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from "Dams and Control Works" as published by the United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation in 1954
Top: Barlett Dam near Phoenix, Arizona with its spillway at left
Centre: an 8 ft diameter giant steel ball with cables is dragged through the forest to clear the brush prior to building a dam or reservoir.
Bottom: construction of Hungry Horse Dam in Montana
#Spillway#reservoir#dams#water works#hungry horse dam#control works#earth day#environment#water ways
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Top: a drawing made in 1842 by amateur astronomer Sauve
Centre: eclipse at Paris, France
Bottom: unknown
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a paper computer with movable disks used to predict solar and lunar eclipses and to determine when the moon will reach its aspect in relation to a planet - a pearl on a thread is used as an indicator - circa 1540
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from a series of ongoing portraits (taken bi-annually) by Dutch photographer Rineke Dijkstra
Alermisa, Leidschendam, Netherland, 2007 series which began in 1994
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Three stunning examples from the photographer Florence Montague Henri who was born in New York in 1893 but studied in Paris, Monaco and Berlin. She met Mondrian in 1929, after which, she began making more abstract photographs.
Top: Portrait Composition 1930 - 35
Centre: Portrait Composition, Margarete Schall, 1927
Bottom: Portrait Composition 1937
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Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke as Laura and Rob Petrie - Dick Van Dyke television show 1961-66
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Some platform heels, shown in Life magazine, 1972
Top: Lydia Roach wears 6" red leather platforms from Monique
Centre: hand-painted, palm tree versions from Goody Two Shoes
Bottom: plastic clogs from Pelican
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Latka - television sit com character played by Andy Kaufman
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from the September 1956 issue of Life magazine - a woman on a Detroit, Michigan street adjusts her short shorts
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Three musical moments from SNL
Top: Stevie Wonder and Eddie Murply as Stevie Wonder
Centre: Patrick Swayze and Chris Farley complete as Chippendale dancers
Bottom: Will Farrell, Chris Kattan, Chris Parnell as Blue Oyster Cult performers
#snl#nbc snl#saturday night live#will farrell#eddy murphy#more cowbell#stevie wonder#patrick swayze#chris farley#chris kattan
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some terrific and lesser known photos highlighting Dolly Parton's personal style and her performance outfits
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Sony Walkman advert from Japan, mid 1980's
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stretched fabric artwork from 2023 entitled ‘Adrift’ by Eric N. Mack
Mack uses fabric and found objects to create textured compositions that collapse the boundaries between fine art, fashion, and architecture.
Regeneration is significant to Mack’s process, seeing that new life is breathed into overlooked materials gathered from international marketplaces and from the streets of Harlem where he lives.
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Costumes and Zoot Suits designed by Ruth E. Carter for films like Coming to America and Dolemite is My Name on view at the Wright Museum in Detroit
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Ilse Bing's solaraized image used for a Schiaparelli perfume campaign (Salut) in 1934
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