945.
- Date Created:
- 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Portrait of H. Napier Moore, signed. Moore was a Canadian author.
- Date Created:
- 1946-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Will Durant as a young man is seen seated at a table or desk, writing on the flyleaf of a book with a fountain pen. He has a mustache and goatee, and is wearing a dark suit and tie. The book he is signing is the Story of Philosophy, of which he is the author. Books are piled high on his left, and floor to ceiling bookshelves rise behind him.
- Date Created:
- 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Portrait of Norman Cousins, signed and dated January 15, 1948. Cousins was a journalist, author, and for thirty years he served as the editor-in-chief of the "Saturday Review". He was also known as an advocate for world peace.
- Date Created:
- 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Man sitting and holding book jacket, titled "The Shore Dimly Seen" by Ellis Gibbs Arnall.
- Date Created:
- 1946-10-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Portrait of Angna Enters, signed and dated March 1948. Enters was an author, dancer and mime.
- Date Created:
- 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Portrait of Aloha Baker, signed and dated 1944. Aloha Baker was an adventurer who documented her travels in both writing and film.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Portrait of Alice Berezowsky, signed and dated March 24, 1945. She was the author of "Duet with Nicky" and was married to the conductor Nicolai Berezowsky.
- Date Created:
- 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Portrait of Max Eastman, signed [and dated April 12, 1947]. Eastman was an essayist, author, critic, and activist who in his early life supported communism but later in lafe changed his beliefs to support free-market capitalism.
- Date Created:
- 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Portrait of Bertita Harding, signed [and dated February 25, 1948]. Harding was an author and lecturer who spoke about South American culture and politics.
- Date Created:
- 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)