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1866: Mer Calme

Posted on July 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Gustave Courbet: Calm Sea (1866)

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1966: 2001

Posted on July 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

A break on the set of 2001: A Space Odyssey. This could be mime Daniel Richter, who played the lead ape in the opening sequence of the film—and who choreographed the movements of the other apes, mostly portrayed by members … Continue reading →

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1917: Boeing Factory

Posted on July 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Boeing seamstresses sewing fabric to the wing of a Model C seaplane in the company’s first factory, 1917. (source)

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2013: Bronx Overpasses

Posted on July 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Valeri Larko: Bronx Overpasses (2013) More Paintings: Source.

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1916: Don’t Be A Scab

Posted on July 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

I’d seen this beautiful photograph before, but hadn’t realized it existed in such high definition. I retouched it a little (the original is here, at the Library of Congress) and drew out some of the details: The date for the … Continue reading →

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1920: OON

Posted on July 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Kurt Schwitters: OON [fec] (1920) I’m lying in bed, I’m sleeping, flat on my back. A thin sheet of paper. Pressed flat. An other world orbits around me. I’m looking around. That’s me there beside me. Or is it? A … Continue reading →

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2009: I’ve Seen the Queen

Posted on July 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Anton Marrast a.k.a. Grape Frogg: I’ve Seen the Queen (2009) (source)

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1889: Ravine

Posted on July 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Vincent van Gogh: Ravine (1889) At the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

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1976: 2001

Posted on July 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Dave deactivates HAL: Detail from Jack Kirby’s 1976 comic book adaptation of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Click for the full page:

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1862: That Time Abraham Lincoln Levitated on a Piano

Posted on July 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Fayette Hall’s  Secret and Political History of the War of the Rebellion (1890) (here) is an interesting example of conspiracy theory from the turn of the century, blaming “Abraham Lincoln’s lust for power, and the people’s greed for gold, or … Continue reading →

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