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Tag Archives: 20th Century
1921: Timeless Poetry
FORGET IT Forget the slander you have heard. Forget the hasty unkind word; Forget the quarrel and the cause, Forget the whole affair, because Forgetting is the only way. Forget the trials you have had, Forget the weather if it’s … Continue reading
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1920s: Fast • Reliable
Posters commissioned by the Chicago Rapid Transit Company in the 1920’s to encourage Chicagoans to use mass transit to explore the city, not just for getting to and from work. Click to see full-size. (source)
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1940: Central Park
Louis Lozowick: Central Park (1940)
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1966: 2001
A break on the set of 2001: A Space Odyssey. This could be mime Daniel Richter, who played the lead ape in the opening sequence of the film—and who choreographed the movements of the other apes, mostly portrayed by members … Continue reading
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1917: Boeing Factory
Boeing seamstresses sewing fabric to the wing of a Model C seaplane in the company’s first factory, 1917. (source)
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1916: Don’t Be A Scab
I’d seen this beautiful photograph before, but hadn’t realized it existed in such high definition. I retouched it a little (the original is here, at the Library of Congress) and drew out some of the details: The date for the … Continue reading
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1920: OON
Kurt Schwitters: OON [fec] (1920) I’m lying in bed, I’m sleeping, flat on my back. A thin sheet of paper. Pressed flat. An other world orbits around me. I’m looking around. That’s me there beside me. Or is it? A … Continue reading
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1976: 2001
Dave deactivates HAL: Detail from Jack Kirby’s 1976 comic book adaptation of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Click for the full page:
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1912: English Lessons
NEW WORLD LESSONS FOR OLD WORLD PEOPLES. Lessons in English for Foreign Girls. Thousands of immigrants come to America every year. Some of them have belonged to labor organizations in the old country, many of them have not. Most of … Continue reading
1925: Instead All Joy is Snatched Away
Harry Clarke: Illustration for Goethe’s Faust (1925) Faust: Ah! Now I’ve done Philosophy, I’ve finished Law and Medicine, And sadly even Theology: Taken fierce pains, from end to end. Now here I am, a fool for sure! No wiser than … Continue reading
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