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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 5h

Don't know about Portlandia (expat ignorance!).

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 5h

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

Very good question. My only (wild) guess would be that it highlights the dandyism of certain young men. Maybe the hairdresser is framing his 'masterpiece'?

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

For #OCTOBER 1989
‘Smaug’
Roger Garland (1950-2017)
*The 1989 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for October
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #RogerGarland #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

#OTD in 1955
Cover of The New Yorker, October 15, 1955
Arthur Getz
#TheNewYorkerCover #ArthurGetz #danceclass #ballet #lesson

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

#OTD in 1952
Cartoon by Desmond English
*MacLean's*, October 15, 1952
#cartoonists #catoons #DesmondEnglish

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

15 October 1950
MacArthur would, tragically, assure the President that the Chinese would never intervene in the Korean War.
#HarrySTruman #DouglasMacArthur #KoreanWar #WakeIsland

lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

#OTD in 1950
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‘The U.S. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Commander-in-Chief, UN Command, greeting President Harry S. Truman upon his arrival at Wake Island for their conference.’

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

the aircraft was engulfed in flames. The design of the para-frag bomb enabled low flying bombing attacks to be carried out with higher accuracy.’
#blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #warphotography #WW2 #SouthPacific

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

#OTD in 1944
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‘Para-frag bombs fall toward a camouflaged Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-21, "Sally", during an attack by the US Army Fifth Air Force against Old Namlea airport on Buru Island, Dutch East Indies, on October 15, 1944. A few seconds after this picture was taken ➡️

AP Photo
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/09/world-war-ii-the-pacific-islands/100155/

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

#Fortune for #OCTOBER 1942
‘Steel, Allocations & Scrap’
Illustration by Peter Piening (1908-1977)
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Cover of *Fortune*, October 1942
#FortuneCover #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #graphicdesign #PeterPiening #WW2 #steel #steelindustry

image from https://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2021/01/fortune-magazine-part-3.html:
‘M. Peter Piening (1908 - 1977) born in Grabow, Germany, was a German-American graphic designer as well as professor of advertising design and director of the design centre at Syracuse University. Piening spent his early career freelancing as an illustrator and artist for various publishing companies, eventually settling in Paris to work for Conde-Nast's French publication of Vogue. In 1934 he moved to the United States to work in Conde-Nast's New York City office. For the next two decades, Piening worked for many important advertising agencies and magazine publishers, including the N. W. Ayer and J. Walker Thompson agencies and Life and Fortune magazines. As art director for Life in the 1930s and for Fortune in the 1940s, Piening completely redesigned the layout of each magazine. He also redesigned the layouts for thirty-four other major American magazines, including Town & Country and Cosmopolitan.’

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

#OTD in 1940
Uncle Sam leads the “I Am an American Day” parade through the Court of Peace on October 15, 1940. Photograph from the New York Public Library with press release.

lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

#OTD in 1940
‘Italian Pavilion, New York World's Fair 1939’
Watercolor by Edward Punnett Chrystie (1887-1960) October 15, 1940
#NYWorldsFair1939 #1939NYWorldsFair #Italy

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Les Thomas, homesteader, Pie Town, New Mexico’ Color transparency by Russell Lee (1903-1986) for the Farm Security Administration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farmers #RussellLee #colorphotography #FarmSecurityAdministration

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179137646/in/photostream/

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Mr. Leatherman, homesteader, tying up cauliflower, Pie Town, New Mexico’ Color transparency by Russell Lee (1903-1986) for the #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farming #RussellLee #colorphotography

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2178343937/in/photostream/

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

6: ‘Despite the objections of his council, Val sets out for Pandaris with a force consisting only of nimble Slith and long-eared Socrates!’
‘Next Week - Pandaris!’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

5: ‘Looking down on their enemy’s preparations, they estimate that it will be two moons before they are ready to attack. With the odds already 20 to 1 against them, the “Hun-Hunters’” position will be hopeless if they are attacked from the rear also.’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

4: ‘. . .Two days south is a pass guarded by the beautiful walled city of Pandaris. Duke Cesario held the pass against the Hun, but his cousin, Piscaro, aided by treachery and the Huns, imprisons Cesario, sets himself up as tyrant and opens the pass to the barbarians.’
#HalFoster

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

3: ‘But spies are being found in great numbers, coming up behind them from the far side of the pass - From a captured officer Val learns the cause. . . . .’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

2: ‘In the excitement of these skirmishes Val forgets his cares, and once again goes crashing into the fray, side by side with Tristam and Gawain!’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

under Prince Valiant’s leadership hold the pass, but in the plain below the Huns’ vast army has built a strongly fortified base and more men and supplies arrive daily.’
‘Hun scouts try desperately to find out the strength of the “Hun-Hunters.”’

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

#OTD in 1939
Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur,
written & illustrated by Hal Foster
No. 140 - 15 October 1939
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster
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1: ‘Synopsis: The rapidly growing force ➡️

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

#OTD in 1938
Cover of The New Yorker, October 15, 1938
Rea Irvin
#TheNewYorkerCover #ReaIrvin

lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

Changing New York series, #WPA #FederalArtProject. October 15, 1935
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social
#manhattan #lowermanhattan #waterfront #BrooklynBridge #FinancialDistrict #skyscrapers #architecture #urbanphotography #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #BereniceAbbott

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 7h

#OTD in 1934
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‘Waterfront, South Street, Manhattan. Brooklyn Bridge span as it reaches land above South Street near James, tall buildings rise beyond.’
#Photograph by Berenice Abbott (1898-1991)

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