Tag: Lathrop Brown

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  A Missing Place

  One of the most delightful aspects of my “job” with the FDR Foundation has been the interaction I’ve had with our students over the last four years. They are an incredible…

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  Restoring FDR’s Harvard, One Pixel at a Time

  A number of our readers have been curious as to how we’ve found all the framed art that hangs on our walls. Well, let me tell you –  it’s been…

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  EBay, FDR and the Fall River Line

  I have another circular tale for your consideration: During our recent open house over the Harvard-Yale weekend, many of you wanted to know how we found period items for the…

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  Salmagundi

  The Victorians loved words with strange and exotic origins, and here’s one of my favorites: SALMAGUNDI (slm-gnd n. pl. sal·ma·gun·dis) 1. A salad of chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, and onions,…

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  Why We Fight

  In 1942, in the first full, dark year of the War, famous Hollywood director Frank Capra had a problem. Commissioned by the Government to make a series of films to…

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  Lathrop’s Desk

  “The rooms look as if struck by sheet lightning, the sitting-room having the chairs and tables but no curtains or carpets. The bed is in place in my room and…