DIRECTIONS pictured in art

let's follow directions

     

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a Chris van Allsburg illustration

     

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a Perry Barlow illustration,  1938

     

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Art Werger,  2002       see full size

     

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at the 1964 New York World's Fair

     

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a 1901 map of Canada, now quite different       see full size

     

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"Caution ... Worst Case Scenario Ahead"   a Henry Martin cartoon

     

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James Montgomery Flagg       see full size

     

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"Full inside,  Sir,  but plenty of room on the top"   1847 transit

     

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animated credits from the 1960s comedy film 'The Great Race'

     

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an Eric Fraser Illustration       see full size

     

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a 1960s Bill Campbell package illustration for 'Weird-Ohs' plastic

assembly toy models       see full size

      

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"Lost"    a Phil May cartoon       see full size

     

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a century ago,  the pointing hand symbol was commonly used in signage and advertising

     

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individual musicians follow the conductor to act as one orchestra 

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"Looks like we can't expect to find much in that direction."

a Gahan Wilson cartoon       see full size

     

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"Prismatic Compass"   understand or die,  in 1904 

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a Grant Haffner painting       see full size

     

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a Fred Barnard illustration for a Charles Dickens book       see full size

     

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"Push"    a 1954 trash receptacle from a

restaurant supply catalog
    

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 Andy Warhol       see full size
    

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"A manually controlled electric signal, San Francisco"     1925 USA
       

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"You are 10,000 miles from the nearest telephone"    Ken Reid,  1970s
    

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an Allen Kass illustration for a UK car advertisement       see full size
    

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1885 Africa       see full size
     

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this old amber glass lens lighthouse guided ships

    

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a 1973 Lynd Ward illustration       see full size
    

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"Bad Times ... Good Times"       see full size
    

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a London policeman by Ronald Searle
    

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"Oh no!  My best friend and my best friend's wife!"       see full size

 an E.C. Vey cartoon for National Lampoon Magazine