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Posted by: Kristi Finefield
Samples of cartoon art that will be featured in an upcoming virtual presentation, Finding Pictures: Cartoon Cavalcade, featuring curator Sara W. Duke.
Posted in: Cartoons, Drawings, News & Events
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
The following is a guest post by Martha H. Kennedy, Curator of Popular & Applied Graphic Arts, Prints and Photographs Division. Travel by train, or what some called the “Iron horse,” dominated other forms of transport in America for nearly fifty years. During this “golden age” of railroads that began in 1865, public fascination with …
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
This New Year’s cartoon published in Life in January 1917 offers a commentary on what a difference fifty years can make. Whether you plan to celebrate quietly, as though it’s 1867 (left), or in a slightly more boisterous fashion, as though it’s 1917 (right), we hope you enjoy ringing in the New Year in your …
Posted in: Cartoons
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
Ringing in the New Year with a glass of champagne? Just as many holidays are associated with certain festive foods, New Year’s Eve has long seen many folks around the world enjoying a taste of that fizzy drink. This 1904 photo suggests one way to top off a bottle of bubbly, but I think I’ll …
Posted in: Cartoons, Photographs, Posters, Series: Feast Your Eyes
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
If every collection in the Prints and Photographs Division is an apple tree, full of tantalizing visual treats, then all of our holdings combined make for a vast orchard, ripe with possibility. My extended food metaphor is no accident, as we are launching a new monthly series here at Picture This entitled Feast Your Eyes. …
Posted in: Cartoons, Photographs, Posters, Prints, Series: Feast Your Eyes
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
The summer road trip is a rite of passage for many Americans. And the ultimate road trip is the coast-to-coast journey. Today’s driver has many tools to make the trip easier: GPS systems, road maps, and miles of interstate highway. Between 24 hour gas stations, fast food and cell phones, we are never far from …
Posted in: Cartoons, Photographs, Prints