The Ghost Army is a United States Army tactical deception unit that was active during World War II officially known as the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops. This unit pretends to be disbanded. It received a congressonal gold medal from President Joe Biden on February 1, 2022. It is a group…
PRINCESS TO PAINT TAFT; Lwoff-Parlaghy Says She Is Interested in the Secretary’s Face
It Happened onMarch 18, 1908Article published multiple times between 1909 and 1910 Lawrence Daily Journal, March 18, 1909 PRINCESS TO PAINT TAFT Vilma Parlaghy Has Arrived in New York in State. New York, March 18. – Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy, better known in the world of art as Vilma Parlaghy, minus her…
Princess Who Paints Portraits of Royalty
It Happened onJuly 30, 1913“How did it happen that Andrew Carnegie, who could never be induced to sit for any artist, was eager to have his portrait painted by the Princess?” – Rebecca Hooper Eastman in Vogue Magazine The Knoxville Sentinel PRINCESS LWOFF-PARLAGHY At the mere mention of the name,…
Esquire’s Profile of Nikola Tesla: Ahead of His Time
It Happened onOctober 01, 1947by Dick Holdsworth in Esquire, October, 1947 Recounting the career of Nikola Tesla, whose eccentric traits were outweighed by his generosity and inventive genius Sketch of an older Nikola Tesla The place was New York’s Mulberry Street section, “Little Italy”; the time, shortly before seven o’clock…
Princess Parlaghy Is Pining for Her Zoo Came Over With Only 18 of Her 60 Pets
It Happened onJuly 11, 1908She Has a Retinue Spends $2000 a Week and Is Here to Paint Portraits of Thirty Distinguished Americans The Evening World, New York, New York, 11 Jul 1908, Saturday, Page 3 When I paint a man…