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1250 BC: The Gurob Ship-Cart
This wooden model of a ship on a wheeled cart was found in Gurob, Egypt in 1920—and dates from the thirteenth or twelfth century BC. Although carts like this were used simply to transport ships from one place to another, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12th Century BC, 13th Century BC, Egypt, Islam, Miniatures, Religion, Ships & Sailing
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1926: The Black Pirate
Advertisements in The Hochi-Shimbun, October 15, 1926.
1939: Revolt
Hale Woodruff’s murals commemorating the revolt on the Spanish slave ship Amistad were installed in Talladega College’s Savery Library in 1939, the centennial of the uprising. The first mural depicts the moment when, on or about July 1, 1839, kidnapped … Continue reading
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Tagged 1830's, 1930's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Africa, African-Americans, Art, Hale Woodruff, Law, Libraries, Murals, Painting, Resistance, Ships & Sailing, Sierra Leone, Slavery, USA
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1933: Dreams of the Third Reich
A selection from Charlotte Beradt’s Dreams of the Third Reich. Beradt was a journalist in Germany when Hitler took power and, inspired by the first dream below “set out to collect the dreams the Nazi regime had generated”—which she did … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolph Hitler, Books, Charlotte Beradt, Dreams, Fascism, Germany, Posters, Resistance, Shoes, Sophie Scholl, USA, Women, WWII
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1639: Thoughts
From a letter written by James Howell, 17 March 1639: Having got into a close field, I cast my face upward, and…began to contemplate as I was in this posture the vast magnitude of the universe and what proportion this … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, 1820's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Great Britain, James Howell, John Constable, Letters, Nature, Painting, Philosophy, The Sky, Trees
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1918: Munitions Girls
Stanhope Forbes: The Munitions Girls (1918)
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Art, Factories, Great Britain, Labor, Painting, Stanhope Forbes, Women, WWI
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1900: Triptych
Constantin Meunier: Mine Triptych (Descent, Calvary, Ascent) (c. 1900)
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Tagged 1900's, 20th Century, Belgium, Constantin Meunier, Labor, Mines, Painting
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1885: Foundry
P. S. Krøyer: The Iron Foundry, Burmeister and Wain (1885)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Denmark, Factories, Industry, Labor, P. S. Krøyer, Painting
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1971: Kirby
Jack Kirby: page from A “King” Kirby Portfolio (1971)
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Art, Comic Books, Jack Kirby, Science Fiction, USA
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1967: Alice in Wonderland
The 1967 report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders opens with a now-famous conclusion: “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white–separate and unequal.” The closing of the report is less well known: One of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, African-Americans, Alice, Chicago, Civil Rights, Detroit, Film, Harlem, Kenneth B. Clark, New York City, Riots, USA
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