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Tag Archives: USA
1846: The Temple of Time
Emma Willard was a pioneer in Women’s education, opening the Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York in 1821—the first institution of higher education for women in the United States. The school was later renamed The Emma Willard School in … Continue reading
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2017: Petition
Joseph Erb (Cherokee): Petition (c. 2017)
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Cherokee, Mammals, Native Americans, Painting, USA
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1905: Electric Ladyland
This story by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain appeared in The Indian Ladies’ Magazine in 1905: Sultana’s Dream One evening I was lounging in an easy chair in my bedroom and thinking lazily of the condition of Indian womanhood. I am not … Continue reading
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1965: Film
Buster Keaton in Samuel Beckett’s Film (1965). The film is silent, except for the single admonishment “shhhhhhh.” It was Beckett’s only screenplay; Keaton died the following year.
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2016: Cloud Study
Catherine Erb: Cloud Study 32 (Clouds over Water) (2016)
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2020: Ingathering
Joyce Brienza + Deborah Sukenic: Ingathering (2020); from an exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
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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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1958: Firebird III
The General Motors Firebird III was built in 1958, debuted as a concept car at Motorama in 1959, and was featured at the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair.
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Tagged 1950's, 20th Century, Cars, Design, Detroit, General Motors, USA
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1776: Equally as Precious to a Black Man
In 1776, Lemuel Haynes, a veteran of the American Revolution and the first black man in the United States to be ordained as a minister, wrote this response to the Declaration of Independence: Liberty Further Extended: Or Free Thoughts on … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, African-Americans, American Revolution, Civil Rights, Lemuel Haynes, Rights, Slavery, USA
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1953: Description
A description of what we would now call a depressive episode from a 1953 story by Jean Ferry, “The Traveler with Luggage”: As a result of incidents still obscure to me, I suffered an absolutely atrocious mental breakdown in the … Continue reading
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