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1900: The Princess Picking Lice from the Troll

Posted on September 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Theodor Kittelsen: The Princess Picking Lice from the Troll (1900)

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1960: Miss Jimmy Olsen

Posted on September 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

“A drastic change of identity”: Jimmy goes undercover as a woman in this story from Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen Vol. 1, #44 (April, 1960); Curt Swan, penciler. See Transgender Identity and Superman’s Pal.

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1970: Bookstore

Posted on September 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jack Garofalo: Bookstore, Harlem, 1970

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1983: None But the Fool

Posted on September 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Laurence Olivier during a break in the filming of King Lear in 1983. KENT I know you. Where’s the king? Gentleman Contending with the fretful element: Bids the winds blow the earth into the sea, Or swell the curled water … Continue reading →

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1965: Freedom Highway

Posted on September 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Spider Martin: Jim Letherer on the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march in 1965. Letherer was a civil rights activist from Saginaw, Michigan. He lost a leg to bone cancer as a boy, and it was his own experience growing … Continue reading →

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1942: Canal

Posted on September 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Algernon Cecil Newton: Regent’s Canal, Maida Vale, London (1942)

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1633: Bird on a Camellia Bush

Posted on September 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Shi zhu zhai shu hua pu [Ten Bamboo Studio collection of calligraphy and painting] (1633) “This is the earliest Chinese book printed by the technique of polychrome xylography known as douban invented and perfected by Hu Zhengyan 胡正言 (1584-1674). The … Continue reading →

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1909: Heptu Bidding Farewell to the City of Obb

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John Duncan: Heptu Bidding Farewell to the City of Obb (1909)

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2010: Beauty Shop

Posted on September 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Lori Nix at work on Beauty Shop (2010), one of a series of photographs of post-apocalyptic miniatures. (See her website.)

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1918: Landscape with Crash

Posted on September 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Singer Sargent: Crashed Aeroplane (1918)

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