Tag Archives: 1900’s

2017: Walt Whitman’s House

Posted on October 30, 2018 by corvusfugit

Marsden Hartley: Walt Whitman’s House, 328 Mickle Street, Camden, New Jersey (c. 1905) From 2017 Google Streetview: Whitman’s house today—now 328 Dr Martin Luther King Blvd—and the view from its windows, Camden County Jail: We two, how long we were … Continue reading →

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1908: Woodland Pool

Posted on July 13, 2018 by corvusfugit

Julian Onderdonk: The Woodland Pool (1908)

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1900: Family

Posted on April 22, 2018 by corvusfugit

Carl Fredrik Hill: Family (c. 1900)

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1902: Vines

Posted on March 13, 2018 by corvusfugit

Paul Ranson: Vines (c. 1902)

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1908: Sunset

Posted on March 4, 2018 by corvusfugit

Arkhip Kuindzhi: Red Sunset on the Dnieper (1908)

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1906: The Union Butcher Shop

Posted on January 28, 2018 by corvusfugit

The Union Butcher Shop. A non-union man entered a butcher’s shop in which was conspicuously displayed the card of the meat cutter’s union. The following dialogue ensued: Mr. Non-Union—I see by that card you run a union shop. Butcher—Yes, sir; … Continue reading →

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1903: Steel Mills

Posted on December 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Aaron Harry Gorson: Steel Mills – Nocturne, Pittsburgh (c. 1903-1920)

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1908: Work or Riot

Posted on December 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

On October 15, 1908, an Irish clerk and ex-soldier named Wallace Brandford Collins ordered a throng of unemployed men and women in Hyde Park to riot at the British Museum. Collins was described as a man of powerful physique who … Continue reading →

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1904: Discarded Treasures

Posted on December 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Frederick Peto: Discarded Treasures (c. 1904) At some point, someone added the forged signature “W M”—for the popular trompe l’oeil painter William Harnett (1848-1892)—to this painting by John Frederic Peto. In the 1940’s, however, it was observed that paintings … Continue reading →

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1908: Dream of New York

Posted on December 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Harry M. Pettit: Illustration for Moses King’s guidebook Views of New York (1908)

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