Four ponds by John Nash.
Clockwise from top left to bottom left: Mill Pond Evening, 1933. The Farm Pond, 1940. Walled Pond, Little Bredy, Dorset, 1923. Ashby's Pond, 1937.

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Hold on!
Here's a German officer from early in the Occupation, Studio Harcourt, 1940. No swastika though. See my post above in this thread.
Cosette Harcourt was Jewish (her real name was Germaine Hirschfeld). Her marriage to one of the Lacroix brothers seems to have saved her.

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29 February 1940. An attack by 20+ Polikarpov I-153 and Polikarpov I-16 fighters on the Finnish Air Force airfield at Ruoholahti is the most successful Soviet Air Force strike of the Winter War. Surprising the Finns on the ground, the Soviets shoot down … https://t.co/o4aTGVcUVS

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These progressively zoomed-in maps identify places in the US that had an active chapter of a particular private organization comprised of ordinary citizens between 1915 and 1940. Look at the maps and make your guess as to what that organization was...answer in next tweet.

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Peter Fonda February 23, 1940. Actor, activist, counterculture icon and seriously influential filmmaker.



"The word courage - God, I love that word. Words are so important to me."
Peter Fonda

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“When the pinch comes the common people will turn out to be more intelligent than the clever ones. I certainly hope so.”

George Orwell, 1940.

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The of Classic & Contemporary Photographs by is scheduled for February 25.

Check the hours and full catalogue at https://t.co/9RLDJpTlHU.

📷Lot 36: Edward Steichen, White Lotus, dye transfer print, 1939, printed 1940. $50,000 to $75,000.

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The Handley-Page Hampden has always fascinated me, an early WW 2 RAF medium bomber, with a very narrow fuselage. This earned it the nickname, the'Flying Suitcase', but it had a certain 'grace' and apparently very flew well. Check out the contemporary cutaway drawing from 1940.

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Happy 80th anniversary to The film premiered in New York February 7, 1940. In February 23, 1940, Pinocchio could be seen across the United States.

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Celebrating H.R. Giger on his birthday - February 5, 1940.

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"I always thought of the zombies as being about revolution, one generation consuming the next." George A. Romero, born in 1940.

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Fun fact. Dick Grayson, Catwoman and Joker will all be turning 80 this year, as they were introduced in 1940. So celebrate your favourite Gothamites with this art gallery!

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Tokuriki Tomikichiro: Famous, Sacred and Historical Places, 1940. https://t.co/fSkjpo6fRR

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The Fiery Mask stars in "The Jelly of Doom" from Daring Mystery Comics June 1940. Script by George Kapitan, art by Harry Sahle.

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Today's is Fleet made by Bally in August 1940. This was flipperless and had a round rotating target in the center with 3 cannons that the ball would hit for more points. The score on the backbox was made only with various lights.

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Reto Día 10, letra J de Inspirada en una foto de en un directo de Royal Roost NY 1940. Aquí ilustraciones y vídeos: https://t.co/QTMIUA8Xe9

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1940.1.11

(イラスト間違えて投稿していたのでツイート削除しましたm(_ _)m💦)

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Vincent Prices' first appearance in a horror film was in THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS which released in 1940.

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Garabateando la J de para Inspirado en la foto que le hiciera a en el Royal Roost de NY en 1940. Esta ilustración va a tardar en salir. A más disfrute, más

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