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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