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1927: Calm at Sea

Posted on March 24, 2020 by

Lyonel Feininger: Calm at Sea II (1927)

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1509: The Most Curious Book in the World

Posted on March 23, 2020 by

The following entry appears in Charles Carroll Bombaugh’s Gleanings from the Harvest Fields of Literature: A Melange of Excerpta, Curious, Humorous, and Instructive (1867): THE MOST CURIOUS BOOK IN THE WORLD The most singular bibliographic curiosity is that which belonged … Continue reading →

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1921: Beware the Ides of March

Posted on March 14, 2020 by

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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1919: Queen Alice

Posted on March 1, 2020 by

Illustrations from a 1919 photoplay edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (source). The photos are stills from the 1915 silent film adaptation of the books, which starred Viola Savoy as Alice.

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1906: Martyr

Posted on February 23, 2020 by

F. Holland Day – Saint Sebastian (1906) Although the traditional iconography shows Saint Sebastian pierced by arrows, this is not actually how he dies and becomes a martyr. The 13th century Legenda aurea, a collection of hagiographies by Jacobus de … Continue reading →

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1895: Moon over the Forest

Posted on February 19, 2020 by

Charles Warren Eaton: Moon over the Forest (c 1895)

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1890: Night Scene

Posted on February 6, 2020 by

Levi Wells Prentice: Untitled [Night Scene, Smith’s Lake]; I guessed at the date.

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2018: New City

Posted on February 5, 2020 by

Rim Lee: New City (2018); from a series.

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1861: Most Photographed American of the 19th Century

Posted on February 2, 2020 by

The most photographed American of the 19th century was Frederick Douglass. In an 1861 lecture, Douglass said that with the advent of photography, Men of all conditions may see themselves as others see them. What was once the exclusive luxury … Continue reading →

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1964: The Street

Posted on January 28, 2020 by

Romare Bearden: The Street (1964)

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