Tag Archives: USA

1910: Victory Over Struggle

Posted on September 25, 2019 by corvusfugit

Charles Allen Winter: Allegory of Victory over Struggle; I made up the date.

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1807: No Less Sacred to Them than the Tie of Marriage

Posted on September 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

I passed a few days in the valley of one of those streams of northern Vermont, which find their way into Champlain. If I were permitted to draw aside the veil of private life, I would briefly give you the … Continue reading →

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1937: The Building of Tidewater

Posted on September 20, 2019 by corvusfugit

John Noble: The Building of Tidewater (c.1937)

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1927: East River

Posted on September 18, 2019 by corvusfugit

Georgia O’Keeffe: East River from the Shelton (East River No. 1) (c. 1927-28)

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1865: O Roaches!

Posted on September 14, 2019 by corvusfugit

A quite common superstitious practice, in order to rid a house of Cockroaches, is in vogue in our country at the present time. It is no other than to address these pests a written letter containing the following words, or … Continue reading →

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1947: Iridescence

Posted on September 12, 2019 by corvusfugit

Andrey Avinoff: Iridescence (1925-1947) The entomologist Andrey Avinoff emigrated from Russia to the USA after the revolution and worked at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History for 20 years, eventually becoming its director. He turned to painting only later in … Continue reading →

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1910: Fifth Avenue at Twilight

Posted on September 11, 2019 by corvusfugit

Birge Harrison: Fifth Avenue at Twilight (ca. 1910)

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1959: Capital and Labor

Posted on September 2, 2019 by corvusfugit

Sister Concilla sets the record straight on labor unions. Note the union bug indicating the comic was printed in a union shop.

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1994: An Insane Premise

Posted on September 2, 2019 by corvusfugit

In an afterword to the 25th anniversary edition of Portnoy’s Complaint, Philip Roth tells a story about the first lines of his novels. When he was living in Chicago in the late 1950’s, he says, he once went to a … Continue reading →

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1965: Lo, The Mystique City

Posted on August 28, 2019 by corvusfugit

Betye Saar: Lo, The Mystique City (1965)

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