Illustration for B.Glinsky`s book “Tsar’s children and their teachers.“  (1912)

The Flying Liner illustrated by H. A. Petersen in Judge magazine (Nov 2 1912) (from http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmalon/8749888694/)

more possible inspiration for the Chums of Chance in Pynchon’s Against the Day?

View of a lake in Boyne City, Michigan. Printed on front: “Greetings from Boyne City, Mich.” Printed on back: “Blue lakes are clearest; Home-hearts are the dearest; And heaven is the nearest. Made in U.S.A. by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis.” Handwritten on back: “Hi Betty, Glad to hear from me? Smith & I shooting up woods but still no deer, dear, but loads of dears, Dear. Miss you imensely [sic] Wish you were here we need a cook. Having loads of fun. See you soon, John.” Card is postmarked November 1912.

Winifred Margaret Watson-Armstrong (1912). Thomas Bowman Garvie (English, 1859-1934). Oil on canvas. Cragside, National Trust.

A head-and-shoulders portrait of Watson-Armstrong (1894-1912), turned to the left, her head facing out, wearing a grey dress, white scarf, and orange and white scarf around her hair. The daughter of William Watson-Armstrong, 1st Lord Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, and his first wife, Winifreda Adye, Watson-Armstrong died aged 18 in 1912, the year of the portrait.

Goblin Dance  -  Bertha Lum, 1912

American, 1869-1954

Woodblock

1912: Oh, Fudge!

“Such words as ‘Oh, hell!’ and ‘damn,’ which appear in Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice,’ need not be read by the girls in the eighth grade of Flushing, L.I., schools, according to officials there. Oh, Fudge!”

~From The day book. (Chicago, Ill.), 14 March 1912. Chronicling America.

Franz Dvorak (1862 – 1927) -  In the Orchard  1912

Oil On Canvas 182 x 121.9 cm (5’ 11.65” x 3’ 11.99”)

Franz von Persoglia, Portrait Painter at Work, (not dated)

(c. 1912)

Happy 2015! Since we’ve been away for a week, today we’re featuring two roughly contemporaneous New Year’s greetings. The first (on left): Mama Cat rocks her babies in a cradle while wishing you a happy new year (ca. 1904); the second (on right): the 1912 New Year’s dinner menu at the Tampa Bay Hotel. May your 2015 feature many festive meals and zero creepy cats.

From the Noel Wisdom Collection of Chromolithography and the Florida Menu Collection, University of South Florida.

Always Warm and Bright (1912). Mervyn Lawrence. Published by Underground Electric Railway Company Ltd.

London Underground posters from 1908 frequently stressed the importance of travel for women.The red and green colours of the interior of an Underground car in Always Warm and Bright 1912 echo the brilliant colours of both Karlowska’s and Ginner’s representations of London. 

Apparently, you’re supposed to be able practically to taste the Fascism in Italian Futurist art, but I just think this is cool: “Speeding Train,” by Ivo Pannaggi, 1922.  

Below, “Elasticity,” by Umberto Boccioni, 1912.

Mise D’un jeune homme by Bernard Boutet de Monvel, 1912.

— Fair Exhibitor (1912), from Maidens Fair

Art by Harrison Fisher.

Ангел Последний (The Last Angel), Nicholas Roerich, 1912.

Ione Bright, 1912.

Bank Holiday (1912). William Strang (Scottish, 1859‑1921). Oil paint on canvas. Tate.

Perhaps the gentleman, in his day suit and with hat still on his head, has brought the lady to dinner on bank holiday. The lady, seemingly in prayer, stares intently at him struggling with the wine list. The cut flowers that he has brought should replace those sagging on the table. And then there’s the cat.

Gladys Cooper by Bassano, 1912