Tag Archives: 20th Century

1940: Joseph’s Dream

Posted on February 10, 2018 by corvusfugit

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

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1973: 198 Methods

Posted on February 10, 2018 by corvusfugit

Gene Sharp died last week. Sharp was a prolific theorist of nonviolent action whose writings have influenced anti-government resistance movements around the world. His work was profoundly shaped by the study of Gandhi and the labor and civil rights activist … Continue reading →

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1950: Seascape

Posted on February 7, 2018 by corvusfugit

Patrick von Kalckreuth: Seascape at Sunset (c. 1950)

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1960: Hidden Assets

Posted on February 5, 2018 by corvusfugit

Otis Kaye: Hidden Assets; the painting is undated, but I think the date on that $10 bill is 1960.

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1942: Fog

Posted on February 2, 2018 by corvusfugit

Stefan Johansson: The Bridge in Fog (1942)

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1955: Septima Poinsette Clark

Posted on February 1, 2018 by corvusfugit

After being fired from her job as a teacher for refusing to renounce her membership in the NAACP, Septima Clark became the Director of Education at the famous Highlander Center in Tennessee—a training school for civil rights activists and trade … Continue reading →

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1906: The Union Butcher Shop

Posted on January 28, 2018 by corvusfugit

The Union Butcher Shop. A non-union man entered a butcher’s shop in which was conspicuously displayed the card of the meat cutter’s union. The following dialogue ensued: Mr. Non-Union—I see by that card you run a union shop. Butcher—Yes, sir; … Continue reading →

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1953: A Piece of String

Posted on January 28, 2018 by corvusfugit

The most celebrated of all British practical jokers was William Horace De Vere Cole…He was a citizen of substance and had a large house in a fashionable section of London. One day he was hanging some paintings in his home … Continue reading →

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1945: The Book of Alfred Kantor

Posted on January 27, 2018 by corvusfugit

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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1915: Sugar Factory

Posted on January 26, 2018 by corvusfugit

Daniel Putnam Brinley: Hudson River View (Sugar Factory at Yonkers) (1915)

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