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Showing posts with label Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Life. Show all posts

Sunday, November 20, 2022

CHILDREN . . . by different artists, part 3

a W. Heath Robinson illustration of a schoolboy rejecting his books
a W. Heath Robinson illustration
      
C H I L D R E N
            
a 1963 corner store candy display
a 1963 corner store candy display       click image twice for full size
      
C H I L D R E N
            
1907 candy factory molds
1907 candy factory molds could be ordered from an industry catalog ...
that boy figure appears to be an earliest newspaper cartoon strip 
character called 'The Yellow Kid'
      
C H I L D R E N
            
Carl Barks Donald Duck crazy
escapist youth literature by
Carl Barks       click twice
      
C H I L D R E N
            
a Don Martin 1965 cartoon for MAD
a Don Martin 1965 cartoon for MAD
      
C H I L D R E N
            
a linocut art print by Ethel Spowers
a linocut art print by Ethel Spowers,  1930s?       click twice
      
C H I L D R E N
            
a 1933 swim class without water, Germany
a 1933 swim class,  Germany       see full size
        
C H I L D R E N
            
a Harrison Cady illustration of a lonely young rabbit
"I believe I'm just lonesome"     a Harrison Cady illustration
      
C H I L D R E N
            
Tyrus Wong art, a boy and a kite in bad weather
Tyrus Wong art       click twice
      
C H I L D R E N
            
Guy Billout art
Guy Billout art       click twice
      
C H I L D R E N
            
"Tiger hunters in trouble, an 1833 children's school book
"Tiger hunters in trouble"     an 1833 children's school book
      
C H I L D R E N
            
Jay Ward 1961 animation
a Jay Ward 1961 animation       click twice
      
C H I L D R E N
            
historic shoes boys
 historic boys' shoes        click twice

      
C H I L D R E N
            
a Douglas Smith illustration, the Shining
a Douglas Smith illustration
      
C H I L D R E N
            
Chris Kenny 2014 art
Chris Kenny 2014 art       click twice
      
C H I L D R E N
            
a Dean Cornwell 1923 illustration
a Dean Cornwell 1923 illustration       click twice
      
C H I L D R E N
            
1920 school lunch boxes
1920 school lunch boxes
      
C H I L D R E N
            
an Ezra Jack Keats children's book illustration
an Ezra Jack Keats children's book illustration       click twice
      
C H I L D R E N
            
1954 Post breakfast cereal illustration
1954 breakfast cereal

         
C H I L D R E N
              
an 1890 girl's demon costume
an 1890 child's demon costume       click twice

C H I L D R E N
            
an Ed Emshwiller 1960 illustration for IF Magazine, boys play with a tiny crashed space ship with an alarmed alien creature
an Ed Emshwiller 1960 illustration       click twice
      
C H I L D R E N
            
Dell Comics Gyro Gearloose & Helper
Dell Comics ... Gyro Gearloose & his little 'Helper'
      
C H I L D R E N
            
1874 public school toilets
1874 public school toilets       click twice
      
C H I L D R E N
            
a Jean-Marc Côté 1899 retro-future school
a Jean-Marc Côté 1899 future school       see full size
      
C H I L D R E N
            
1860s boys' fashion in plaid, tartan suit
"Tartan suit"     1860s boys' fashion
      
C H I L D R E N
            
a Hans Tegner 1891 illustration of two little boys walking
a Hans Tegner 1891 illustration       click twice
       
C H I L D R E N
            
a 1930 child's bedroom wallpaper
a 1930 child's bedroom wallpaper
      
C H I L D R E N
            
William Hogarth illustration
William Hogarth
      
C H I L D R E N
            
a Lois Lenski illustration of a running line of children in winter
a Lois Lenski illustration       see full size
      
C H I L D R E N
            
Charles Burns Big Baby
Charles Burns
        
Children 1       Children 2       Children 3

Sunday, November 6, 2022

CHOOSING THINGS . . . by different artists

plastic color samples, Officina Creativa

"Make up your mind,  damnit"    color samples for kitchen or bathroom countertops
      
