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Sunday, December 17, 2017

E A R T H

Earth entrance, world entrance, 1933 Chicago Worlds Fair
let's enter the Earth exhibit to see some displays of our home world . . .
      
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1950s office lobby, reception desk, a world of condiments color photograph
a pleasant reception for all visitors to our planet
      
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illustration of an 1881 globe showing Canada and the North Pole, Sandwich Islands
The Sandwich Islands  became Hawaii in the 1840s,  but this 1881 globe incorrectly still showed the old name
      
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Robert McCall 1970 moon landing
Robert McCall art 1970,  with Earth in the background
see full size
      
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a Hugh Ferriss 1929 drawing of the Daily News Building Globe
a Hugh Ferriss 1929 drawing of the Daily News Building Globe
      
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1938 "Revolving Globe of the World,  Daily News Building,  New York"
1938 "Revolving Globe of the World,  Daily News Building,  New York"
      
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art by Fergus Hall 1960s, a crying Earth
art by Fergus Hall,  1960s
      
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a 1937 scratchboard illustration of Earth
a 1937 scratchboard illustration of the Earth and it's rail train
      
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Earth and War, an art installation, scorched planet
    

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1962 Canada, a color illustration
a 1962 illustration       see full size
      
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1911 topiary Earth, a photograph
a 1911 topiary Earth    small sign: "please do not cross the flower beds"
      
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1893 Chicago Worlds Fair garden Earth Globe
at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair garden
s       see full size
      
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a James Montgomery Flagg illustration for Life Magazine, the devil and the new year baby
a James Montgomery Flagg humorous illustration for Life Magazine
      
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an 1881 tellurian globe illustration
an 1881 tellurian globe:  it shows how day,  night and the seasons are caused by the
movement of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the sun
      
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John Polgreen Space Flight, cover illustration of a weird rocket leaving Earth
an illustrated children's book by John Polgreen
      
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a John Polgreen illustration of Earth
John Polgreen
      
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a Douglas Smith illustration, Earth as a fruit hanging from a tree
a Douglas Smith illustration
      
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USA Marines at Paris Island S.C. 1919, giant photograph of a crowd as the earth with an anchor
USA Marines at Paris Island S.C. 1919       see full size
      
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Carmine Infantino, Mystery in Space
Carmine Infantino comic book art
       
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he 1958 Worlds Fair in Belgium, a birdseye view color photograph
part of the 1958 Worlds Fair in Belgium
       
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a Frederik Hendriksen 1896 illustration of a monkey on a globe
a Frederik Hendriksen 1896 illustration
       
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Chesley Bonestell, Earth
 a Chesley Bonestell illustration
      
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an 1890 proposed monument to Christopher Columbus, large illustration
Rejected in 1890,   a proposed monument to
Christopher Columbus       see full size
        
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the 1964 New York World's Fair Globe
 at the 1964 New York World's Fair
      
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a 1920s Antarctic map in color, unexplored
 a 1920s Antarctic map with unexplored territories       see full size
      
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Atlas carrying the Earth in 1927, a pictorial photograph
mythical figure Atlas carrying the Earth in 1927
      
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Ken Reid  "The Eerie Earth" World Wide Weirdies
Ken Reid   "The eerie Earth"       see full size
      
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Jonathan Winters, a photograph with a gorilla
Jonathan Winters,  1960s - 1970s film & television comedian
      
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an Ernest Hamlin Baker illustration, Fortune 1933
an Ernest Hamlin Baker illustration, 1933
      
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a Joseph Binder 1957 illustration of The United Nations Building
a Joseph Binder 1957 illustration of The United Nations Building