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jack london’s birthplace
from jack london posted in literature by corporate_sunshine
John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney) was born at this location on January 12, 1876.
The American author who wrote the novels The Call of the Wild and White Fang, and the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life", spent the early years of his life at this location.
The home burned down in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake fire, and the plaque celebrating London was placed here in 1953.
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from fashion, ralph lauren posted in art and design by corporate_sunshine
Ralph Lifshitz was born on October 14, 1939, and grew up at this home in the Bronx in the 1950s (two blocks away from fashion designer Calvin Klein). After changing his name to Ralph Lauren at the age of 16, the fashion designer went on to found the Polo Ralph Lauren company.
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from fashion, calvin klein posted in art and design by corporate_sunshine
Fashion designer and business tycoon Calvin Klein grew up at this address in the Bronx in the 1950s, two blocks away from Ralph Lauren (then Ralph Lifshitz), even though the two never met at that time.
view full location details...harmar mall
from har mar superstar posted in music by corporate_sunshine
The raison d'être of the nom de guerre Har Mar Superstar (singer/songwriter/international sex symbol).
Disclaimer: speaking French at this mall will most likely get you beat up.
view full location details...downtown red cloud
from willa cather posted in literature by corporate_sunshine
American author Willa Cather lived in Red Cloud, NE starting in 1884 at the age of nine. She used the town for several settings in her novels (including Black Hawk in My Ántonia).
Since then, twenty buildings in Red Cloud have been added to the National Historic Register because of their connection to the work of the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, the largest such distinction for any American author.
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