a Marjorie Taylor mosaic
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the gondola is a traditional Venetian rowing boat, narrower than a canoe, with a
gondolier to captain it ... this one has a small cabin called a 'felze'
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a Walter Molino illustration
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during the 1600s & 1700s see full size
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a Maurice Prendergast watercolor see full size
Wikipedia: "The banana-shaped modern gondola was developed only
in the 19th century by the boat-builder Tramontin ... The construction
of the gondola continued to evolve until the mid-20th century, when
the city government prohibited any further modifications."
Those above have day-awnings, known as the 'tendalin'
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gondolas at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair see full size
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gondola boarding at the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair
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an Andre Castaigne illustration, 1893 Chicago World's Fair see full size
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later in Chicago, the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair also used gondolassee full size
1904 St Louis World's Fair
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Moebius, 1980
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an A.M. Cassandre illustration of a gondolier shows that gondolas are paddled, never poled
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a Dean Cornwell illustration see full size
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Ernest Born, 1947? see full size
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Willem Witsen, 1914? see full size
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Mario de Maria, 1918
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a Walter Spradbery poster, England see full size
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a Miroslav Sasek children's book illustration detail, 1960ssee full size
1891 see full size
Jim Woodring see full size
"Buffalo Bill and the first American Indians that have visited Venice" 1893?
see full size
a Bob Peak illustration see full size
a 1905 amusement ride
an Édouard Manet painting see full size
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a James Abbott McNeill Whistler painting
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1891 see full size
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Jim Woodring see full size
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a Claude Monet color sketch
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"Buffalo Bill and the first American Indians that have visited Venice" 1893?
see full size
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a Bob Peak illustration see full size
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an Édouard Manet painting see full size
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a Vittorio Grassi poster
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