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17 picks · 1930–1935

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"The Mahatma" ARTIST
profiles · September 14, 1935
FOR THE DEFENCE.
profiles · January 12, 1935

PROFILE of Edward J. Reilly, Bruno Hautpmann's lawyer. Reilly has defended all except three of Brooklyn's lady murderers in the past twenty years. …

"Professor in Politics
profiles · August 11, 1934
POET IN STEEL.
profiles · June 2, 1934

PROFILE of Othmar Hermann Ammann, Chief Engineer of the Port of N. Y. Authority, designer and builder of the George Washington Bridge, at 179th Street, the…

"DESIGNER FOR LIVING" Professor Columbia School of Journalism author of "Life Begins At Forty," and other books.
profiles · May 19, 1934
"DESIGNER FOR LIVING" Professor Columbia School of Journalism author of "Life Begins At Forty," and other books.
profiles · May 12, 1934
PROFILE Glorifier of the Alphabet
profiles · January 14, 1933

Profile of Frederic William Goudy who is consider one of the greatest type-designers in the world, and all those who take joy in beautiful books are deeply…

The New Crusade
profiles · October 22, 1932
The Culture Business-II
profiles · September 3, 1932

Tells more about James B. Pond, the platform impresario who uses showmanship to make lecturing pay. The two men whom he was never able to lure on to the …

The Culture Business-I
profiles · August 27, 1932

Profile of James B. Pond who is the man behind the Pond Bureau, the boss impresario of the lecture racket, and the only candidates for greatness he …

Grand Sachem
profiles · August 6, 1932

Tells of Dr. Thomas Darlington who has been six years the Commissioner of Health in New York. Describes his life which has been one of exuberance and …

On the Square
profiles · June 25, 1932

Tells of the biggest retailing department store, Klein's on Union Square and some interesting facts about it and the man that is its owner, S. Klein. …

Out of the Past
profiles · May 28, 1932
St. George of Manhattan
profiles · January 30, 1932

Profile of William Travers Jerome who along with Roosevelt and Bryan in 1906 was one of the three best known men in America. Now, twenty-five years later, …

The Governor--II
profiles · August 22, 1931
The Governor--I
profiles · August 15, 1931
Good Morning, Judge
profiles · August 30, 1930

Profile of Joseph E. Corrigan, well-known judge who is the only magistrate who is in the Social Register. Started his career in 1903, when he entered …

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