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Andrew J. Moulder
Andrew Jackson Moulder (March 7, 1825 – October 15, 1895) was an American educator and author who was the superintendent of schools in California and superintendent of schools in San Francisco. He supported excluding minorities from public schools in California. Moulder was born on March 7, 1825, in Washington, D.C., and he attended Columbia College. He was elected state superintendent of schools in California in 1856 and re-elected in 1859. He advocated for establishment of a public university in California and for establishment of the Pacific Stock Exchange. True to his name, he was a Jacksonian Democrat. He advocated for laws separating Asian Americans from white students. He said "The great mass of our citizens will not associate in terms of equality with these inferior races, nor will they consent that their children do so". Silas Selleck Silas Wright Selleck (1828-1885) was an American businessman and photographer. He was the proprietor of the Bay View Park Hotel in San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia College (Washington)
Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) is a private Lutheran university in Parkland, Washington. It was founded by Norwegian Lutheran immigrants in 1890. PLU is sponsored by the 580 congregations of Region I of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. PLU has approximately 2,700 students enrolled. As of 2023, the school employs approximately 238 full-time professors on the woodland campus. PLU’s academic programs into four colleges: the College of Health Professions; the College of Humanities, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Social Sciences; the College of Natural Sciences; and the College of Professional Studies. History Early years The university was chartered by the State of Washington as the Pacific Lutheran Academy on December 11, 1890. In naming the university, the Norwegian immigrants who founded it recognized the role that a Lutheran educational institution on the Western frontier could play in the region. They wanted the institution to help immigrants adjust to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Stock Exchange
The Pacific Exchange was an American regional stock exchange in California, from 1956 to 2006. Its main exchange floor and building were in San Francisco, California, with a branch building in Los Angeles, California. In 1882, the San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange was founded; and in 1899 the Los Angeles Oil Exchange was founded. In 1956, these two exchanges merged to create the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange, with trading floors maintained in both cities. In 1973, it was renamed the Pacific Stock Exchange. The Pacific Exchange was bought by Archipelago Holdings in 2005, which merged with the New York Stock Exchange in 2006. Pacific Exchange equities and options trading now take place exclusively through the NYSE Arca platform. History Two separate exchanges were founded; the San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange in 1882 and the Los Angeles Oil Exchange in 1899. In 1956, they merged to create the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange, though separate trading floors were maintained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacksonian Democrat
Jacksonian democracy, also known as Jacksonianism, was a 19th-century political ideology in the United States that restructured a number of federal institutions. Originating with the seventh U.S. president, Andrew Jackson and his supporters, it became the nation's dominant political worldview for a generation. The term itself was in active use by the 1830s. This era, called the Jacksonian Era or Second Party System by historians and political scientists, lasted roughly from Jackson's 1828 presidential election until the practice of slavery became the dominant issue with the passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Act in 1854 and the political repercussions of the American Civil War dramatically reshaped American politics. It emerged when the long-dominant Democratic-Republican Party became factionalized around the 1824 presidential election. Jackson's supporters began to form the modern Democratic Party. His political rivals John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay created the National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silas Selleck
Silas Wright Selleck (1828-1885) was an American businessman and photographer. He was the proprietor of the Bay View Park Hotel in San Francisco (Bayview Park, San Francisco). Yale University has a collection of his work in their archives. His work includes daguerreotypes and ambrotypes. He assisted photographer Henry Sherman Beals in Sacramento. After a fire in Sacramento he partnered with George Howard Johnson in Sam Francsico. He had a photographic gallery at 415 Montgomery Street in San Francisco called the Cosmopolitan Gallery. In 1863, he photographed the chief of the California Geological Survey, Josiah Whitney. Clarence King and the Field Party of 1864 is an albumen silver print he took that is in the National Portrait Gallery. His portraits include carte de visite. Thomas Almond Ayers overpainted one of his photographs. He had a wife Sarah, a son, and two daughters. Frank Schulenburg Photographic Collection – Carte de Visite – Silas Selleck-6839.jpg, Unidentifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tape V
Tape or Tapes may refer to: Material Tape is long, narrow, thin strip of material usually used to stick things together. (see also Ribbon (other): Adhesive tapes *Adhesive tape, any of many varieties of backing materials coated with an adhesive *Athletic tape, pressure-sensitive tape that holds muscles or bones in certain positions * Box-sealing tape, a pressure-sensitive tape used for closing or sealing corrugated fiberboard boxes * Copper tape (or slug tape), adhesive-backed copper tape used to keep slugs and snails out of certain areas * Double-sided tape, any pressure-sensitive tape that is coated with adhesive on both sides * Duct tape, cloth- or scrim-backed pressure-sensitive tape often coated with polyethylene * Elastic therapeutic tape * Electrical tape, a type of pressure-sensitive tape used to insulate electrical wires and other materials that conduct electricity * Filament tape, a pressure-sensitive tape used for several packaging functions * Gaffer tape, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1825 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies dies in Naples and is succeeded by his son, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Francis. * February 3 – Vendsyssel-Thy, once part of the Jutland peninsula forming westernmost Denmark, becomes an island after a flood drowns its wide isthmus. * February 9 – After no presidential candidate receives a majority of United States Electoral College votes following the 1824 United States presidential election, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States in a contingent election. * February 10 – Gideon Mantell names and describes the second known dinosaur ''Iguanodon''. * February 10 – Simón Bolívar gives up his title of dictator of Peru and takes the alternative title of ''El Libertador''. * February 12 – Second Treaty of Indian Springs: The Creek (people), Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
