Keene
Keene names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Keene LAURA, an American acan American tress
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
LAURA, an American acan American tress; born in England, in 1820. She nd, in 1820. S came to the United States in 1852. She ces in 1852. S was for a time manager of the Varieties of the Variet Theater in New York, and 1855-1863 and 1855-18 was the lessee of the Olympic, at first Olympic, at Acalled "Laura Keene's Theater." She ne's Theater." S produced "Our American Cousin," with erican Cousin," wi Jefferson and Sothern in the cast. It was In in the cast. It w while witnessing this play at Ford's This play at Fore Theater in Washington that President gton that Preside Lincoln was assassinated. She died in inated. She died Montclair, N. J., Nov. 4, 1873. v. 4, 1878.
Keene city and county-seat of Checounty-c shire co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
city and county-seat of Checounty-c shire co., N. H.; on the Ashuelot river and the the Boston and Maine railroad; 50 miles S. W. Maine s of Concord, the State capital. capita rd, the Sta It is the trade center for an important er for farming and manufacturing section; is surrounded acturing by high hills, a part of the Monadnock hills, a mountains 10 miles distant; as 10 mile and contains the railway repair shops, iway roj public high school with full college preparatory ith course, Unitarian Invalids' Units Home, Elliot City Hospital, and several ospital manufacturies of woolen and flannel goods, machinery, woodenware, etc. Pop. ( 1910) 10,068; (1920) 11,210. (1
Keene CHARLES SAMUEL, ES SAM an English illustrator
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
CHARLES SAMUEL, ES SAM an English illustrator; born in Hornsey, near London, born in Aug. 10, 1823; was apprenticed at wood- 0,1823; w engraving at the age of 19; wing at the worked for illustrated journals, especated joure cially "Punch" (1851-1891). He illus- 51-1891). He i trated Charles Reade's "A Good Fight"; Me's A Good Figh George Meredith's "Evan Harrington"; Evan Harrington Douglas Jerrold's "Mrs. Caudle's Curtain rs. Caudle's Curt Lectures"; and received a medal at the eived a medal at- Paris Exposition of 1889. He died in 1889. He died London, Jan. 4, 1891.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Of the three Keenes Collier's set out in 1921, the city has moved farthest: the 11,210 people counted in the 1920 census had grown to roughly 23,000 by the 2020 count, and the town's biggest institution today is Keene State College, which in 1921 was still the small Keene Normal School (founded 1909) and went unmentioned. The woolen mills and railway repair shops that Collier's named as its economic backbone are gone, replaced by education, health care and services. Laura Keene's dates have been tidied by later research "born in England, in 1820" is now usually given as 1826, and the theater where her company was playing on 14 April 1865, Ford's, was restored and reopened as a working stage and museum in 1968. Charles Samuel Keene's entry stands essentially as written; his pen drawings for Punch are still admired by illustrators, with Degas and Pissarro among his early champions.
Written for this edition, 2026.