1910s
George Washington Glick
As you can see from this 1914 article George Washington Glick was practically unknown when his statue was new. Is it any wonder then that, as Wikipedia tells us, "In 2003, Kansas became the first state to replace a statue [in the National Statuary Hall] when it replaced Glick with a bronze of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower. Glick's statue was moved to the Kansas History Center in Topeka."
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 08, 2017 -
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Category: Forgotten Figures and Where Are They Now?, Politics, Statues and Monuments, 1910s, Nineteenth Century
Bacon Costume
George J. Nicholls, author of the 1917 book Bacon and Hams, dressed as a slab of bacon.
More info about this rare and curious book at CookingIssues.com and Wikipedia.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 29, 2017 -
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Category: Bacon, 1910s
Mystery Gadget 51
Purpose?
Answer is here.
Or after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 23, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1910s
Mystery Illustration 50
What technique is being demonstrated here?
Answer found at this link.
Or after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 13, 2017 -
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Category: Body, 1910s
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 4
Of course, before the Soviets took a stance against "degenerate" avant-garde art, they had a flourishing avant-garde scene in their own country.
Mikhail Larionov was one such native Russian artist.
Here is his "Venus" from 1912.
This new book on the topic seems very interesting and relevant.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 14, 2017 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, 1910s, Russia
Mystery Gadget 48
What's going on here?
Answer at the link (scroll down).
And after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Wed May 24, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1910s
Billie Carleton’s Death and the Birth of a Genre
Original article here.
How did the hedonistic death of one minor actress lead to Fu Manchu and the Yellow Menace?
Read the whole story here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 21, 2017 -
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Category: Addictions, Crime, Death, Literature, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1910s
Mystery Gadget 44
This machine is packing something. What?
The answer is here.
And after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 06, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1910s
Beulah Miller, the Girl with X-Ray Vision
Very proud to have a resident of my native Rhode Island exhibit this uncanny power.
Although not everyone was so positive, as the NYT coverage from April 23, 193, shows.
Original article here.
Further coverage here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 03, 2017 -
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Category: Human Marvels, Children, 1910s
The Pantheon de la Guerre
What was once the world's largest painting featured 6000 identifiable real-world figures. The postcard below represents just a fragment of it.Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 11, 2017 -
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Category: Art, War, 1910s
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