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1939: Typewriter

Posted on August 6, 2018 by

This giant Underwood typewriter was on display in the Business Systems and Insurance Building at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. It weighed 14 tons and worked—letters could be typed on stationery measuring 9 by 12 feet.

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1940: Joseph’s Dream

Posted on February 10, 2018 by

Evelyn Mary Dunbar: Joseph’s Dream (c. 1940)

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1942: Fog

Posted on February 2, 2018 by

Stefan Johansson: The Bridge in Fog (1942)

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1945: The Book of Alfred Kantor

Posted on January 27, 2018 by

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day—Yom HaShoah Alfred Kantor was 22 when he was sent to Theresienstadt, the ”model ghetto” 40 miles north of Prague that the Nazis had created for Czech Jews. He was then sent to Auschwitz and, later, … Continue reading →

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1973: Self-Translation

Posted on January 23, 2018 by

Born in Ireland, Samuel Beckett wrote almost exclusively in French after moving to Paris in 1939. He would then translate his novels and plays into English. He wrote the following sentence in his 1946 short story “Premier amour”: Personnellement je … Continue reading →

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1946: New Year’s

Posted on January 1, 2018 by

Horace Bristol: The New Moon, January 1, 1946 During the Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri [“Saidaiji Temple Naked Festival”] in Okayama, participants wear only a Japanese loincloth called a fundoshi as they compete to find one of two camphor-scented batons that … Continue reading →

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1949: PH-129

Posted on December 18, 2017 by

Clyfford Still: PH-129 (1949)

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