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Sunday, December 1, 2019

T I N Y . . . by different artists

a 1917 advertising illustration for Montgomery Ward signifying full service from one source, a giant paint brush creating a public landscape
a 1917 advertising illustration
       
T  I  N  Y
       
an illustrated 1881 microscoped point of a pin
an illustrated 1881 microscoped point of a pin:  this week's topic is ...
       
T  I  N  Y
     
an illustrated 1910 microscoped point of a pin, with a tiny man standing on top
a 1910 pin point
     
T  I  N  Y
       
a Georg Ossian Sars 1900 color illustration of a microscopic creature
a Georg Ossian Sars illustration,  1900?       see full size
     
T  I  N  Y
       
a photograph of 2014 microscopic life
2014 microscopic life
     
T  I  N  Y
       
a photograph of a 1949 Fend-Flitzer, tiniest car in Germany is this miniature automobile equipped with a one-hp engine, Germans don't need a license to drive it
a 1949 Fend-Flitzer:  "Tiniest car in Germany is this miniature automobile equipped
with a one-hp engine ... Germans don't need a license to drive it."
     
T  I  N  Y
       
a 1932 illustration of a tiny man and his mechanic inside the piston chamber of a giant car
a 1932 illustration of a tiny man and his mechanic inside the piston chamber of a giant car
      
T  I  N  Y
       
1890 strangeness, an illustration of a procession of tiny people using snails as pack animals
1890 strangeness       see full size
      
T  I  N  Y
      
a cover by Al Feldstein for EC comics showing a man finding his friend's shrunken head in a postal package
meeting an old friend,  by Al Feldstein for EC comics
      
T  I  N  Y
      
a photograph of little hen houses at the 1939 World's Fair, scene of Egg-Laying Contest
little hen houses on a roof at the 1939 World's Fair    "Scene of Egg-Laying Contest"
      
T  I  N  Y
       
a 1904 small-scale sightseeing steam locomotive, at the World's Fair
a 1904 small-scale sightseeing steam locomotive,  at the World's Fair?  It might be a mistake to tease those drivers. 
     
T  I  N  Y
       
a photograph of 1960s glass mini coke bottles, maybe 1.5 inches
1960s glass mini coke bottles,  maybe 1.5 inches
     
T  I  N  Y
       
a Charles Dana Gibson illustration of women inspecting a tiny inferior insect-like man
a Charles Dana Gibson illustration       see full size
      
T  I  N  Y
       
1904 insect wing photographs
1904 insect wing photographs
      
T  I  N  Y
       
a close-up color photograph of a housefly's head showing a compound eye
      
T  I  N  Y
    
a William Donahey children's book 1945, a giant bird attacks the home of tiny people
a William Donahey children's book,  1945
      
T  I  N  Y
      
a 1922 children's book illustration of two tiny people walking in a normal landscape
a 1922 children's book illustration       see full size
      
T  I  N  Y
      
a 1958 illustration of tiny astronauts on the mountains of the moon, looking at Earth
a 1958 illustration
       
T  I  N  Y
     
1885 doll house furniture in wicker, a photograph from a catalog1885 doll house furniture made of natural material ... up until that time most decorative ornament or patterns on clothing were of nature imagery.  It's only changed in recent times,  and nature is much less often used today.
     
T  I  N  Y
      
a 1963 Baby Grand toy piano, instead of piano strings the inner harp had steel spokes that gave a unique sound
a 1963 toy piano: instead of piano strings, the inner harp had steel spokes that gave a unique sound
     
T  I  N  Y
      
a 1910s brass bed for dolls, a color illustration
       a 1910s brass bed for toy dolls ... could a human sit in it and become drowsy?
     
T  I  N  Y
      
a Walter Spradbery poster illustration of a woman in red in a landscape with a lily pond
a Walter Spradbery illustration       see full size
     
T  I  N  Y
       
1922 dried ink crystals, white crystal particles which detach themselves from the black or violet medium and arrange themselves so as to form regular figures
1922 dried ink crystals   "white crystal particles which detach themselves from the black or violet medium,  and arrange themselves so as to form regular figures."
     
T  I  N  Y
       
a 1945 plastic Melamine molecule in an illustrated advertisement for American Cyanamid Company
a 1945 Melamine molecule  (a type of plastic)
     
T  I  N  Y
       
Max Klinger art 1879, the giant winged foot of Mercury squashes a small man
Max Klinger art,  1879
      
T  I  N  Y
       
a 1957 movie poster for The Incredible Shrinking Man, Grant Williams in a Universal International film
"The Incredible Shrinking Man"    a 1957 movie poster
      
T  I  N  Y
       
an illustration of an 1873 hair-work belt with non-functioning little opera glasses
an 1873 human hair belt with non-functioning little opera glasses
      
T  I  N  Y
       
a Frances Glessner Lee miniature educational crime scene for police training, a death in the kitchen
a Frances Glessner Lee miniature educational 
crime scene for police training       see full size
     
T  I  N  Y
       
a short 1950s jet plane USA
a short 1950s  USA jet
     
T  I  N  Y
       
Yan Dargent , a tiny woman approaches a circle of religious men for help
Yan Dargent

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