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Black and white photograph from c.1930s showing the Church of Holy Trinity, Stapleton and the school site.The image shows an aerial view of the church from the north-west, with the buildings of the surrounding settlement of Stapleton including fields, trees and allotments. Colston modelled his school on Christ's Hospital and the 18th-century uniform reflected this – a long blue coat, knee britches and yellow stockings.
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Wilde lost $5,000 and gave Lewis a check for the Park National Bank, but afterwards stopped payment when he learned he had been swindled. Lewis later claimed that he had taken $1,500 in cash from Wilde before he was discovered. Inspector Thomas F. Byrnes, then head of the NYPD Detective's Bureau, later commented that when Wilde had "reaped a harvest of American dollars with his curls, sun flowers and knee-britches" he was no less a swindler than Lewis "only not quite so sharp".Klein, Marcus.
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At various times in history, dress at Commencement has been the subject of controversy, such as the occasion, printed on June 10, 1970, in The Harvard Crimson, when the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts reportedly appeared in ancient dress some 35 years prior: > Gov. James Michael Curley appeared in silk stockings, knee britches, a > powdered wig, and a three-cornered hat with flowing plume. When University > marshals objected to his costume, the story goes, Curley whipped out a copy > of the Statutes of the Massachusetts Bay Colony which prescribed proper > dress for the occasion and claimed that he was the only person at the > ceremony properly dressed.
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91 In 1935, in a tweak at the state's WASP elite, Curley appeared at Harvard's commencement (a traditional ceremonial function of the Governor) wearing silk stockings, knee britches, a powdered wig, and a three-cornered hat with flowing plume. When University marshals objected, the story goes, Curley reportedly whipped out a copy of the Statutes of the Massachusetts Bay Colony which prescribed proper dress for the occasion and claimed that he was the only person at the ceremony properly dressed, thereby endearing him to many working and middle class Yankees. In 1936, instead of seeking reelection, Curley ran for the United States Senate. He lost against a moderate Republican, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. despite a national landslide in favor of Democrats.
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