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1891: Funeral

Posted on April 30, 2019 by corvusfugit

Henri Rivière: Funeral Under Umbrellas (1891)

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1525: Dream

Posted on April 29, 2019 by corvusfugit

In the year 1525 between Wednesday and Thursday (7-8 June) after Whitsunday during the night I saw this appearance in my sleep, how many great waters fell from heaven. The first struck the earth about four miles away from me … Continue reading →

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1865: An Army of Striking Labor

Posted on April 28, 2019 by corvusfugit

In Black Reconstruction in America (1935), W. E. B. Du Bois argues that a “general strike” by millions of enslaved African-Americans decided the outcome of the civil war. By rebelling against their masters, abandoning southern plantations, contributing their labor to … Continue reading →

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1920: Seascape

Posted on April 28, 2019 by corvusfugit

Ludwik Cylkow: Untitled Seascape (c 1920)

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1880: Afternoon

Posted on April 28, 2019 by corvusfugit

Alfred Thompson Bricher: Afternoon, Southampton Beach; I made up the date.

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1881: Beach

Posted on April 26, 2019 by corvusfugit

F. K. M. Rehn: Beach of Bass Rocks, Gloucester, Massachusetts (1881)

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1895: Wage Map

Posted on April 25, 2019 by corvusfugit

Samuel Sewell Greeley: Wage Map No. 1-4, Polk St. to Twelfth, Chicago (1895) (source) In 2019 dollars: $5.00 and less = $7,852 per year and less $5.00 to $10.00 = $7,852 to $15,704 per year $10.00 to $15.00 = $15,704 … Continue reading →

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1665: Pyrophylaciorum

Posted on April 24, 2019 by corvusfugit

Systema Ideale Pyrophylaciorum Suberraneorum, quorum montes Vulcanii, veluti spiracula quaedam existant, an illustration from Athanasius Kircher’s 1665 Mundus Subterranous.

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1921: Outnumbered and Outgunned

Posted on April 23, 2019 by corvusfugit

In the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921), Irish republicans were vastly outnumbered and outgunned by British forces—yet they won, fighting to an eventual truce and the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. How did they do it? In … Continue reading →

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1720: Women Working

Posted on April 23, 2019 by corvusfugit

Giacomo Ceruti: Women Working on Pillow Lace (c. 1720)

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