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1592: More Books on Books
All I can say is that you can feel from experience that so many interpretations dissipate the truth and break it up. Aristotle wrote to be understood: if he could not manage it, still less will a less able man … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, Anthony van Leest, Étienne de La Boétie, Books, Christianity, France, Montaigne, Philosophy, Printmaking, Religion, Saints
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1978: Superman vs. Muhammad Ali
Who would win in a fight—Superman or Muhammad Ali? The two duked it out in a 1978 comic. An evil space alien named Rat’Lar brings an armada to earth and claims that Earthlings’ warlike ways pose a threat to his … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, African-Americans, Comics, Muhammad Ali, Neal Adams, Science Fiction, Sports, Superman, USA
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1874: Seascape
Alfred Thompson Bricher: Seascape (1874)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Alfred Thompson Bricher, Art, Painting, Seascapes, Ships & Sailing, USA
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1979: Westside Dreams
Daniel Salazar: Westside Dreams (1979) This photo shows the National Chicano Dance Theater posing in front of the Denver skyline in 1979, I think probably as part of a promotional shoot for Daniel Valdez’s play Zoot Suit, which debuted that … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940's, 1970's, 20th Century, Art, Cars, Daniel Salazar, Daniel Valdez, Film, Latino/as/x, Photography, Theater, USA
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1816: The World Was about to Come to an End
In 1881, Jedediah Hubbell Dorwin published some recollections of living in Montreal based on his extensive journals and scrapbooks. The following was reprinted in many newspapers at the time: On the morning of Sunday, November 8, 1819, the sun rose … Continue reading
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Tagged 1810's, 1880's, 19th Century, Art, Canada, Churches, Jedediah Hubbell Dorwin, Painting, Paul Sandby Jr., Weather
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1867: Distant View
Frederick Leighton: Distant View of Mountains in the Aegean Sea (1867)
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Tagged 1860's, 19th Century, Art, Frederick Leighton, Great Britain, Landscapes, Mountains, Painting, Seascapes
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1808: Squares Eight Times Eight
It was a fancy of the eccentric Mr. Pratt…to propose a game of Chess to a friend after dinner without Chessboard and men, and stipulate that instead of describing the moves with the usual prosaic abbreviations, a sort of poetical … Continue reading
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Tagged 1800's, 18th Century, 19th Century, Books, Chess, Great Britain, India, Language, Poetry
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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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