Million Dollar Mistake Highlight at Cedar Rapids Antique Show
The 43rd Cedar Rapids Antique Show features amberina glass, a late Victorian era mistake valued at a million dollars, on display along with vases bowls and baskets from the 1880s. Exhibits include items from Iowa collectors and pieces from across the United States. The show runs Thursday to Sunday at Veterans Memorial Coliseum with admission of 1.25 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
America
Massachusetts
Indiana
Amberina
Iowa
Boone
Keokuk
Sheffield
West Des Moines
Waterloo
la Porte City
Marshalltown
Dubuque
Maquoketa
Parkersburg
Ottumwa
United States
J.W. Koehn
R.S. Prussia
Museum Director Examines Renaissance Bookmaking
Dr. Leon Voet director of the Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerp Belgium will discuss making of a Renaissance book printing as a big business at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Cherry Auditorium Coe College The talk is sponsored by Coe College Forums and Discussions Committee and open to the public.
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Leon Voet
Plantin-Moretus Museum
Antwerp
Belgium
Cherry Auditorium
Coe College
Coe
Vesuvius Eruptions and Renaissance Book History Discussed
Mount Vesuvius dominant in the Bay of Naples with historic eruptions in 79 A D 1139 and 1631. Voet, a foremost authority on Renaissance printing, discusses book production and profitability at the Plantin Moretus Museum with lectures at the University of Antwerp. The forum at Coe is funded by the John A Marquis Lecture Fund and the Student Senate.
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Italy
Bay of
Naples
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Stabiae
Voet
Plantin-Moretus Museum
Antwerp
University of Antwerp
Plantin-Moretus
Coe
John A. Marquis
Iowa Salute to Industry Declared for October
Cedar Rapids marks the month as Salute to Industry with Gov Ray backing the observance. The area hosts 145 manufacturing firms employing 27,700 workers, generating a $360 million payroll and $271 million in exports last year.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Robert Ray
Robert B. Faxon
Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Faxon
Harold Ewoldt
Chamber
Ewoldt
Sales Management Magazine
Linn County
Redmond to Speak on Panama Canal Topic at Mount Mercy
State Senator James M. Redmond will address Foreign Relations Powers of the State of Iowa at Mount Mercy College on Wednesday at 1 30 p m in 104 McAuley. The free public talk covers Iowa's legal interest in the canal as a regional issue.
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James M. Redmond
Cedar Rapids
Mount Mercy College
McAuley
Redmond
State of
Iowa
Richard Turner
U.S. Supreme Court
Ancient grape vine fossil found in Tuscany hills
Paleontologists uncover a million year old fossil grape vine in Tuscany that may be an ancestor of the modern Vitis vinifera grown in the region. The discovery links ancient viticulture to today’s wine production.
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Tuscany
Italy
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