Tag Archives: Trains

1961: The Disaster of Everyday Life

Posted on July 25, 2019 by corvusfugit

The distinction between “disaster” and “normal” conditions is implicit in most treatments of disaster behavior. The everyday, ongoing life of the society is usually equated with the “normal,” and those conditions that result from disaster are viewed as “abnormal” and … Continue reading →

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1955: 憶西環

Posted on July 14, 2019 by corvusfugit

Fan Ho: Surreal Sai Wan (c 1950-1960)

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1896: Cardiff

Posted on February 22, 2018 by corvusfugit

Lionel Walden: Cardiff Docks (1896)

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1928: Holiday in Bangkok

Posted on December 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

Map, frontispiece, and cover of the Royal State Railways’s Guide to Bangkok with Notes on Siam (1928); the frontispiece shows Wat Arun at night.

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1897: Steelworks

Posted on November 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Lionel Walden: Steelworks, Cardiff, at Night (1897)

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2001: 千と千尋の神隠し

Posted on October 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Hayao Miyazaki, director: Spirited Away (2001)

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1910: Streetcar

Posted on September 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jakub Schikaneder: Streetcar in Prague (c. 1910)

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1909: View of York Station

Posted on September 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Herbert William Garratt: View of York Station (c. 1909)

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1909: View through the Front Window of a Steam Locomotive

Posted on September 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Herbert William Garratt: View through the Front Window of a Steam Locomotive (c. 1909)

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1940: The White Horse

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Eric Ravilious: Train Landscape (1940) The background of this painting features the Westbury White Horse, a figure on the slope of Salisbury Plain in England. As the earliest documentation dates from 1742, the horse was likely created in the first … Continue reading →

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