Monday, December 31, 2012

New Years


New Years postcard, published by H. H. Hamm Company, of Erie, Pennsylvania, in business 1907-1923, printed in Germany. Illustrator and exact date unknown.  From my collection.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas To You


Christmas postcard published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, offices in New York, and London, England, in business 1866-1960.  Illustrator and exact date unknown. From my collection.

Peace, the Guest


Christmas postcard, illustrator, publisher, and date unknown.  From my collection.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

From Jackson and Lee To Charles and Ray



Christmas card designed by Jackson Pollock, American, painter, 1912-1956, and Lee Krasner, American, painter, 1908-1984, sent to Charles Eames, American, artist, industrial designer, 1907-1978, and Ray Eames, American, artist, industrial designer, born Bernice Kaiser, 1912-1988.

Another Christmas Postcard


Christmas postcard published by F. A. Owen Co., in business, 1915-1927.  Illustrator unknown.  From my collection.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Coming Soon


Postcard, exact date unknown, published by F.A. Owen Co., Dansville, New York, in business, 1915-1927, illustrator signed M.H., identity unknown.  From my collection.

Sea Grasses and Blue Sky


Sea Grasses and Blue Sky, 1958,  by Milton Avery, American, 1885-1965, mixed media on paper.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Rose Roland Covarrubias


Portrait of Rose Roland Covarrubias, 1926, by Edward Weston, American, 1886-1958.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari


Conrad Veidt, German, born Hans Walter Conrad Weidt, 1893-1943, in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 1920, directed by Robert Wiene, German, 1873-1938.

Given To Me By A Homeless Person On the Streets of Los Angeles


Design for a flying car by Rafael Pena, 2012.  From my collection.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Men Under the Sea


Men Under the Sea book cover, illustrator unknown, copyright 1939, published by Dodd, Mead & Company.  Written by Commander Edward Ellsberg, American, 1891-1983.  From my collection.

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Leni Riefenstahl


Portrait of Leni Riefenstahl, 1930, by Lotte Jacobi, born Johanna Alexandra Jacobi,  American, born Germany,  1896-1990.  Leni Riefenstahl, born Helene Bertha Riefenstahl, German, dancer, actress, film director, writer, photographer, 1902-2003.

Radio Broadcast


Radio Broadcast, 1934, by Julia Eckel, American, 1907-1988, oil on canvas.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Hope


Portrait of Barack Obama, 2008, by Shepard Fairey, American, graphic artist, 1970-.  Barack Obama, community organizer, lawyer, United States Senator from Illinois, President of the United States, 1961-.

FDR


Portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1935, drawing tempera and gouache on board, by Herman Perlman, American, 1904-1995.  Franklin Delano Roosevelt, American,  lawyer, Governor of New York, President of the United States, 1882-1945.

The Broken Plate, The Last Photograph of Abraham Lincoln


Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, 1865, by Alexander Gardner, American, born Scotland, 1821-1882.  Abraham Lincoln, American, lawyer, President of the United States, 1809-1865.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

The Whole Dam Family



The Whole Dam Family Postcard, 1905, illustrator unknown.  From my collection.

The Whole Damm Family



The Whole Damm Family Postcard, 1905, illustrator unknown.  From my collection.

Sunday, October 28, 2012

V For Victory, Peace On Earth



World War 2 postcard sent to Sgt. John A. Shaw from Thornton C. Shaw,  mailed from Sandusky, Ohio on April 16, 1945.  From my collection.

Monday, October 22, 2012

The Champions of Al Smith


Al Smith Presidential Campaign Poster, 1928, designer unknown.  Alfred Smith, American, New York State  Assemblyman, New York Governor, Democratic Nominee for President in 1928, 1873-1944.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Monday, October 15, 2012

Knotty Pine Derby



Advertising card from The Bigfoot Lodge Restaurant, 2012, illustrator unknown.  From my collection.

Washington, D.C.


Washington, D.C. map postcard, exact date and illustrator unknown, copyright, H.S. Crocker Co., Inc., San Francisco, CA   From my collection.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

La Ville


La Ville: From the Portfolio Electricite, by Man Ray, born Emmanuel Radnitzky, photographer, painter, American, 1890-1976.

To Woman


To Woman postcard, 1905, illustrator unknown, published by Ullman, Mfg. Co., American, in business 1905-1915.  From my collection.

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Radio Nurse Radio Transmitter


Radio Nurse Radio Transmitter, Bakelite baby monitor, 1937, designed by Isamu Noguchi, American, 1904-1988.

Shoeshine


Shoeshine Stand, cropped version, 1936, by Walker Evans, American, 1903-1975

Calander Girl


Bus Stop #1, 1950, by Art Frahm, pin-up artist and illustrator, American, 1907-1981.  From my collection.

Saturday, September 22, 2012

The Final Touch


The Final Touch, a Portrait of Jean Cocteau, 1946, by Philippe Halsman, American, born Russia, now Latvia, 1906-1979.  Jean Cocteau, French, artist, film maker,  1889-1963.

Peugeot, Resistant But Slight


Peugeot advertising poster, 1946, illustrator/designer, Andre Wilquin, French, 1899-2000.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Antietam


Confederate Dead At Antietam, 1862, by Alexander Gardner, 1821-1882, American, born Scotland.

Spectators at the Cabaret


Spectators at the Cabaret, 1911, by Emil Nolde, born Emil Hansen, German, 1867-1952.  Oil on canvas.

Kennedy Space Center


Artist's rendering of the Kennedy Space Center, postcard, 1970s.  Illustrator, Don Mackey,  American,  1915-2006.  From my collection.

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Rhinoceros


Rhinoceros, 1515, by Albrecht Durer, Holy Roman Empire, now Germany, 1471-1528.  Woodblock Print.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Isaac


Hurricane Isaac at night, 2012, taken by the Suomi NPP satellite, NASA

Night Bloom


Night Bloom, No. 2, 1962, by Lee Krasner, 1908-1984, American, oil on canvas.

Congressional Bipartisanship


Congressional Bipartisanship, published 1992 in the Los Angeles Times, by Paul Conrad, cartoonist and sculptor, American, 1924-2010.

Sunday, August 26, 2012

The Flatiron Building, New York


The Flatiron Building, 1904, photograph by Edward Steichen, born Eduard Jean Steichen, photographer, painter, American, born Luxembourg, 1879-1973.

Man's First Footprint On the Moon


Neil Armstrong's footprint on the Moon, 1969, photograph by Neil Armstrong, American, engineer, test pilot, astronaut, university professor, 1930-2012.

Century Of Progress


Century of Progress, Chicago World's Fair, 1933-1934, postcard, mailed from Chicago, September 17, 1933.  From my collection.

Friday, August 17, 2012

Pussy Riot


Pussy Riot, Russian, feminist punk rock musical collective, 2011-present, photograph by Igor Moukhin, Russian, 1961-.

Mumford Street, Homewood, Pennsylvania


Woman, possibly Barbara Jones, posed with car on Mumford Street, Homewood, Pennsylvania, 1937, by Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908-1998.

Friday, August 10, 2012

Curiosity


Curiosity Descends to the Martian Surface,2012,  taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter/NASA

Opportunity


Panoramic Martian Landscape, 2011, taken by Opportunity Mars Rover/NASA.

Friday, August 3, 2012

7th Ave. Local



From the subway portrait series, 1938-1941, by Walker Evans , American, 1903-1975.

The Advance of Socialism

The Advance of Socialism, A Crowd Tramples A Bourgeois, 1920s, by Anton Hansen, Danish, 1891-1960, woodblock print.