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Lester D. Boronda
Lester David Boronda (July 24, 1886 – September 15, 1953) was an American painter, sculptor, and furniture designer. He came from a prominent Californios, Californio family of Monterey County, California and was known for his Genre painting, genre paintings and Landscape painting, landscape paintings. Most of his career was spent in New York City, and Mason's Island in Mystic, Connecticut. Early life, family, and education Lester David Boronda was born on July 24, 1886, in California, to parents Maria Ray (née Harris) and Jose Sylvano Boronda. On his paternal side he was a descendant from a prominent Spanish Colonial family, and his great-grandfather was José Eusebio Boronda y Higuera, a member of Junípero Serra, Junipero Serra’s second expedition into California in 1770, who settled in Rancho Rincón del Sanjón (now Boronda, California) in Monterey County, California. Boronda attended Salinas High School, where he graduated in 1903. He studied art at Mark Hopkins I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reno, Nevada
Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County, Nevada, Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, in the Truckee River valley, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada, it is about northeast of Lake Tahoe. Known as "The Biggest Little City in the World", Reno is the List of United States cities by population, 78th most populous city in the United States, the List of cities in Nevada, third most populous city in Nevada, and the most populous in Nevada outside the Las Vegas Valley. The city had a population of 264,165 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is named after Civil War Union major general Jesse L. Reno, who was killed in action during the American Civil War at the Battle of South Mountain, on Fox's Gap. Reno is part of the Reno, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area, Reno–Sparks metropolitan area, the second-m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports, art, and science. They often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, Obituary, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of Subscription business model, subscription revenue, Newsagent's shop, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often Metonymy, metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published Printing, in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also Electronic publishing, published on webs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Montclair Times
North Jersey Media Group is a newspaper publishing company headquartered in Woodland Park, New Jersey and owned by the Gannett Company, Inc. It publishes ''The Record'', the ''Herald News'' of Passaic County, the ''Daily Record'' of Morris County, and other community newspapers and publications. History North Jersey Media Group was formed in 1982 as Macromedia, Inc., an umbrella organization for all of the media interests of the Borg family, which acquired ''The Record''—the second-largest newspaper in the state. In 2000, the Borgs reorganized Macromedia as North Jersey Media Group. The company eventually grew to include the ''Herald News'' and a network of 50 community newspapers that cumulatively generated $90 million per-year in revenue. On July 7, 2016, Gannett Company announced its intent to acquire North Jersey Media Group. Once the sale was finalized, Gannett merged the operations of the ''Daily Record'' into North Jersey Media Group. On January 11, 2022, Alden Globa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beonne Boronda Liebig
Beonne Drew Boronda (1911–2012) was an American sculptor, and educator. She was active in the arts in Connecticut and was the president of the Mystic Art Association and founder of the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival. Her father was artist Lester D. Boronda. She primarily lived in New York City, and in Mason's Island near Mystic, Connecticut. She also known by her married name Beonne Boronda Liebig. Life and career Beonne Drew Boronda was born on May 23, 1911, in Monterey, California. Her mother was Ruby Elizabeth Drew, and her father was noted artist Lester David Boronda. The Boronda family is a prominent Californio family, who were early settlers from Spain in Monterey County, California. Around 1912, the family moved to New York City, where he parents opened a Spanish colonial-style wrought iron furniture and decors store. In 1915, their family bought a property in Mason's Island in Connecticut, as a vacation home. At the age of ten in 1921, she had her first solo exhibition o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco Fire
At 05:12 AM Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, April 18, 1906, the coast of Northern California was struck by a major earthquake with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''). High-intensity shaking was felt from Eureka on the North Coast to the Salinas Valley, an agricultural region to the south of the San Francisco Bay Area. Devastating fires soon broke out in San Francisco and lasted for several days. More than 3,000 people died and over 80% of the city was destroyed. The event is remembered as the deadliest earthquake in the history of the United States. The death toll remains the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history and high on the list of worst American disasters. Tectonic setting The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that forms part of the tectonic boundary between the Pacific plate and the North American plate. The strike-slip fault is characterized by mainly lateral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The San Francisco Call And Post
