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S taring out from the $100 bill, looking more like a wise old uncle than a Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin seems an easy ...
Laney Contemporary has staged Visitor, an exhibit of 16 new mixed media works by Franklin at her Brutalist westside gallery, ...
Before Benjamin Franklin became a printer, newsman, author, inventor, philosopher, diplomat and founding father of the United ...
The Hon. Carl Schurz was invited a short time ago by several well-known citizens to publicly give them an opportunity to hear his two new lectures on "Benjamin Franklin" and "Abraham Lincoln." ...
Ken Burns’s four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of ...
Benjamin Franklin had an exceptionally close bond with his son—until the American Revolution pitted them against each other.
Currency printed by Franklin and his partner David Hall and later by the firm of Hall and William Sellers. Soon after establishing himself as an independent printer, Benjamin Franklin was awarded ...
Would Franklin regret what he did? EW: Yes, he did write many spoofs but, in Franklin style, I respectfully disagree with your premise. Franklin’s parodies were very different from fake news.
Michael Douglas hit back at farting scene criticisms from his Benjamin Franklin series, 'Franklin': 'He was very proud, he wrote a whole book about it.' ...
Long before there were Benjamins in circulation, the founding father was all about experimenting with printing techniques as he worked on securing colonial printed currency.
Michael Douglas revealed why it was important for him to portray founding father Benjamin Franklin farting in Apple TV+'s new series, 'Franklin' during a recent appearance on 'The Jess Cagle Show'.
Hand-colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives in 1876, probably the most widely distributed illustration of Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment. Franklin is wrongly shown to be holding the ...