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Sunday, December 1, 2024

GIANT THINGS part 3

a giant rock carving of the last king of Romania
the last king of Romania
        
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the Great Bell of Mengoon in 1876
the Great Bell of Mengoon in
1876   "said to weigh 90 tons"
see full size
        
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Mitch O'Connell alien monster with a guitar
a Mitch O'Connell illustration       see full size
        
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1900 Jules Verne giant cannon
a 1900 illustration for a Jules Verne book
        
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André Devambez 1911 illustration for Voyages de Gulliver
André Devambez 1911 illustration for 'Voyages de Gulliver'
see full size
        
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a André Devambez illustration, a monster chases a boy
an André Devambez illustration       see full size
      
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Bruce McCall for The New Yorker
"Open Auditions"    Bruce McCall for The New Yorker magazine
        
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1892 Royal Fireworks England photograph
Royal Fireworks,
  1892 England    "200 feet long by 70 feet high" 
see full size
        
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an Arthur Lidov illustration, digestive organs
an Arthur Lidov illustration       see full size
        
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ostriches at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Expo
100 live ostriches at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Expo
        
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Frantisek Kupka art, a seated giant
Frantisek Kupka art       see full size
        
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a Leslie Illingworth illustration, Stalin's statue topples
Stalin topples ... a Leslie Illingworth illustration
see full size
      
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a Hans Christiansen 1897 illustration for Jugend
a Hans Christiansen 1897 illustration for Jugend magazine
        
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1915 San Fancisco World's Fair Ferris Wheel
the 1915 San Fancisco World's Fair giant Ferris Wheel
see full size
        
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Guy Billout art
Guy Billout art       see full size
        
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Dreamland gate at Coney Island 1901
Dreamland at Coney Island,  1901
        
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a Paul Lehr illustration, a giant crab attacks a crowd
a Paul Lehr illustration       see full size
        
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1957 photograph by Kees van Wijk. miniature ships and dock
a
1957 photograph by Kees van Wijk
      
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an Ab'Aigre poster illustration 1996
an Ab'Aigre poster illustration,
  1996
        
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Alfred Kubin art, spreading disease
Alfred Kubin art       see full size
        
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Jack Kirby's Galacticus for 1966 Marvel Comics
Jack Kirby's
'Galacticus' for 1966 Marvel Comics
see full size
        
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a photograph of people in the 1931 Statue Of Liberty Torch
the 1931 Statue Of Liberty Torch
        
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a Mort Kunstler illustration of a giant manta ray attacking a scuba diver
a Mort Kunstler illustration       see full size
        
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a Heinrich Kley drawing, giant man attacks a rail train
a Heinrich Kley drawing       see full size
      
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Heinz Edelmann 1971 illustration, giant meets tiny
a 1971 illustration ...
Heinz Edelmann also designed the characters
in the animated movie Yellow Submarine
        
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a Rockwell Kent illustration of the moon colliding with Earth
a Rockwell Kent illustration       see full size
        
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the giant golden statue of Murugan in Malaysia
the golden statue of Murugan in Malaysia
see full size
        
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a Luma lighting poster 1940, giant light bulb
a Luma lighting poster,
  1940
        
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James Rosenquist art, big close up smile
James Rosenquist art       see full size
        
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a Virgil Finlay illustration, crushed by a giant
a Virgil Finlay illustration