Van Vechten
Americannoun
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Ultimately, Van Vechten said, there might not be much to worry about — as such a split would be the first division of a state since the founding of West Virginia in 1863.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2018
“Breaking up and reconstituting California into three separate parts would be more complicated than Brexit,” Van Vechten said.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2018
Friday-Sunday: As part of the celebration leading up to the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, "Harlem Heroes: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten" opens the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2016
In the show’s most chilling wink, he makes the white Harlem Renaissance gadfly Carl Van Vechten into a villainous scold who attacks the show while damning it to irrelevance.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2016
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Hoffman's daughter, Mrs. J. Van Vechten Olcott, is as beloved in her generation as her mother was before her.
From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Marian Gouverneur
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