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American author and illustrator Dr Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904 - 1991) sits at his drafting table in his home office with a copy of his book, 'The Cat in the Hat', La Jolla, California, April 25, 1957.

U.S.You Can Now Visit a Museum Dedicated to Dr. Seuss A museum dedicated to Theodor Geisel, better-known as the rhyming children's book author and illustrator Dr. Seuss, opened in his hometown of Springfield, Mass. and features artworks that have never been seen in public before

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History Preview a Photographic Record of John F. Kennedy's Life and Career When President John F. Kennedy said in 1962 that cameras were the best inspectors, he was talking about the ability to use aerial photography to assess the state of an arms build-up in Cuba. Now,

History Get a First Look at Rare Richard Avedon Portraits of Jackie and John F. Kennedy To commemorate the 100th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s birth on May 29, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will display nine photographs of the 35th

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History Read a Newly Discovered Letter From Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to a Fellow Suffragist The crate full of papers didn’t look like anything special when George and Libbie Merrow found it in their Connecticut attic. Inside, however, was a treasure trove of papers that had belonged

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History These Battlefields Were Devastated in World War I. See What They Look Like Today Today the grass has grown back. A sense of quiet comes through in the images. But a century ago, these landscapes were part of the Western Front of World War I — the reality of which TIME would

Drawings by French school children after the Americans landed in France in 1917.

History See Stirring Century-Old Artwork by French Children Reacting to World War I By the time the U.S. officially entered World War I on April 6, 1917 — nearly exactly a century ago — the war had already been ravaging Europe for years. Since the continent’s

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