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Tag Archives: USA
1929: The Metropolis of Tomorrow
Hugh Ferriss: Illustration from The Metropolis of Tomorrow (1929) (source)
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Architecture, Books, Cities, Cityscapes, Drawing, Hugh Ferriss, Science Fiction, USA
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1876: Marsh
Martin Johnson Heade: Marsh Sunset, Newburyport, Massachusetts (c. 1876–1882)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Art, Landscapes, Martin Johnson Heade, Painting, The Sun, USA
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1776: The Resurrection of the Universal Friend
Born in Rhode Island in 1752, Jemima Wilkinson would become, at the age of 25, the first American-born woman to found a religious group—following what she claimed was her death and resurrection. She abandoned her birth name, asked to be … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, Art, Gender, Jemima Wilkinson, LGBTQ, Painting, Portraits, Quakers, Religion, The Universal Friend, USA, Women
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1951: Knock Him Out!
“Knock Him Out! Labor Can Do It.” Poster by Bernard Seaman. CIO Committee to Abolish Racial Discrimination, 1951. (source)
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Tagged 1950's, 20th Century, Bernard Seaman, Civil Rights, Labor, Posters, Unions, USA
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1922: Hercules
John Singer Sargent: Hercules and the Hydra (1922-1925) (source) After the goddess Hera makes Hercules lose his mind and murder his own wife and children, he prays to Apollo for guidance and it told by the god’s oracle to atone … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, 2nd Century, Art, Greece, John Singer Sargent, Mythology, Painting, Pseudo-Apollodorus, USA
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1964: Bastard
Women cheat, women suffer. They used to be attractive—so they smooth away their age. I shout mine aloud because I was never attractive, because I shall always have my baby hair. It’s taken me two and a half hours to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 2010's, 20th Century, 21st Century, Art, Autobiography, Books, France, Gertrude Stein, Jean Genet, LGBTQ, Painting, Prose, Richard Baker, USA, Violette Leduc, Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, Women
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1890: Castle
The castle, Hohenzollern, Germany; photochrom print published between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900 by the Detroit Publishing Co. (source)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Castles, Detroit, Germany, Landscapes, Photography, USA
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1903: The Hierophant was Petrifying
Walt MacDougall: Illustration for “MacDougall’s Stories for Good Children,” February 22, 1903 (source)
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Tagged 1900's, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Children, Comic Strips, Cryptids, Drawing, Fantasy, USA, Walt MacDougall
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1887: Lake
John Olson Hammerstad: Lake Michigan (c. 1887)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Art, Lakes, Norway, Painting, Ships & Sailing, USA
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1958: Don’t Cross Our Mom’s Picket Line
International Ladies Garment Workers Union picket line at Michele Frocks, Scranton PA, 1958 (source)
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Tagged 1950's, 20th Century, Children, Labor, Mothers, Photography, Strikes, Unions, USA, Women
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