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Shooting Paintings

1961: Artist Niki de Saint-Phalle attached bags of paint to her paintings and then shot at them with a .22 caliber rifle, causing the bags to burst and the paint to ooze down the canvas. She called these her "shooting paintings."

She explained:

I shot because it was fun and made me feel great. I shot because I was fascinated watching the painting bleed and die. I shot for that moment of magic. . . Red, yellow, blue — the painting is crying the painting is dead. I have killed the painting. It is reborn.





Louisville Courier-Journal - July 16, 1961

Posted By: Alex - Wed Aug 17, 2022 - Comments (0)
Category: Art, 1960s, Weapons

Mystery Illustration 108

What's extra-special about this submarine?

The answer is here.

Or after the jump.



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Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 18, 2022 - Comments (2)
Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Technology, 1950s, Weapons

Miss Fireworks of 1954

Hula dancing on a bomb.

Leatherneck - Magazine of the Marines - Sep 1954

Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 04, 2022 - Comments (1)
Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, 1950s, Armed Forces, Weapons

The best defense against an atomic bomb…

"... is not to be there when it goes off."

Advice which remains true to this day.

Manchester Evening News - Feb 18, 1949

Posted By: Alex - Sat Jun 18, 2022 - Comments (2)
Category: War, Weapons, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1940s

Games Couples Play, #2

July 1947: Newlyweds Jane and Lloyd Gulledge of Dearborn, Michigan decided to play a couple of rounds of Russian roulette. Lloyd lost. "Police say they had been drinking."

Lancaster Eagle Gazette - Jul 28, 1947



(L) Nevada State Journal - Jul 29, 1947; (R) Palm Beach Post - Aug 3, 1947



Related: Games Couples Play, #1

Posted By: Alex - Thu Jun 09, 2022 - Comments (3)
Category: Marriage, 1940s, Weapons

Follies of the Madmen #534

Who knew that domestic life could be so medieval?

Source.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 08, 2022 - Comments (3)
Category: Domestic, Advertising, Weapons

Cutting a sheep in half with one stroke

Swordsmanship shows often used to include demonstrations of the ability to cut a dead sheep in half with one stroke.

I've never been to a swordsmanship show, but I'm guessing that this particular display of ability is no longer a standard routine.

I'm also guessing that it must be pretty hard to do.

Birmingham Gazette - Apr 16, 1920



Ithaca Journal - Sep 23, 1922

Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 06, 2022 - Comments (6)
Category: Animals, Weapons

Ideal Fighter Jet Toy



Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 26, 2022 - Comments (2)
Category: Toys, War, Weapons, 1950s

Ann Frickman, Sharpshooter

During World War II, one of the best rifle shots in the United States was a housewife — Ann Frickman. Remarkably, she hadn't grown up shooting rifles. She first picked up a rifle in her late twenties, and eighteen months later she was beating the Army's top sharpshooters.

San Francisco Examiner - Dec 20, 1942



Pasadena Star News - Feb 24, 1942

Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 15, 2022 - Comments (0)
Category: 1940s, Women, Weapons

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