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Oscar II

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Oscar II also Os·kar II  (ôskär) 1829-1907.
King of Sweden from 1872 to 1907 and of Norway from 1872 to 1905, when he gave up the throne to Haakon VII.
Oscar II
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(Biographies / Oscar II (1829-1907) M, Swedish, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1829-1907, king of Sweden (1872-1907) and of Norway (1872-1905)
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The auction also features a painting by Antonio Jacobsen of the liner Oscar II which car magnate Henry Ford chartered in 1915 to take him and his supporters to Europe to try to prevent the entry of the United States into the First World War.
Paintings by seafaring brothers find new audience by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Series I is also the only Norwegian banknote series on which the portrait of a monarch, King Oscar II (in a Swedish admiral's uniform), has been used.
Norges Bank's Printing Works--190 years of banknote production by Ravnsborg-Gjertsen, Peter; Sporastoyl, Jens Olav / Economic Bulletin
Hammerstein, the 29-year-old scion of theater greats Oscar Hammerstein (the Hammerstein Ballroom) and Oscar II (partner of Rodgers), has taken the burlesque revival—which began in 1993 with the Blue Angel Exotic Cabaret in Tribeca and has largely played to a mid-market crowd of horny scruffy dudes and artsy Nerve.
Behind the Box by Spencer Morgan / The New York Observer
 
 
 
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