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1944: The Drop
Albert Richards: The Drop (1944)
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, Albert Richards, Art, Aviation, Great Britain, Painting, War, WWII
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1972: Irinaland over the Balkans
Friedensreich Hundertwasser: Irinaland over the Balkans (1971-1972)
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Art, Austria, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, New Zealand, Printmaking
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1930: Plant
Aleksander Vasilievich Kuprin: G. I. Petrovsky Metallurgy Plant, Dnepropetrovsk (1930)
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Aleksander Vasilievich Kuprin, Art, Factories, Industry, Landscapes, Painting, Russia, Soviet Union, Ukraine
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1873: Sunset
Armand Guillaumin: Sunset over Ivry (1873)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Armand Guillaumin, Art, Factories, France, Industry, Landscapes, Painting
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1907: Iron and Steel
Eugen Bracht: Hoesch Iron and Steel Works, Dortmund (1907)
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Tagged 1900's, 20th Century, Art, Eugen Bracht, Factories, Germany, Industry, Landscapes, Painting
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2013: Heliocentrist
Robert Pruitt: Heliocentrist (2013)
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, African-Americans, Art, Drawing, Native Americans, Portraits, Robert Pruitt, USA
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1952: The Grim Thoughts which Harass Me
Baffling Mysteries No. 7 (March 1952); art by Lou Cameron, found here.
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Tagged 1950's, 20th Century, Art Cameron, Books, Comics, Occult, USA
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1895: A-ka-u-ku
In 1895, King Njoya of the Bamum, an ethnic group from what is now western Cameroon, invented an alphabet to record the history of his people. Njoya, who traced his linaege back 16 or 17 generations of kings, was insipred … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Africa, Books, Cameroon, Colonialism, Dreams, France, Language, Njoya, Writing
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1890: Pig Disturber
William Weekes: Pigs Disturbed by a Hen; I made up the date.
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Chickens, Great Britain, Mammals, Painting, Pigs, William Weekes
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1987: Basebenzi Masimanyane
Congress of South African Trade Unions: 1987 Calendar In 1987, COSATU conducted a two-day strike during the general elections in May as part of its Living Wage Campaign. More than 2.5 million workers took part. Later that month, their headquarters … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980's, 20th Century, Africa, Civil Rights, Labor, Mines, South Africa, Strikes, Unions
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