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Blind Tom Black-eyed Susan – (бот.) рудбекия, гибискус; черноглазая Сьюзен Besides the flower, the phrase may refer to the names of songs and plays and films and people. Black Jack – чёрный пиратский флаг The black pirate flag. Black Maria – тюремная карета; тюремный автомобиль; «чёрный ворон», «воронок», «маруся» The police or prison van is American in origin. The Boston story is about Maria Lee, a large black woman who kept a boarding house in the 1820s with such severity that she became more feared than the police, who called on her to help them catch and restrain criminals. The story almost certainly became attached to her much later because she was well-known, black, and was named Maria, but there’s no evidence that she was actually the source of the name for the police vans. The first reference we have to such a vehicle in Boston is dated 1847, which might seem to be rather too long after her heyday for there to be a direct connection. Also, this name had Thomas Edison’s movie production studio in West Orange, New Jersey. It is widely referred to as America’s First Movie Studio. Blind Tom – слепой Том, афро-американский пианиствундеркинд; жмурки (игра) Blind Tom had a national reputation and appeared in New York City and other large cities each year for about 40 years. Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins (1850–1908), who was born a slave, became an African American autistic savant and musical prodigy on the piano. Little is known about his early training, nor of the gift of repeating musical selections. He was also supposed to be able to “play two melodies simultaneously.” He was born in 1850, of slave parents, near Columbus, Georgia, and gave his first exhibition about 1861. He had numerous original compositions published and had a lengthy and largely successful performing career throughout the United States. During the 19th century, he was one of the 27