When Dr. Dudley Phelps Sanford was born on 8 November 1896, in Maxwell, Colusa, California, United States, his father, Dr. Paul Sanford, was 37 and his mother, Martha Mazie Phelps, was 27. He married Ellen Margaret Sheehy on 5 July 1932, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States. He lived in San Francisco, California, United States in 1935 and Monterey, Monterey, California, United States in 1950. He died on 4 July 1985, in Monterey, California, United States, at the age of 88.
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After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
English (Devon): variant of Sandford .
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