![Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, on June 8, 1867 (he often gave his birthdate as 1869, but records indicate that he was actually born in 1867).
His father was William Cary Wright, a preacher and a musician. His mother was Anna Lloyd Jones, a teacher whose large Welsh family settled the valley area near Spring Green, Wisconsin, where Wright later built his home, Taliesin. Wright had two sisters, Jane (b.1869) and Maginel (b.1877). [Unity Temple Restoration Foundation]
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Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, on June 8, 1867 (he often gave his birthdate as 1869, but records indicate that he was actually born in 1867).
His father was William Cary Wright, a preacher and a musician. His mother was Anna Lloyd Jones, a teacher whose large Welsh family settled the valley area near Spring Green, Wisconsin, where Wright later built his home, Taliesin. Wright had two sisters, Jane (b.1869) and Maginel (b.1877). [Unity Temple Restoration Foundation]
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, Edgar J. Kaufmann House in Mill Run, Pennsylvania (1937), image courtesy of Best Products Company Architecture Fund and the Museum of Modern Art (via interiordesign.net).
Easter Sunday, 1989.
“Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.”
- Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959)
"May 14, 1997: Cobain performs a stunning acoustic version of “You Know You’re Right” on Late Night With Conan O’Brien. It is the last time he appears in public for almost two years (though, during this period, he appears on the cover of Spin twice)."
Vintage Ad: Made out of 80% cellulose and 20% cotton, The Souper Dress was a paper dress by Campbell’s Soup as a promotional item. You had to send two soup labels and a dollar to receive it.
Pittsburgh police officers embrace outside the Winter Funeral Home in Bloomfield during visitation yesterday for fellow officer Paul J. Sciullo II. As many as 1,000 law enforcement agencies from the U.S. and Canada are expected to participate in a Thursday procession and memorial for officers Paul J. Sciullo II, Eric Kelly and Stephen J. Mayhle, who were shot and killed Saturday while responding to a 911 call in Stanton Heights (via).
famous people from my hometown
- 1. Edwin Porter, director of “The Great Train Robbery,” widely considered the first major motion picture in the United States
- 2. John Woodruff, won the gold medal in the 800-meter race at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- 3. Johnny Lujack, quarterback for the Chicago Bears and 1947 Heisman Trophy winner
Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, on June 8, 1867 (he often gave his birthdate as 1869, but records indicate that he was actually born in 1867).
His father was William Cary Wright, a preacher and a musician. His mother was Anna Lloyd Jones, a teacher whose large Welsh family settled the valley area near Spring Green, Wisconsin, where Wright later built his home, Taliesin. Wright had two sisters, Jane (b.1869) and Maginel (b.1877). [Unity Temple Restoration Foundation]
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, Edgar J. Kaufmann House in Mill Run, Pennsylvania (1937), image courtesy of Best Products Company Architecture Fund and the Museum of Modern Art (via interiordesign.net).
Easter Sunday, 1989.
“Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.”
- Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959)
Vintage Ad: Made out of 80% cellulose and 20% cotton, The Souper Dress was a paper dress by Campbell’s Soup as a promotional item. You had to send two soup labels and a dollar to receive it.
Pittsburgh police officers embrace outside the Winter Funeral Home in Bloomfield during visitation yesterday for fellow officer Paul J. Sciullo II. As many as 1,000 law enforcement agencies from the U.S. and Canada are expected to participate in a Thursday procession and memorial for officers Paul J. Sciullo II, Eric Kelly and Stephen J. Mayhle, who were shot and killed Saturday while responding to a 911 call in Stanton Heights (via).
famous people from my hometown
- 1. Edwin Porter, director of “The Great Train Robbery,” widely considered the first major motion picture in the United States
- 2. John Woodruff, won the gold medal in the 800-meter race at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- 3. Johnny Lujack, quarterback for the Chicago Bears and 1947 Heisman Trophy winner