C H O O S I N G
         
1940 mannequin heads glasses
1940 plastics ... women's eyewear       click image twice for full size
      
C H O O S I N G
         
1700s garden hermit huts
1700s wealthy land owners throughout Europe would have a 'hermit' live
permanently on site where they could be fed,  cared for,  and consulted for advice or viewed for entertainment ... the garden hermit huts above were available commercially
      
C H O O S I N G
         
a Moriz Jung illustration of sex workers
a Moriz Jung illustration       click twice
      
C H O O S I N G
         
1851 WF 80 blades knife
a knife with 80 blades and tools,  at the
1851 World's fair
      
C H O O S I N G
         
Hanna Barbera animation 1963, Magilla Gorilla
"Pet shop ... Own your own gorilla"    a Hanna Barbera
'Magilla Gorilla' 
animation,  1963       click twice
      
C H O O S I N G
        
1967 supermarket cleaning products
1967 supermarket cleaning products       click twice
      
C H O O S I N G
         
1884 window accidents
there were 80 London window-deaths in the year 1884,  but a new 
window could be cleaned from indoors       click twice
      
C H O O S I N G
         
a 1907 department store interior
a 1907 department store
      
C H O O S I N G
         
1973 playground bad design
a 1973 playground design ... children avoided this structure
click twice
      
C H O O S I N G
         
1945 venereal disease poster
"She Looked Clean but ..."     1945 venereal disease warning       click twice
      
C H O O S I N G
        
a 1965 supermarket shopper
a 1965 supermarket shopper
      
C H O O S I N G
        
in the past,  elevators had professional operators ... as in this collection by Drew Friedman
until the 1960s,  many elevators had professional operators
... a 1982 collection by Drew Friedman       click twice
      
C H O O S I N G
        
an H.R. McBride 1933 illustration of a woman in a crashed car reading a new car brochure
"New Models"    an H.R. McBride 1933 illustration       click twice
      
C H O O S I N G
         
1945 plastic boxes in different shapes and colors
 1945 ... the post-war plastics industry grew fast,  as did off-gassing and
leaching of chemicals
      
C H O O S I N G
         
a boy chooses to ignore warnings about a carving knife in an 1800s schoolbook, illustration
a boy chooses to ignore warnings about a carving knife in an 1800s schoolbook
      
C H O O S I N G
         
a Wayne Thiebaud painting of cakes
a Wayne Thiebaud painting       click twice
      
C H O O S I N G
         
Oscar Cahén illustration 1952
an Oscar Cahén illustration,
  1952 Canada       click twice
      
C H O O S I N G
        
1960 colors for public washroom stalls
1960 colors for public washroom stalls,  from an industry catalog
      
C H O O S I N G
          
1890s beggar types cartoon
1890s beggar types    "The Lubberly Tramp,  The Unwholesome
Tramp,  The Abject Tramp,  Mrs. Tramp"       click twice
      
C H O O S I N G
        
a Walter Molino illustration of a train hitting a car at a crossing
a miscalculated choice at a rail crossing in a Walter Molino illustration
      
C H O O S I N G
         
a Charles Rodrigues cartoon about street begging
"Blind"    a Charles Rodrigues cartoon       click twice
      
C H O O S I N G
         
Pushwagner art, a supermarket
Pushwagner art       click twice
      
C H O O S I N G
         
supermarket shelves
     
C H O O S I N G
        
Gahan Wilson cartoon, the butcher shop
"It's been awful for business,  Mrs. Schultz,  but it was Charlie's last wish." 
a Gahan Wilson cartoon
      
C H O O S I N G
         
1941 clear color heels
1941 clear color heels       click twice
      
C H O O S I N G
         
1969 hairstyles women
1969 hairstyles
      
C H O O S I N G
         
Liu Bolin art photograph
the artist Liu Bolin is painted to match his background in this photograph
click twice
      
C H O O S I N G
         
Engelsdrops candy
     
C H O O S I N G
         
a J. Bernard Partridge illustration of a woman waving away an offer with disdain
a J. Bernard Partridge illustration