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1889: Artist-in-Residence
The celebrated 19th century French painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur was known for wearing men’s pants, shirts, and ties, as well as participating in traditionally masculine activities such as hunting and smoking. She lived with her lifelong partner, Nathalie Micas … Continue reading
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Tagged "Buffalo Bill" Cody, 1880's, 19th Century, Animals, France, Horses, LGBTQ, Mammals, Nathalie Micas, Native Americans, Painting, Photography, Portraits, Printmaking, Rosa Bonheur, Sheep, USA, Women
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1961: A Song Bob Dylan Never Wrote
From Dylan’s Chronicles Volume One (2004): I can’t say when it occurred to me to write my own songs. I couldn’t have come up with anything comparable or halfway close to the folk song lyrics I was singing to define … Continue reading
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Tagged "Big Bill" Haywood, 1960's, 20th Century, Alfred Hayes, Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Earl Robinson, IWW, Joe Hill, Labor, Leadbelly, Music, Paul RObeson, Photography, Saints, St. Augustine, Ted Russell, Unions, USA, Woody Guthrie
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1965: The Girl Who Took Care of the Turkeys
The Girl Who Took Care of the Turkeys Now we take it up. (audience)Ye——s indeed. There were villagers at the Middle Place and a girl had her home there at Wind Place where she kept a flock of turkeys. At … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Animals, Birds, Dance, Dennis Tedlock, Native Americans, Poetry, Turkeys, USA, Walter Sanchez, Zuni
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1808: Portrait of a Horse’s Ass
Henry Raeburn: Portrait of George Harley Drummond (ca. 1808–9); “It is curious…that the animal’s hindquarters should be so prominently displayed” says the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Tagged 19th Century, Animals, Art, George Harley Drummnd, Great Britain, Henry Raeburn, Horses, Mammals, Painting, Portraits, Scotland
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250 BC: Thunder, Perfect Mind
In 1945, near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi, a farmer named Muhammed al-Samman discovered a sealed jar containing thirteen leather-bound papyrus codices. Written in the Coptic language and collectively known as the Nag Hammadi Library, these writings are … Continue reading
1750: First Sleep, Second Sleep
That dreaming is a less sound species of sleep, appears from the familiar fact, which has probably been observed by every individual; viz. that the first sleep is much freer from it than the second. We retire to rest, fatigued … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, 19th Century, A. Roger Ekirch, Abraham Rees, Africa, Art, Dreams, France, Homer, Painting, Sleep, Virgil
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1959: Satchmo Talking
Collages by jazz great Louis Armstrong, mostly done on reel-to-reel tape boxes. Dates on the newspapers used range from 1959 to 1971, the year of his death. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 20th Century, African-Americans, Art, Collage, Duke Ellington, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jackie Robinson, Jazz, Louis Armstrong, Music, Sports
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1932: New Art Saves Strange Beasts
A headline from this article in Popular Science Monthly, January 1932:
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Mammals, Museums, Rhinoceroses, Science, USA, Zebras
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1159 BC: The First Strike in History
In his first two decades on the throne, Ramesses III had repelled invasions, restored Egypt’s temples and re-established national pride. The court now looked forward to the king’s thirty-year jubilee, determined to stage a celebration worthy of so glorious a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12th Century BC, Africa, Egypt, Labor, Ramesses III, Strikes
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2020: Five-Dimensional Chess
In 5d Chess (released last month by Thunkspace), pieces can travel back in time. A rook in the eighth move of a game, for example, can be placed on the board as it was in move five. This then creates … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020's, 21st Century, Chess, Games, Science Fiction, Time
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