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OTD in 1942
*Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur*, written & illustrated by Hal Foster. No. 301 - 15 November 1942
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For #NOVEMBER 1990
‘Green Hill Morning’
Ted Nasmith (b. 1956).
*The 1990 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for November
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #TedNasmith #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR

‘Batchelor's - Wonderful - Foods’
‘English Canned Soups - Vegetables - Fruits’
*Picture Post* November 15, 1952
#dinner #diningroom #mensfashion #womensfashion #interiordecoration #cannedfood #soups #1950s

#OTD in 1952
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‘A Wife's Way’
#dinner #diningroom #mensfashion #womensfashion #interiordecoration #tablesetting #1950s

#OTD in 1952
‘With Scott's behind them you know. . .’
Scott's Porage Oats
*Picture Post* 15 November 1952.
#illustration #illustrationart #oats #porridge #athletics #sports #childhood

Photo: U.S. Department of Defense/U.S. Navy http://archive.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/06/comments_remembering_the_korean_war_60.html

#OTD in 1950
‘Navy AD-3 dive bomber (top center) pulls out of dive after dropping a 2,000 lb. bomb on Korean side of a bridge crossing the Yalu River at Sinuiju, into Manchuria on November 15th, 1950.’
#KoreanWar #USNavy #avaiation #blackandwhitephotography #aerialphotography

#OTD in 1947
(Dames will be dames [even the culture vultures])
Cover of The New Yorker, November 15, 1947
William Cotton.
#TheNewYorkerCover #WilliamCotton #museum #womensfashion

#OTD in 1944
‘Map of the front against Germany as of 15 November 1944: This map is taken from the source *Atlas of the World Battle Fronts in Semimonthly Phases to August 15th 1945: Supplement to The Biennial report of The Chief of Staff of the United States Army...*'
#WW2

#OTD in 1943
‘Map of the front against Germany as of 15 November 1943: This map is taken from the source *Atlas of the World Battle Fronts in Semimonthly Phases to August 15th 1945: Supplement to The Biennial report of The Chief of Staff of the United States Army...*'
#WW2

half-healed wounds. Then an angry murmur mounts to a hoarse shout of rage. “Lead us now against the Vikings!” they cry and stride from the hall to mount their chargers and ride against the foe.’
‘Next Week - Val’s Farewell.’

4: ‘All the Fellowship of the Round Table is summoned to the great hall. “Behold the handiwork of the Vikings!” cries King Arthur as, with his own hands, he removes Val’s cloak. For a moment there is silence, as they gaze in horror at the swollen joints and terrible ➡️

3: ‘In the King’s chambers Val gives his report and many and shrewd are Arthur’s questions as to the number and strength of the Viking hordes.’

2: ‘There is a great rejoicing, as Val makes his way to the King’s chambers, for all know the mission he had undertaken and had long since given him up for lost.’

with gay companions, leaving Prince Valiant to go scouting alone. Val falls into the cruel hands of the Vikings and is tortured horribly, ere Gawain rescues him.’
‘The first to greet them, as they dismount, is Val’s squire, Beric. Tears of joy run down his scarred and bony face.’

#OTD in 1942
*Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur*, written & illustrated by Hal Foster
No. 301 - 15 November 1942
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1: ‘Synopsis: Sir Gawain abandoned a quest to dally ➡️

#OTD in 1941
(cutting-edge fashion design)
Cover of The New Yorker, November 15, 1941
Arthur Getz
#TheNewYorkerCover #ArthurGetz #womensfashion #fashiondesigner

Photo Corbis via Getty https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5059525/Rare-color-photos-1939-World-s-Fair.html

View over part of the production & Distribution Zone with the General Electric & Westinghouse Pavilions, the fountain in the Plaza of Light, (and, extreme left, part of the U.S. Steel Building). Photograph by Peter Campbell

Quote from picture postcard from cardcow.com ‘The General Electric Building’ Picture postcard. Curt Teich & Co. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. 1939. http://collections.mcny.org/Explore/Highlights/1939 World's Fair/

Harrison and Fouilhoux [firm that also designed the Theme Center (Perisphere, Trylon, Helicline)] are the architects.’
The final design for the fountain features a great luminous bolt of lightning.

