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2014: Striking Anganwadi Workers
M.A. Sriram: Striking anganwadi workers (2014) (source). In India, anganwadi centers provide community health and child care support by offering nutrition and health education programs, immunizations, basic health care services (including contraception), and child care.
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, India, Labor, M. A. Sriram, Photography, Strikes, Unions, Women
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2009: Wolf Story
José Luis Rodriguez: Storybook Wolf (2009). Rodriguez was stripped of the Natural History Museum’s wildlife photographer of the year award after judges determined that he had staged this photo using a tame wolf named Ossian from a wildlife park in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000's, 21st Century, Animals, Art, José Luis Rodriguez, Photography, Spain, Wolves
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1966: Galactus
Jack Kirby: Fantastic Four Vol. 1, #49 (April, 1966) [detail]
1952: Ottawa
Canadian Civil Defence training officer Lt. Col. W. Arthur Croteau points at a model of an atom bomb blast above a map of Ottawa during a 1952 exercise (source)
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Tagged 1950's, 20th Century, Canada, Cold War, Miniatures, Photography
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1912: Magnets for the Queen
Ernest Board: William Gilbert Demonstrating the Magnet before Queen Elizabeth, 1598 (1912)
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Tagged 16th Century, 1910's, 20th Century, Art, Elizabeth I, Ernest Board, Great Britain, Painting, Science, William Gilbert
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1974: Spirit
Karoo Ashevak (Inuit): Untitled (Spirit Figure) (c. 1970-74) (source)
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Art, Canada, Inuit, Karoo Ashevak, Mythology, Native Americans, Religion
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1689: The Princess’s Dream
THE DREAM of Princess Mary of Modena, Wife to James II, late King of England Saturday the 24th of December, 1689, after I had heard Midnight Mass, I went to Bed somewhat melancholy; and being asleep about break of Day, … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, Art, Dreams, Great Britain, Mary of Modena, Netherlands, Painting, Portraits, Simon Pietersz Verelst, Women
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1929: Power Plant
Wiktor Jekimenko: Łódź Power Plant (c. 1929)
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Photography, Poland, Wiktor Jekimenko
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1872: Sunset
John Frederick Kensett: Sunset on the Sea (1872)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Art, John Frederick Kensett, Painting, Seascapes, The Sun, USA
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1920: Acts of Mercy
Frederick Cayley Robinson: Acts of Mercy (1916–20); it seems the first two paintings are referred to as The Orphans, while the second two are referred to as The Doctor.
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Tagged 1910's, 1920's, 20th Century, Art, Frederick Cayley Robinson, Great Britain, Medicine, Painting, WWI
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