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Tag Archives: 20th Century
1967: Talented Amateur
Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in The Avengers (1967)
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Cold War, Diana Rigg, Great Britain, Television, Women
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1990: Dictionary
Donald Lipski: U-90-45 (1990)
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1976: In the Heart of Civilization
Jungle Action Vol. 2, #19 (January, 1976) Cover Artists: Gil Kane, Dan Adkins, & Irv Watanabe
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1960: Low-Speed Flight
Federico Fellini, director: La Dolce Vita (1960)
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1924: That’s What the Leaves Murmured
Diaz’s Forest In a forest painted by Diaz, a little motherkin and her child stood still. They were now a good hour from the village. Gnarled trunks spoke a primeval tongue. The mother said to her child: “In my opinion, … Continue reading
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1935: Fixing her Hair
Serge Sudeikin: Fixing her Hair (Ruby Elzy in “Porgy and Bess,” 1935) (1935) (listen)
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1957: Krazy Ikes
Krazy Ikes!
1927: The Pat, Pat, Pat of the Sleepy Sheep
From Katherine Morris Lester’s Great Pictures and Their Stories, Book Three (1927): Picture Study is rapidly becoming an important factor in our public school education. “Nearly every progressive city,” says the Bureau of Education, Washington, D.C., “is making use of … Continue reading
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1923: Ivory, Apes and Peacocks
John McKirdy Duncan: Ivory, Apes and Peacocks (also known as The Queen of Sheba) (1923)
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