{"title":"Continuum: Lightbearers","description":"\u003cp\u003eInventors and scientists whose work quite literally changed how people lived, worked, and moved through the world. Part of the Continuum: Past | Present | Becoming postcard series.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"george-washington-carver-postcard-set-pack-of-10-continuum-lightbearers-roots-and-ties","title":"George Washington Carver Postcard Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe was offered over $100,000 a year by Thomas Edison. 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