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Tag Archives: 1930’s
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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1865: An Army of Striking Labor
In Black Reconstruction in America (1935), W. E. B. Du Bois argues that a “general strike” by millions of enslaved African-Americans decided the outcome of the civil war. By rebelling against their masters, abandoning southern plantations, contributing their labor to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1860's, 1930's, 19th Century, 20th Century, African-Americans, American Civil War, Art, Books, Currier & Ives, Labor, Printmaking, Slavery, Strikes, W. E. B. Du Bois
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