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#OTD in 2025 ‘Early morning walk’
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For #OCTOBER 2013 ‘Out of the Frying-pan Into the Fire’ #AlanLee (b. 1947) watercolor for #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit, Ch. 6 “Out of the Frying-pan Into the Fire” (1997) Reproduced, *Tolkien Calendar 2013* (HarperCollins) for October #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists
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#OTD in 1980 Cover of The New Yorker, 27 October 1980 Charles E. Martin #TheNewYorkerCover #CharlesEMartin #lighthouse #wildgeese
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#OTD in 1946 *Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur*, written and illustrated by Hal Foster No. 507 - 27 October, 1946 👇🧵 #PrinceValiant #HalFoster 1: ‘Synopsis: A great scandal had threatened to bring down the noble ➡️
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one by one the Shetlands fall astern and then out onto the wild north seas. No compass have they or any great knowledge of the stars . . . . Only the most daring mariners venture beyond the sight of land!’ ‘Next Week - Thule.’ #PrinceValiant #HalFoster
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Detail #PrinceValiant #HalFoster
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#Fortune for #OCTOBER 1946 ‘African Gold Rush’ Illustration by Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000 👉ALT) Cover of *Fortune*, October 1946 #FortuneCover #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AmericanArt #graphicdesign #JacobLawrence #Africa #mining #gold
Image from https://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2021/01/fortune-magazine-part-4.html: Lawrence 'was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. ... Lawrence is among the best-known twentieth-century African-American painters, known for his modernist illustrations of everyday life as well as narratives of African-American history and historical figures. At the age of 23 he gained national recognition with his 60-panel The Migration Series, which depicted the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North. The series was purchased jointly by the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Lawrence's works are in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, Reynolda House Museum of American Art and the Museum of Northwest Art. His 1947 painting The Builders hangs in the White House.’

ALT Image from https://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2021/01/fortune-magazine-part-4.html: Lawrence 'was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. ... Lawrence is among the best-known twentieth-century African-American painters, known for his modernist illustrations of everyday life as well as narratives of African-American history and historical figures. At the age of 23 he gained national recognition with his 60-panel The Migration Series, which depicted the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North. The series was purchased jointly by the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Lawrence's works are in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, Reynolda House Museum of American Art and the Museum of Northwest Art. His 1947 painting The Builders hangs in the White House.’

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#OTD in 1945 Cover of The New Yorker, October 27, 1945 Edna Eicke #TheNewYorkerCover #EdnaEicke #Halloween #trickortreat
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#OTD in 1940 (last call) Lines to enter the New York World’s Fair of 1939-1940 at Flushing Gate, on October 27, 1940, the last day of its second season. #NYWorldsFair1939 #NYWorldsFair #WorldsFair #colorphotography
Library of Congress https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2013/11/the-1939-new-york-worlds-fair/100620/

ALT Library of Congress https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2013/11/the-1939-new-york-worlds-fair/100620/

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In #OCTOBER 1940 ‘Men of the community of Pie Town, New Mexico eating at the #barbeque’ Color transparency by #RussellLee (1903-1986) #FarmSecurityAdministration Oct. 1940 #PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farmers #farmlife #countryfair #festival #colorphotography
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2178352223/in/photostream/

ALT Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2178352223/in/photostream/

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In #OCTOBER 1940 ‘Crowd eating free #barbeque dinner at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair’ Color transparency by #RussellLee (1903-1986) #FarmSecurityAdministration. Oct. 1940. #PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farmers #farmlife #countryfair #festival #colorphotography
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179137086/in/photostream/

ALT Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179137086/in/photostream/

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In #OCTOBER 1938 ‘Love For Sale — Exposing Sin On The Campus’ *Crime Detective - True Police Stories* (Hillman Publications), October 1938 #illustration #illustrationart #crimefiction #detectivestories #pulps
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In #OCTOBER 1937 in #AberdeenGardens, Virginia 👇🧵 October 1937 photo taken by #ResettlementAdministration photographer #JohnVachon (1914-1975) showing a newly constructed area taking shape with roads newly graded and foundation plantings in place.
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Black engineers and architects had planned - and were supervising the construction of - Aberdeen Gardens, as seen in this September 1936 shot of the project office.
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Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources sign presenting the historic significance of Aberdeen Gardens
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