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Two Philadelphia shadow-box grottoes.
From ancient times, people have enjoyed shells for their beauty, usefulness, and symbolism. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries they were among the natural specimens collected by virtuosi, or amateur scientists, who kept their collections in specialized moms known as cabinets of curiosity. Curiosities in the seventeenth century were "things which rewarded especially scrupulous attention, or presented themselves as items upon which care and pains had been bestowed." (1) The word curiosity also "signaled things strange, odd, unusual and ingenious." (2) Ladies' shellwork is a feminine extension of the cabinet of curiosities. In eighteenth-century England, ladies of ...
- Susanna Wright's "The Grove": a philosophic exchange with James Logan.
- Early American Literature Blecki, Catherine La Courreye Treese, Lorett March 22, 2003 700+ words
...Wright and others for settlement," James Logan (1674-1751) wrote in 1726 to the...survived thanks to her relationship with James Logan. This poem is a historical artifact...by Joseph M. Fox, a descendent of James Logan, in 1968-1969 in honor of his father...
- Clayton Valley shuts out BVAL-leading Freedom: James Logan racks up 28 points...
- Newspaper article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) September 29, 2007 700+ words
...know we can compete with anybody." James Logan 28, Pittsburg 7: It could have been...already had 100 yards after six carries, James Logan scored on all four of its first-half...sides on a fourth-and-five play from James Logan's 49-yard line with 1:33 left...
- Cox snaps James Logan's streak: Deer Valley junior wins the girls 400 meters;...
- Newspaper article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) May 27, 2007 700+ words
...s Edwards Stadium. The win snapped James Logan's hold on the event. The Colts had...Wolverines win by more than two seconds over James Logan (3:19.28). Deer Valley's Lisa...second in the girls shot put on Friday. James Logan swept both the girls and boys team titles...
- Four James Logan High School Students Win National Speech/Debate Competition.
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 28, 2007 700+ words
UNION CITY, Calif. -- Taron Grizzell, Karen Joshi, Cameron Steele, and Bilal Malik of James Logan High School won national championships at the Lincoln Financial Group([R])/National Forensic League National Speech Tournament...
- Classes at James Logan High cancelled due to power outage
- Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune Anonymous October 14, 2009 700+ words
FROM STAFF REPORTS UNION CITY -- Classes have been cancelled at James Logan High School today due to a power outage. A message on the school web site says staff should report to work as usual. Over the...
- Monte Vista defense makes late stand in win over James Logan
- Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune Michael Bower September 11, 2009 700+ words
...Monte Vista High football team that proved to be the difference. The No. 2 Mustangs had been torched most of Friday night by James Logan's offense, but the unit was able to make a stand in the final minutes to hold off the host Colts in a 32-29 nonleague...
- MY BRAVE WEE SEAN IS FULL OF LIFE AGAIN; EXCLUSIVE: Hero James has a splashing...
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) December 26, 2003 700+ words
...Day frolicking on the beach and ocean in 35-degree temperatures with a giggling Sean having a go on a boogie board. Scot James Logan, 64, flew 10,000 miles to Australia five weeks ago to donate a kidney to his six-year-old grandson. The retired Edinburgh...
- James Logan, 1674-1751.
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
