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Do you recognize this mossy bench? Hint: It was part of a WPA project in the 1930s.

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2021-01-14

Christmas in China’s ad, 1930s.

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2020-12-25

Today's theme is Reindeer antlers were found in a peat bog in Rousay in the 1930s. They were a size larger than any previously recorded from Scotland. So reindeer were in Orkney in prehistoric times. Ref: PSAS 1935-6 Vol20

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2020-12-19

The Dornier Do 23 started out life as a transport/mail-plane in the late 1920s, but it soon became the first medium bomber to equip the new Luftwaffe, in the mid 1930s. Several aircraft were still giving valuable service (as trainers for bomber pilots and crews), well into WW 2!

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2020-12-06

Australian artist Norman Lindsay circa 1930s.

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2020-12-04

Bruno Croatto, Natura morta, 1930s.

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2020-11-22

Our building in Great George Street opened 1913 although the corner was not added until the 1930s. Designed by James Miller, a steel frame is hidden beneath the masonry.

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2020-11-04

Soviet magazines for children published in 1920s-1930s. “Siskin”, “Hedgehog”, “Mischief”, “Campfire”.

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2020-11-04

Two Figures in a Boat, Eric Ravilious, c.1930s. I’m not sure where this one was painted or exactly when? The original artwork is in the collection of .

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2020-10-05

The three younger Mitfords, Unity, Jessica and Deborah, represented the conflict between fascism, socialism and conservatism that defined the 'I hate the beastly Fascists. If you’re going to be one, I’m going to be a Communist, so there,' Jessica said to Unity

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2020-10-01

Illustration from a Japanese children’s magazine. 1930s.

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2020-08-13

Hi! Happy My name is Richie and I’m a cartoonist and illustrator. I’m a student learning animation and character design. I love classic cartoons from the 1930s.

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2020-07-16

"Miners Returning from Work" 1930s...Painting by (#Welsh,1902-1971)..Born in

Griffiths was a miner alongside his father for two years in

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2020-07-08

Precisionism

Precisionism was the first indigenous modern art movement

in the United States and an early American contribution

to the rise of Modernism.

The Precisionist style, was at the height of its popularity

during the 1920s and early 1930s.

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2020-06-19

Today's new illustrator is actor and artist Roland Caillaux, friend of Jean Genet and an active part of the gay scene in Paris in the 1930s. See his touching images of men loving men at https://t.co/AWOBkEV3tv and be glad that things are rather different now ...

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2020-06-14

Today's new illustrator is actor and artist Roland Caillaux, friend of Jean Genet and an active part of the gay scene in Paris in the 1930s. See his touching images of men loving men at https://t.co/AWOBkEV3tv and be glad that things are rather different now ...

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2020-06-14

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here are 2 bicycle advertising posters from the 1920s and 1930s.
For all sizes and for all, even the most stingy!

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2020-06-03

[NEW] After the cult redraw of social media last week, I finally did my new redraw from the own reference of my favorite franchise.

Based by a frame of Pat Sullivan/Otto Messmer's Sunday strip in the debut of 1930s.

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2020-05-30




Post card from 1930s.
Source: Priya Paul Collections, University of Heidelberg. https://t.co/Ap6RFSbRSo

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2020-05-23

Jewish Wartime home in Shanghai, 1930s.
In the 1930s and 40s, the Chinese city hosted a large, vibrant community of refugees fleeing persecution in Europe, and 20,000 or so European Jews found their way to the city.

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2020-05-16