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Sunday, December 25, 2022

ANOTHER DELIGHTFUL UNTROUBLED YEAR FOR THE WORLD

Alfred S. Mole 1915 aerial photograph, school students in a clock shape
at 12 midnight we celebrate a new calendar year ... an Alfred S. Mole 1915 photograph
of school students and faculty
       
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a year is a long time to wait ... a Don Martin cartoon for MADa Don Martin cartoon for MAD
        
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1936 was a  'leap year'
(a calendar year that contains an additional day)
a multiple photograph of a man jumping from a building
       

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cartoonist Robert Crumb paused to reflect in 2016 ...Robert Crumb Cradle To Grave
       
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a Wiener Werkstätte greeting card for the new year 1911?
a Wiener Werkstätte greeting card for the new year, 
1911?
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Wiener Werkstätte new year
the Wiener Werkstätte art and design school,  before the Nazis came
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noisemakers and confetti 1926
noisemakers and confetti are ready in 1926 ... who will be the designated sober driver?
       
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Joseph Christian Leyendecker 1940 Christmas Santa with cookies and cocao
Christmas has passed,  go home old man ...  a Joseph Christian Leyendecker 
illustration,  1940       see full size
       
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1923 store window display of Santa Claus
1923 store window displays must be dismantled ... click twice
       
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Drew Friedman Charles Bukowski
it's time now for the adults to party ... Charles Bukowski
by Drew Friedman       see full size
       
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1890 party costumes Devil & Clownesse
there is a costume party in 1890 ...  "Devil & Clownesse"
        
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an 1891 Festival costume Sorceress
an 1891 costume    "Sorceress" 
       
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Julius Diez 1903 art, masquerade woman with fan
Julius Diez,  1903 art
       
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Umberto Brunelleschi art, a face covering
Umberto Brunelleschi      
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Will Bradley graphic art
Will Bradley graphic art
       
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architect Wolfgang Feierbach's 1968 Kunststoffhaus
there is a house party in  architect Wolfgang Feierbach's 1968 'Kunststoffhaus' 
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Walter Schnackenberg art, odd people at a bar with drinks
there are bar parties ... Walter Schnackenberg art
       
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a 1966 decanter designed by Olaf Skoogfors
there are wine parties ... a 1966 decanter designed by Olaf Skoogfors 
        
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a Thomas Landseer cartoon, alcoholism and monkeys
there are life-long parties ... a Thomas Landseer cartoon
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Guy Billout art
there are apartment parties ... Guy Billout art    see full size
       
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1868 formal party bachelors in a humorous illustration
there are formal parties in 1868       see full size
       
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Johann Ulrich Krause royal party 1700?
there are royal parties ...  Johann Ulrich Krause,  1700?       see full size
       
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Wayne Thiebaud cakes art
Wayne Thiebaud art      
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but the hour grows close ... Alfred Kubin art
Alfred Kubin art, deadly time clock
       
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until ... it is midnight in 1848 Paris!
1848 midnight in Paris, different cities in time zones
       
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1721 pyrotechnic fireworks
1721 fireworks       see full size
        
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it takes a few more hours for the 1956
party to finish ...
        
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a 1969 Dodge taxi
a ride home in a 1969 Dodge taxi       see full size
        
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William Makepeace Thackeray cartoon drawing, a sick writer working in bed
recuperating the next day ... a William Makepeace Thackeray cartoon 
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Hans Tegner wilted flowers
return to the grinding life on Monday ... Hans Tegner
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