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The 2011 Joplin tornado destroyed 500 businesses and nearly 7,500 houses, which was over one-third of the city's housing stock.

The 2011 Joplin tornado carved a six-mile path through the city with winds exceeding 200 miles per hour.

C.J. Huff is the former superintendent of schools in Joplin, Missouri.

C.J. Huff is the former superintendent of schools in Joplin, Mo.

The U.S. Postal Service commissioned Peter Max to design the 'Preserve the Environment' stamp for Expo '74.

Taylor Swift said in 2010 that Peter Max's art 'is like another world to me'.

Peter Max's wife, Mary Max, died by suicide in 2019.

In 2010, Peter Max painted an adaptation of a Taylor Swift album cover.

Taylor Swift remembered that during her youth on family vacations to Cape May, she would stop to look at Peter Max paintings displayed in a commercial gallery window.

In 1981, Peter Max painted the Statue of Liberty on the White House lawn and invited President Reagan to add a brushstroke.

Peter Max was commissioned to create clocks for General Electric and advertisements for the New York City Marathon, the Grammy Awards, and several Super Bowls.

Andy Warhol wrote in his diaries that Peter Max was a 'businessman trying to be an artist' who received $100,000 for a portrait.

Products branded 'Peter Max' sold on cruise ships were, in many cases, created by day laborers who were paid the minimum wage.

In 2013, Peter Max created the livery for Norwegian Cruise Line's 144,000-ton ship, the Breakaway.

Peter Max immigrated from Germany to Shanghai, then to Israel, and then to Brooklyn.

The Whitney Museum of American Art is scheduled to soon open a Roy Lichtenstein retrospective focused on the alienating effects of mass media.

Peter Max left his design company and became an early practitioner of yoga.

Peter Max was featured on a 1969 Life magazine cover with the headline 'Portrait of the Artist as a Very Rich Man'.

As of September 2026, the Guggenheim Museum is exhibiting Pop artists with a focus on the war and violence of the 1960s.

Peter Max's licensed merchandise included high-top sneakers, bedsheets, and inflatable plastic pillows.