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#austincoutinhocaricatures Born today, in 1940, this genius. In Tres Coracoes, Brazil.
Appelverkoper, 1930-1940, Gerard Johan Staller
In ‘#Waterlooplein: De buurt binnenstebuiten’, Joods Historisch #Museum, #Amsterdam
Remembering John Lennon, born in October 1940, an eccentric, egotistical and ultimately unique individual who happened to reshape the music vibes of an entire planet. #art #illustration #portrait #johnlennon #thebeatles #music #rock #procreate
Hans Augusto Reyersbach was born today, September 16, in 1898.
In 1940, he and Margaret Reyersbach fled Paris on bikes, as Nazi tanks approached.
They had some clothes, some personal items, and a manuscript that would later become “Curious George”.
September 14, 1940, died #OTD, Swiss geologist Émile Argand. As an early supporter of Alfred Wegener he used continental drift theory to explain the #Alps as a succession of overthrusts & folded tectonic nappes ➡⛰️⬅ https://t.co/sp8FiF6Ip7
Les "Chiens de Paris", 1930-1940, série humoristique de #dessins de Boris O'Klein (français, 1893 - 1985)
🎨🗻🕯🕰 Butterfly Violet, Mary Vaux Walcott, 1860-1940, 1923, watercolor on paper.
In 1925, the Smithsonian published some 400 of her illustrations, accompanied by brief descriptions, in a five-volume work entitled North American Wild Flowers.
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Rallié dès juin 1940, François Fayolle est le 2e Français à la tête d'un escadron anglais. 130 missions, 4 victoires, une Distinguished Flying Cross. Ce 19 août 1942, il veille sur le raid allié à Dieppe. Mais il n'en reviendra pas. Et Chantal, 3 mois, ne reverra jamais son père.
1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣0️⃣: In the first ‘solo’ Batman book since the debut of ‘Batman’ in 1940, Grant Morrison & Klaus Janson’s Legends of the Dark Knight arc ‘Gothic Romantic’ made #Batman face horrific fears of the supernatural & take a dark path through his own humanity https://t.co/HL3oNg99Lq
150 years ago, 4 Aug 1870, battle of Wissembourg saw the first French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. The @SF_Siege memorial unveiled 1909 gave French Alsatians a site for remembrance. It was destroyed in 1940, rebuilt 1960. #FrancoPrussianWar150 #150ans1870 #Krieg1870
Thick French Renault R35 ready to find the ghost division in May 1940, with some communication problems and lack of radios...
Going back through Opening 23 a couple times over has made me realize just how unparalleled Komaki's attention to detail truly is
(Chapter 940, Page 9)
HBD to Bugs Bunny, who’s 80 years young today. Did you know a Winnipegger helped conceive him? Prior to 1940, Charlie Thorson drew Bug’s (sic) Bunny on a model sheet for Warner Bros co-worker, Ben “Bugs” Hardaway. No surprise as we know all cool characters hail from Manitoba.🐰🎂
The 'unusual' Bell YFM-1 Airacuda, a twin engine 'bomber destroyer', designed to wreak havoc amongst a formation of heavy bombers. Each nacelle held a cannon and a gunner/loader. They went into very limited squadron service in 1940, but were retired before the US entered the war.
On June 7, 1940, Daisy Duck made her debut in the cartoon, ‘Mr. Duck Steps Out’
For #VE Day:
Gilbert Spencer (1892-1979) ‘Listening’ c.1940, signed 'Gilbert Spencer' (lower right), Oil on canvas, 17.5 x 22 in. (44.5 x 55.9cm) framed.
During #WWII Gilbert Spencer served as an official war artist, (1940–1943).
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#VEDay75 #VEDay2020