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Tag Archives: 1930’s
1930: Work Must Not Cease
A performance of Karel Capek’s R.U.R. at the Haohel Theater, Tel Aviv in 1930. The play opens in Rossum’s Universal Robots (thus the title), a factory which manufactures artificial humanoids designed to be perfect obedient workers. At first, the robots … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 1930's, 20th Century, Automata, Czechoslovakia, Drama, Israel, Karel Capek, Labor, Language, Palestine, Photography, Rebellion
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1937: The Building of Tidewater
John Noble: The Building of Tidewater (c.1937)
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Art, Industry, John Noble, Labor, Painting, Rivers, USA
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1956: The Hound of Heaven
In 1893, English poet Francis Thompson published a poem called “The Hound of Heaven.” The work is an extended metaphor: as a hound pursues a hare in a hunt, so does God pursue the human soul to restore it to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890's, 1930's, 1950's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Art, Christianity, Francis Thompson, Great Britain, Painting, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Robert Hale Ives Gammell, USA
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1936: Expectation
Richard Oelze: Expectation (1935-36)
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Art, Germany, Painting, Richard Oelze, Technology, The Sky
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1938: Signs of Hard Weather
From a collection of folklore gathered by Irish teachers in the 1930’s: Weather 27-12-1938 Signs of hard weather: Robin flying into house. Lapwings seen early in winter. Wild geese seen flying inland (southwards). Small birds gathering in large numbers about … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930's, Animals, Birds, Crows, Ireland, Meteorology, Weather
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1930: Plant
Aleksander Vasilievich Kuprin: G. I. Petrovsky Metallurgy Plant, Dnepropetrovsk (1930)
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Aleksander Vasilievich Kuprin, Art, Factories, Industry, Landscapes, Painting, Russia, Soviet Union, Ukraine
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