''The San Francisco Call'' was a newspaper that served San Francisco, California. Because of a succession of mergers with other newspapers, the paper variously came to be called ''The San Francisco Call & Post'', the ''San Francisco Call-Bulletin'', ''San Francisco News-Call Bulletin'', and the ''News-Call Bulletin'' before the name was finally retired after the business was purchased by the ''San Francisco Examiner''. History ''The Call'' was founded on December 1, 1856, by five printers: James J. Ayers, David W. Higgins, Charles F. Jobson, Llewellin Zublin, and William L. Carpenter. Between December 1856 and March 1895 ''The San Francisco Call'' was named ''The Morning Call'', but its name was changed when it was purchased by John D. Spreckels. In the period from 1863 to 1864 Mark Twain worked as one of the paper's writers. It was headquartered at Newspaper Row. The ''Morning Call'' was reported purchased by Charles M. Shortridge of the ''San Jose Mercury'' for $360,000 in J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank DuMond
Frank Vincent DuMond (August 20, 1865 – February 6, 1951) was one of the most influential teacher-painters in 20th-century America. He was an illustrator and American Impressionist painter of portraits and landscapes, and a prominent teacher who instructed thousands of art students throughout a career spanning over fifty years. Early life and education Frank Vincent DuMond was born on August 20, 1865, in Rochester, New York, to Elisabeth and Alonzo DuMond, partner/owner of an ornamental iron works manufacturer. They also had a younger son, Frederick Melville DuMond (1867 - 1927). Frank DuMond was interested in drawing from a young age, and was involved in the local art scene in the early 1880s. He got a job creating illustrations for a sign painting business.''Archives of American Art Journal'', p. 26. After graduating from a Rochester public school, DuMond moved to New York City in 1884. From 1884 to 1888, he attended the Art Students League of New York, studying under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas A
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Idaho * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts and entertainment * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel), a 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Frank Mathews
Arthur F. Mathews (October 1, 1860 – February 19, 1945) was an American tonalism, Tonalist painter who was one of the founders of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Trained as an architect and artist, he and his wife Lucia Kleinhans Mathews had a significant effect on the evolution of Californian art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His students include Granville Redmond, Xavier Martinez, Armin Hansen, Percy Gray, Gottardo Piazzoni, Ralph Stackpole, Mary Colter, Maynard Dixon, Rinaldo Cuneo and Francis McComas (painter), Francis McComas. Early years Mathews was born in Markesan, Wisconsin, and lived there until he was six years old. His father, Julius Mathews, was an architect and moved the family to San Francisco in 1866. Like his brothers Walter J. Mathews, Walter and Edgar Mathews, Edgar, Mathews learned architecture from his father. He then went on and studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute, California School of Design (later called San Francisco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Californian (1860s Newspaper)
''The Californian'' was a San Francisco literary newspaper published weekly from May 28, 1864 until February 1, 1868. History ''The Californian'' was started in May 1864 by publishers P.J. Thomas, A.A. Stickney and John Collner.Library of Congress. Chronicling AmericaAbout this Newspaper: ''The Californian'' Retrieved on July 28, 2009. Charles Henry "Inigo" Webb was the first editor, and Fitz Hugh Ludlow was one of the first contributors. Bret Harte was an editor, and Mark Twain was hired at a salary of $50 per month. Harte contributed articles as well, and the periodical jumped to the fore among its competitors in the San Francisco Bay Area including ''the Golden Era''. The paper was published in the "imperial size", an industry term. It measured 22 inches across and thirty inches high with easy to read pages that ran three columns across. According to Ben Tarnoff, "Readers expecting tales of honest miners, or lyrical tributes to California's landscape, would be disappointed. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salinas High School
Salinas High School is a public 9–12 high school in Salinas, California, United States. It is the first of five primary high schools of the Salinas Union High School District. The school was moved to its current central Salinas location in 1920. The campus was rebuilt circa 1999. While most buildings were demolished and replaced, the original main wing and bell tower were retained and renovated. The current principal is Elizabeth Duethman, with assistants Hugo Mariscal, Ernesto Pacleb, Vivian Moises, and Anthony Morales. As of the 2019–2020 school year the school enrolled 2700 students. Its campus is situated in a rural and suburban setting. The Salinas Cowboys compete in the Pacific Coast Athletic League of the CIF Central Coast Section. The school colors are purple and gold. During the August 2021 football jamboree, students made an instagram account "shaniqua.shs" that posted pictures and videos of a defaced black baby doll. Posts showed white and latino students posing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boronda, California
Boronda is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California, United States. The population was 1,760 at the 2020 census. Boronda is located directly west of Salinas and is named after José Eusebio Boronda y Higuera, a Californio ranchero, and located on the lands of his Rancho Rincón del Sanjón. Geography Boronda is located in northern Monterey County at , in the Salinas Valley. It is bordered to the east by the city of Salinas, the Monterey county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics Boronda first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. Census. 2020 The 2020 United States census reported that Boronda had a population of 1,760. The population density was . The racial makeup of Boronda was 243 (13.8%) White, 18 (1.0%) African American, 68 (3.9%) Native American, 57 (3.2%) Asian, 14 (0.8%) Pacific Islander, 896 (50.9%) from other races, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
