Tag Archives: 20th Century

2006: Poor Pluto

Posted on October 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

Since Pluto’s orbital period around the Sun—its “year”—is about 248 years, it had not even managed one trip around the sun in the 76 years between its discovery as the ninth planet in 1930 and its infamous reclassification as a … Continue reading →

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1927: City of the Future

Posted on October 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev: City of the Future (1927)

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1910: Photographer

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

C. R. Tucker: Dorothy Tucker (1905-1910)

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1900: Versions

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

     Hans Thoma: Wondrous Birds (1892) W. W. Denslow: Illustration from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)

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1914: Kotsuis and Hohhuq

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Edward S. Curtis: Kotsuis and Hohhuq (Nakoaktok) (1914); “These two masked performers in the winter dance represent huge, mythical birds. The mandibles of these tremendous wooden masks are controlled by strings.” The ‘Nak’waxda’xw (or Nakoaktok) are a nation of Kwak’wala-speaking … Continue reading →

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1913: As One Universe Differs from Another

Posted on September 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Proust’s corrections to a proof of Swann’s Way (1913) When, after that first evening at the Verdurins’, he had had the little phrase played over to him again, and had sought to disentangle from his confused impressions how it was … Continue reading →

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1927: Dancing on the Bauhaus Roof

Posted on September 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

T. Lux Feininger: [Charleston on the Bauhaus Roof] (1927); the dancer is Xanti Schawinsky and Clemens Röseler is playing the banjo.

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1965: גמר חתימה טובה

Posted on September 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

LA Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax famously refused to take the mound on the first day of the World Series in 1965; it was Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. He was the best pitcher in the world … Continue reading →

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1970: Flaming Eyeballs from Space

Posted on September 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Shonen Magazine, 1970 (source)

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1950: Atom Bomb Hits New York City

Posted on September 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

Chesley Bonestell: Atom Bomb Hits New York City; cover illustration for the August 5, 1950 issue of Collier’s magazine.

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