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Tag Archives: Miniatures
1904: Columbia
A model of the USS Columbia at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904; cropped from a larger photo: The ship to the right may be the Minneapolis. The Columbia was the fourth ship with that name in the US Navy; … Continue reading
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1980: Burnt House
Robert Gober: Burnt House (1980)
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Tagged 1980's, 20th Century, Art, Fire, Houses, LGBTQ, Miniatures, Robert Gober, Sculpture, USA
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1250 BC: The Gurob Ship-Cart
This wooden model of a ship on a wheeled cart was found in Gurob, Egypt in 1920—and dates from the thirteenth or twelfth century BC. Although carts like this were used simply to transport ships from one place to another, … Continue reading
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2018: New City
Rim Lee: New City (2018); from a series.
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Architecture, Art, Asian-Americans, Korea, Miniatures, Painting, Rim Lee, USA, Women
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2002: Trickland
Michaël Borremans: Trickland (2002)
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1904: Buy Your Chair Under a Chair
Founded in the 1850’s by Swiss immigrants from Cincinnati, Tell City, Indiana was originally a planned community in which land was distributed by lottery and everyone was guaranteed a job. One of the first businesses in the town was the … Continue reading
1939: Typewriter
This giant Underwood typewriter was on display in the Business Systems and Insurance Building at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. It weighed 14 tons and worked—letters could be typed on stationery measuring 9 by 12 feet.
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1989: Walking House
Laurie Simmons: Walking House (1989)
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1898: The Moon
This model of the moon—made of 116 sections of plaster on a framework of wood and metal—was prepared by Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt for the Field Columbian Museum in Chicago; the museum was located on the grounds of the World’s … Continue reading
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1974: Junker
Mark Jay Hook: Scale model of a 1974 Plymouth (2017) (source)
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Tagged 1970's, 2010's, 20th Century, 21st Century, Cars, Martin Jay Hook, Miniatures
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