Plan of General Electric Building. Graphite pencil. November 9, 1937. collections.mcny.org/Explore/Highlights/1939 World's Fair/

devoted to product display, one having a “House of Magic” auditorium, and Steinmetz Hall, in which 10 million volts of artificial lightening will be generated and discharged in spectacular fashion for Fair visitors. ➡️
#NYWorldsFair1939 #GeneralElectric

image from http://collections.mcny.org/Explore/Highlights/1939%20World%27s%20Fair/

#OTD in 1937
Design for the General Electric Building at the New York World’s Fair of 1939
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Plan: House of Magic, garden terrace, Steinmetz Hall & exhibition
Graphite pencil & ink on board
Dated Nov. 15, 1937
‘The exhibit building will feature three general sections, one ➡️

http://collections.mcny.org/Explore/Highlights/1939%20World%27s%20Fair/

http://collections.mcny.org/Explore/Highlights/1939%20World%27s%20Fair/

though the exterior murals, by Martha Oxley, in fact, depicted ‘Distribution’
#MarthaOxley
"Distribution". Power, Electrical and Steam Building. Picture postcard. Meriden Gravure Company. 5 ½ x 3 ½ in. Ca. 1939.

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In the end, the ‘Electrical Products Building New York World’s Fair 1939’ (Picture postcard 1939) ➡️

Image from collections.mcny.org/Explore/Highlights/1939 World's Fair/

Originally planned, apparently, as the ‘Means of Distribution Building’. New York World's Fair (1939-1940). Board of Design. Graphite pencil, ink, gouache and photographs on board. 1937.

Image from collections.mcny.org/Explore/Highlights/1939 World's Fair/

#OTD in 1937
Designing the 1939 NY World’s Fair
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‘Plan of the Electrical Production Building. Five views of the electrical production building, used in renting plan; shows isometric view, location plan, section A-A, Section B-B, and general plan.’ Ink. Dated Nov. 15, 1937.

#OTD in 1937
Design for the New York World’s Fair of 1939
Two unidentified World's Fair buildings. Graphite pencil. Dated November 15, 1937
#NYWorldsFair1939 #1939NYWorldsFair #architecture

https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey/

‘Sam Schultz shows a model coat to a perspective customer at the cooperative #garmentfactory, #JerseyHomesteads’ Photo by #RussellLee. Nov. 1936.
#RooseveltNJ #cooperatives #clothingfactory #apparelindustry #womensfashion #ResettlementAdministration #blackandwhitephotography

https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey/

‘Garments manufactured by residents of #JerseyHomesteads, #Hightstown, New Jersey’ Photo by #RussellLee. November 1936.
#RooseveltNJ #cooperatives #clothingfactory #garmentfactory #apparelindustry #womensfashion #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration #blackandwhitephotography

https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey-garment-plant-faces-difficulties/

‘The factory has its own truck, which makes deliveries to its two [show]rooms in New York. #JerseyHomesteads’ Photo by Russell Lee. Nov. 1936.
#RooseveltNJ #cooperatives #clothingfactory #garmentfactory #apparelindustry #ResettlementAdministration #blackandwhitephotography

The garment factory at Jersey Homesteads. It is constructed of steel, glass and concrete and is air-conditioned. It is credited with being the most modern factory for needlework on the Atlantic Seaboard...’ Photograph by Russell Lee. [November?] 1936 Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress) https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey-opening-garment-plant/ 3.8.20 Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress) https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey-opening-garment-plant/ 3.8.20

Photograph by Russell Lee. [October?] 1936
‘The garment factory at Jersey Homesteads. It is constructed of steel, glass and concrete and is air-conditioned. It is credited with being the most modern factory for needlework on the Atlantic Seaboard...’