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#OTD 1959, Hawai'i becomes 50th US state, but @Interior's connection dates to 1898 US annexation of Hawaiian Islands, when responsibility for relations was assigned to Interior. Most Hawaiian artifacts in @InteriorMuseum's collection, like this pandanus fan, are from 1930-50s.
Jazzpunk is a cyberpunk game that takes place in an alternate reality 1950s. One very important design goal for me was to find a way to convey kind of "1950s cyberspace" that rejected the tropes that were cemented and have hung around since Tron was released in 1982 --
In 1859, an aurora borealis was so large it was visible in Cuba. Painter Frederic Edwin Church witnessed it in New York and painted a #SciArt depiction. Check out the @smithsonian’s podcast to learn how the aurora borealis impacted the 1850s. https://t.co/X08f96qPWN (Image: SAAM)
Famed paleontologist Richard Owen misidentified Lonchodraco as Pterodactylus in the 1850s. https://t.co/EBenp8H2Pt
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Kate Capshaw (Willie Scott) had to learn Anything Goes in Mandarin. "Anything Goes" is a song written by Cole Porter for his musical Anything Goes (1934). Even Frank Sinatra recorded the song for Capitol in the '50s.
Have you ever heard Porter's?
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These plates were handpainted by Ida Woodward in 1934. Evening classes for amateurs to paint pottery were held between c.1920 - 1950s. The pottery was made at Clokie & Co. Ltd. After painting it was returned to the pottery for its gloss firing #Stars #MuseumsTogether30
Comic illustrator, Marguerite Sauvage creates a war-themed cover for Archie Comics with art as a tribute to old movies and illustrations from the 40s and 50s. #archiecomics #retroillustration #comicillustration
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ONE OF OUR FLYING SAUCERS IS MISSING
Virgil Finlay painted many scifi pulp covers in the 1940s and 1950s. Here we have some of his original paintings... as always sans copy.
@LyroaArt @UrichWilliams @Robots_and_Such 💫This is Jennifer Jenson, the protag of my sci-fi novel. She has the power to create blackholes and is sent back in time to the 1950s. She wants to go back to prevent her best friend's murder.💫
Fun Fact: I studied abroad my first semester of college.🌍
Tonight I went to a new exhibition @peltzgallery, which brings together over sixty prints by #PicturePost photographers to explore the experiences of refugees and immigrants to Britain during the 1930s-50s. A timely and powerful exhibition, continues until 5 July. @iofestival
Ledra Street, Nicosia, Cyprus in the 1950s. The capital's principal shopping street. https://t.co/AKNis5kvdz #Cyprus
And here’s Enrich. One of the most recently designed guys from the story arc.
Much like Sal’s, we are looking at early 20s to mid 50s.
More about this guy soon!
Cuphead has actually helped appreciate 1930s/1940s fashion so 🤷♀️ I previously kinda overlooked them for the more dramatic silhouettes of the 20s and 50s.
Did you know Tulips grow towards light, even in a vase?! Enid Marx painted this still-life in the 1950s. The Wally dog, the tea pot used as the vase & the painting itself! are displayed in our Marx-Lambert Collection. #tuliptuesday
© Estate of Enid Marx, photo by Harminder Judge