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Tag Archives: 20th Century
1971: Kirby
Jack Kirby: page from A “King” Kirby Portfolio (1971)
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Art, Comics, Jack Kirby, Science Fiction, USA
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1967: Alice in Wonderland
The 1967 report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders opens with a now-famous conclusion: “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white–separate and unequal.” The closing of the report is less well known: One of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, African-Americans, Alice, Chicago, Civil Rights, Detroit, Film, Harlem, Kenneth B. Clark, New York City, Riots, USA
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1966: Dublin Sky
Evelyn Hofer: Dublin Sky (1966); from Dublin: A Portrait (1967).
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Art, Books, Cityscapes, Dublin, Germany, Ireland, Photography, Rivers, The Sky, USA, Women
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1957: South to Southwesterly Winds Tomorrow
Kay Sage: South to Southwesterly Winds Tomorrow (1957)
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Tagged 1950's, 20th Century, Art, Kay Sage, Painting, The Sky, USA, Women
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1953: And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur
Leonora Carrington: And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur (1953)
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Tagged 1950's, 20th Century, Animals, Children, Dogs, Leonora Carrington, Mammals, Mexico, Mythology, Painting, Women
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1930: PCA-2
A Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogiro during its certification flight over New York City, 1930
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1915: Children of Eve
Capitalist Henry Clay Madison is unmoved by the specter of a child laborer in John H. Collins’s Children of Eve (1915).
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Capitalism, Children, Film, Ghosts, John H. Collins, Labor, USA
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1924: The Diamond Palace
Diamantový zámek visí nad červeným mořem… (O zlatých zámcích.) Illustration by Artuš Scheiner for a collection of Fairy Tales by Božena Němcová (1924). The first line of the caption means “the diamond palace hung over the red sea,” and I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Art, Artuš Scheiner, Books, Božena Němcová, Castles, Czechoslovakia, Fairy Tales, Illustration
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1921: Swans
Frank William Brangwyn: The Swans (1921)
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Animals, Birds, Frank William Brangwyn, Great Britain, Painting, Swans, Wales
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1921: Beware the Ides of March
The National Association for the Promotion of Labor Unionism Among Negroes was founded in 1918 by A. Philip Randolph—the great union organizer who would later form the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters—and writer Chandler Owens; it was promoted through their … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, A. Philip Randolph, African-Americans, Chandler Owens, Civil Rights, Labor, Socialism & Communism, Unions, USA
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