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10450
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In this ongoing series of articles, Suberman discusses paintings and sculptures in the North Carolina Museum of Art. This month's work is a sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, titled CURLEW II-STRING FIGURE.
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10451
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In this ongoing series of articles, Suberman discusses paintings and sculptures in the North Carolina Museum of Art. This month's work is ESTHER'S FEAST, painted by Rembrandt in 1626.
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10452
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In this ongoing series of articles, Suberman discusses paintings and sculptures in the North Carolina Museum of Art. This month's work is a watercolor by Ernst Kirchner, titled FLOWERS, STILL LIFE.
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10453
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In this ongoing series of articles, Suberman discusses paintings and sculptures in the North Carolina Museum of Art. This month's work is the BANQUET OF CLEOPATRA, by the Venetian painter Giovanni Tiepolo. The painting was a gift to the museum by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lunsford Long, of Warrenton.
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10454
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North Carolina was the first state in the union to set aside public funds to found an art collection for its citizens. The funds were appropriated in 1947, and the museum opened in 1956. The article discusses what makes this particular museum such a unique one.
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10455
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In this ongoing series of articles, Suberman discusses paintings and sculptures in the North Carolina Museum of Art. This month's work is a portrait of King George III, by the American painter, Gilbert Stuart.
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10456
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Griffin recounts the life of James Iredell, Sr. -- patriot of the Revolution, state judge, state attorney general, and United States Supreme Court justice.
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10457
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In this ongoing series of articles, Suberman discusses paintings and sculptures in the North Carolina Museum of Art. This month's work is PEASANTS AT A ROADSIDE INN by Pieter Brueghel. The museum acquired this painting with funds from the 1947 General Assembly appropriation.
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10458
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The Wright Brothers began aviation at Kitty Hawk in 1903; however, commercial aviation developed in other parts of the nation. Now air travel has become big business in North Carolina, with more people, more money, and more industry creating greater demands. For example, air terminals face expansions caused by greater passenger volume and larger and more powerful jet planes.
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10459
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In this ongoing series of articles, Suberman discusses paintings and sculptures in the North Carolina Museum of Art. This month's work is A VASE OF FLOWERS by Rachel Ruysch, the outstanding flower painter of the last period of Dutch 17th century art.
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10460
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In this ongoing series of articles, Tucker discusses paintings and sculptures in the North Carolina Museum of Art. This month's work is The TRIUMPH OF VENICE by Pompeo Batoni. The painting is a gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
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10461
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Griffin examines how the state has grown over the past twenty years in such areas as population, homes, farms, farm employment, manufacturing, highways, and education.
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10462
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E. M. O'Herron, Sr. founded the Eckerd Drug Company in Charlotte in 1921. The company, which pioneered low-priced drugs, now operates seventy-five drugstores in six Southeastern states.
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10463
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Although he was 200 miles from the ocean, Willis H. Slane Jr., a High Point businessman and sportsman, founded the Hatteras Yacht Company in 1959. Eight years later the company has a workforce of 300, revenues of $10.4 million in 1966, and production of better than one yacht a day.
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10464
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Carolina Biological Supply Company was founded in Burlington in 1927 by Dr. Thomas E. Powell, Jr. The company's products list is endless and includes scientific instruments, materials for instruction in classroom or laboratory, and specimens of plants and animals, living or preserved. When the company started forty years ago, it began with one employee; today the workforce numbers 250.
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