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Tag Archives: 1970’s
1973: And Here As In Other Places
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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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Art, Emiliano Zapata, Labor, Latino/as/x, Mexico, Posters, Revolution, Unions, USA
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1871: Wasp in a Wig
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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Tagged 1870's, 1970's, 19th Century, Alice, Animals, Art, Books, Great Britain, Illustration, Insects, John Tenniel, Lewis Carroll, Martin Gardner, Poetry, Ralph Steadman, Wasps, Wigs
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1973: La Planète sauvage
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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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Animation, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Film, France, René Laloux, Science Fiction
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1973: Heavy Smog
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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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Bridges, Chester Higgins, Environment, New Jersey, New York City, Photography, Rivers, USA
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1973: First Strike in Space
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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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Astronomy, Aviation, Edward Gibson, Gerald Carr, Labor, Strikes, USA, William Pogue
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1975: Fred Hampton’s Door
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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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, African-Americans, Art, Civil Rights, Dana C. Chandler, Doors, Fred Hampton, Police, Sculpture, USA
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1978: The Far Side of the Moon
Desiree E. Stuart-Alexander: Geologic map of the central far side of the Moon (1978) [detail]; full map here. (source)
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Astronomy, Desiree E. Stuart-Alexander, Geology, Maps, The Moon, USA, Women
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1973: Carnival
Rigaud Benoit: Carnival of Flowers (1973)
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Art, Haiti, Painting, Plants, Rigaud Benoit
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6th Century: St. Brendan’s Isle
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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Tagged 10th Century, 1970's, 20th Century, 6th Century, Books, Christianity, Games, Ireland, Music, Saints, Ships & Sailing
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1974: Author Awarded Avocado
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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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Africa, Ants, Archaeology, Austria, Books, Novels, USA, Walter Abish
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