Tag Archives: 1930’s

1935: No Needless Noise!

Posted on September 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

Logo of the Anti-Noise League, 1935 (source)

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1929: Versions

Posted on September 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

Saint Francis Church, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico Anna Skeele (1930) Ansel Adams (1929) Paul Strand (1931) Georgia O’Keeffe (1929)

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1930: Clivia

Posted on September 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

Henrietta Shore: Clivia (c. 1930)

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1936: Pax Cultura

Posted on September 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

Nicholas Roerich: Karakoram, Path to Turkestan (1936) After seeing the devastation of the First World War and the Russian Revolution, Nicholas Roerich conceived of the idea of an international treaty to protect cultural heritage in wartime. In the 1920’s, he … Continue reading →

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1933: Zeppelin

Posted on September 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

Carel Willink: The Zeppelin (1933)

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1933: The Boxer

Posted on September 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

Konstantin Somov: The Boxer (1933)

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1932: Summer in Saint-Michel

Posted on August 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Pierre Roy: L’été de la Saint-Michel (Nature morte) [Summer in Saint-Michel (still life)] (1932)

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1930: The High-Speed Vehicle of the Future

Posted on August 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

The Dynasphere was a monowheel vehicle patented in 1930 by J. A. Purves, who called it “the high-speed vehicle of the future”; one source, however, reports that “while the [vehicle] could move along just fine, it was almost impossible to … Continue reading →

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1937: Underground

Posted on August 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

Emil Otto Hoppé: British Museum Underground Station, London, 1937

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1937: Celebration

Posted on August 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Workers’ wives celebrate end of CIO strike of Caterpillar Tractor Company East Peoria, Illinois, April 9, 1937 When the historic UAW sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan, ended after a month and a half on February 11, 1937, it unleashed a … Continue reading →

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