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DottieHoffmann — 2011-12-30T12:41:22Z

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	+ There are other references on the internet that indicate that he spent a fair amount of his life in the town of Antwerp, NY, which is up near Watertown. So, some of the information above may not be entirely correct. +

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peteb — 2011-12-30T04:22:38Z

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- '''Cassius Marcellus Coolidge''', famous for his "dogs playing poker" paintings, was a banker, drugstore owner, writer, inventor, and painter who founded a drugstore in ["Rochester"] in 1872. He returned to live in Rochester after an 1873 trip to Europe. While living in Rochester he was a travel writer for the ''Watertown Times''.	+ '''Cassius Marcellus Coolidge''', ["Famous Residents" famous] for his "dogs playing poker" paintings, was a banker, drugstore owner, writer, inventor, and painter who founded a drugstore in ["Rochester"] in 1872. He returned to live in Rochester after an 1873 trip to Europe. While living in Rochester he was a travel writer for the ''Watertown Times''.
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peteb — 2011-12-30T04:15:54Z

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BradMandell — 2009-08-12T13:47:41Z

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	+ \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Birth name''' \|\| \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Aliases'''\|\| + \|\|Cassius Marcellus Coolidge \|\| \|\| None \|\| + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Birth date'''\|\| \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Birth place'''\|\| + \|\|September 18, 1844\|\| \|\|Antwerp, NY USA\|\| + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Date of death'''\|\| \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Place of death'''\|\| + \|\|January 13, 1934\|\| \|\|New York, NY, USA\|\| + ## leave a blank line here (starts a new narrow table + + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Known for'''\|\|<\|6>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Hisstationand4aces-coolidge.jpg/180px-Hisstationand4aces-coolidge.jpg [[BR]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hisstationand4aces-coolidge.jpg Wikimedia]\|\| + \|\|painting "dogs playing poker"\|\| + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Occupation(s)'''\|\| + \|\|painter\|\| + ## Use the following format for website or remove this section if no website is available + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Website'''\|\| + \|\|[http://www.dogsplayingpoker.org/bio/coolidge/bio1.html DogsPlayingPoker.com Bio]\|\| + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Wikipedia'''\|\| + \|\|[wiki:wikipedia:Cassius_Marcellus_Coolidge Cassius Marcellus Coolidge]\|\| + + '''Cassius Marcellus Coolidge''', famous for his "dogs playing poker" paintings, was a banker, drugstore owner, writer, inventor, and painter who founded a drugstore in ["Rochester"] in 1872. He returned to live in Rochester after an 1873 trip to Europe. While living in Rochester he was a travel writer for the ''Watertown Times''. + + Two of his "dogs playing poker" paintings sold at auction in 2005 for over $590K. + + Coolidge is also credited with inventing the "Comic Foreground", painted wooden cutouts for taking pictures at carnivals, etc. For local examples, go to ["Lagoner Farms"] to be photographed as a flower, fruit, or vegetable. + + Coolidge was the illustrator for "''Prophet of Peace''", a 1906 book by his cousin, Asenath Carver Coolidge which was dedicated to her brother, John Townsend Coolidge, "''a believer in peace and jollity''". [http://books.google.com/books?id=FXEXAAAAYAAJ&ots=U7JgQ2xjYT&dq=cassius%20coolidge&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=cassius%20coolidge&f=false Google Books] - + + '''Notes and References''' + * Material above derived mostly from the DogsPlayingPoker.com biography page + * [http://www.dogsplayingpoker.org/gallery/coolidge/ Photo Gallery] on DogsPlayingPoker.com + * [http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/Cassius_Coolidge Furry Wiki Page] + * [http://www.art.com/gallery/id--a51884/cassius-marcellus-coolidge-posters.htm Posters at Art.com]