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...e notes (or "worried notes"), usually thirds, fifths or sevenths flattened in pitch, are also an essential part of the sound. Blues shuffles or walking b ...gle line repeated four times. It was only in the first decades of the 20th century that the most common current structure became standard: the AAB pattern, co

...igh visual impact and innovation. We are known for our particular interest in color, the unusual, the ephemeral, and the experimental. While famous image ...y Richard for nearly 30 years. Sadly, Richard passed away much too young, in 2013.

...ing docks purchased and upbuilt in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century by the Union Iron Works company, later owned by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding ...ngressional hearing on Pacific Coast Naval Bases was held in San Francisco in 1920 at San Francisco City Hall where city representatives, Mayor Rolph, Ci

| largest = Chicago '''Illinois''' is a state in the Midwestern United States. Chicago is its largest city, and the state's capital is Springfield; other major me

The first '''Petroleum Club''' started in the early 20th century in the oilfields of east Texas; the purpose of the club was to bring together ...lodge.co.uk/ The Aberdeen (Scotland) Petroleum Club] (site due to relaunch in December 2006)

...useum studies, is the study of museums. It explores their history and role in society, as well as their activities, including curating, preservation, pub ...lent in English, it is most commonly used to refer to the study of museums in French (muséologie), Spanish (museología), German (Museologie), Italian (

...tish English, it is commonly known as an advert in a lonely hearts column. In India, it is a dating ad or matrimonial ad. ...ersonal ads were published. Lonely hearts clubs were organized in the 20th century to provide listings of ads to their fee-paying members. With the advent of

...the August 6, 1939, issue of the Chicago Tribune reported: "Betty Robbins, Chicago [[singer]] who joined this show recently, holds over for the new program, u ...f four female [[singer]]s on the staff at WBBM radio in Chicago, Illinois. In 1945, she sang on Ice Box Follies on ABC, and during the 1945–1946 season

...d Villa Giulia, and in the US the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island. In modern-day Italian, a casino is a [[brothel]] (also called casa chiusa, li ...ver been used for traditional games of chance, which were already outlawed in California by the time it was built. The Copenhagen Casino was a Danish the

| caption = Leyendecker in 1895 | education = Chicago Art Institute, Académie Julian

...in public situations, often causing them to spill their bag of groceries. In one of Frahm’s noted idiosyncratic touches, celery is often depicted. ...istically daring - for instance his coloring of a city street lemon-yellow in an otherwise realist painting.

...ts...the [[Norman Rockwell]] of cheese-cake. His heroines are often caught in humorous but distressing situations. ...r Haddon Sundblom's "Coca-Cola" Santa's for sheer nostalgic pleasure. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Gillette A. Elvgren attended University High School. A

...more mainstream acceptance, fostering a broader culture of sexual freedom in the modern United States. .../article_cc93f3c2-ff83-11eb-a090-ff250f19c6e8.html About the BDSM movement in Modern America]}}

| caption = in "One Million Years B.C." | birthplace = Chicago, Illinois {{USA}}

{{Periods in English History}} ...anic in 1912, the start of World War I in 1914, or even the end of the war in 1918.

* "<I>Master's Counterpoints</I>" by [[Larry Townsend]], the first in a series of gay mystery novels with a leather theme. ...conducts lectures, demonstrations, etc. on various subjects, is organized in Seattle.

...tudios, but have had to rent space at independently owned facilities that, in many cases, never produce a film of their own. ...rounds. Other studio operations followed in New Jersey, New York City, and Chicago.

...urrent clubhouse (opened February 2, 1931) is located at 38 E. 37th Street in the Murray Hill, a section of Manhattan. The club's first clubhouse was at ...cated in Chicago and Philadelphia. Defunct Union League Clubs were located in Brooklyn, New York, and New Haven, Connecticut.

: The birth in Finland of Touko Laaksonen, the erotic artist who would become known to lea ...e des Eros, the first theater devoted exclusively to gay plays, is founded in Berlin. [AA]

...e Cockeyed Miracle"'' (1946). At this point she began to establish herself in the exciting "[[film noir]]" market. ...Any Number Can Play"'' (1949) with [[Clark Gable]] and a two-timing spouse in ''"Tension"'' (1949) with Richard Basehart.