Tag Archives: 1970’s

1973: And Here As In Other Places

Posted on April 5, 2019 by corvusfugit

Fold-out poster of Emiliano Zapata from El Malcriado, newsletter of the United Farm Workers, AFL-CIO (May 4,1973) (source) …And here as in other places, enslaved men and women, whose consciousness has been asleep, are waking up, looking around struggling…

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1871: Wasp in a Wig

Posted on March 13, 2019 by corvusfugit

In 1870, illustrator John Tenniel wrote to Lewis Carroll suggesting that he delete an episode from Through the Looking-Glass: Don’t think me brutal, but I am bound to say that the ‘wasp’ chapter doesn’t interest me in the least, & … Continue reading →

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1973: La Planète sauvage

Posted on February 24, 2019 by corvusfugit

René Laloux, director: La Planète sauvage (1973). Released as Fantastic Planet in the USA. (In French, “sauvage” means “wild” in the sense of “untamed.” Wildflowers are fleurs sauvages, for example.)

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1973: Heavy Smog

Posted on January 24, 2019 by corvusfugit

Chester Higgins: Environmental Protection Agency photo – “The George Washington Bridge in heavy smog. View toward the New Jersey side of the Hudson River” (May 1973)

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1973: First Strike in Space

Posted on December 30, 2018 by corvusfugit

On December 28, 1973, the crew of Skylab 4 went on strike, shutting off radio communications with NASA ground control to protest their grueling working conditions. The three astronauts—Gerald Carr, William Pogue, and Edward Gibson—left Earth on November 16, 1973, … Continue reading →

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1975: Fred Hampton’s Door

Posted on December 28, 2018 by corvusfugit

Dana C. Chandler: Fred Hampton’s Door 2 (1975) Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton was drugged and murdered by the Chicago Police in 1969. Dana Chandler first memorialized the event in 1970 with a small trompe I’oeil painting of a … Continue reading →

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1978: The Far Side of the Moon

Posted on December 4, 2018 by corvusfugit

Desiree E. Stuart-Alexander: Geologic map of the central far side of the Moon (1978) [detail]; full map here. (source)

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1973: Carnival

Posted on November 22, 2018 by corvusfugit

Rigaud Benoit: Carnival of Flowers (1973)

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6th Century: St. Brendan’s Isle

Posted on November 18, 2018 by corvusfugit

The 10th century Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis relates the story of Saint Brendan the Abbot (c. AD 484 – c. 577), who takes a group of fourteen monks on an expedition in search of the island of Paradise. After a … Continue reading →

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1974: Author Awarded Avocado

Posted on September 4, 2018 by corvusfugit

The opening of Walter Abish’s 1974 novel, Alphabetical Africa: Ages ago, Alex, Allen and Alva arrived at Antibes, and Alva allowing all, allowing anyone, against Alex’s admonition, against Allen’s angry assertion: another African amusement . . . anyhow, as all … Continue reading →

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