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Women from all fields have joined the production army, Corpus Christi, Texas. Miss Grace Weaver, a civil service worker at the Naval Air Base, and a school teacher before the war, is doing her part for victory along with her brother who is a flying instru


Image by The Library of Congress
Hollem, Howard R.,, photographer.

Women from all fields have joined the production army, Corpus Christi, Texas. Miss Grace Weaver, a civil service worker at the Naval Air Base, and a school teacher before the war, is doing her part for victory along with her brother who is a flying instructor in the Army. Miss Weaver paints the American insignia on repaired Navy plane wings

1942 August

1 transparency : color.

Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
United States.–Navy
Women–Employment
Emblems
Air bases
Painting
Airplane industry
World War, 1939-1945
Civil service
United States–Texas–Corpus Christi

Format: Transparencies–Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Collection 12002-18 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34890

Call Number: LC-USW36-81

Washington DC: Washington Monument from the World War II Memorial


Image by wallyg
A view of the Washington Monument from the World War II Memorial.

The Washington Monument, a large white-colored obelisk at the west end of the National Mall, is constructed of marble, granite and sandstone and was built as a memorial for George Washington. Designed by Robert Mills, construction began in 1848, but not completed until 1884, 30 years after Mill’s death, resulting from lack of funding and the Civil War. A difference in shading (visible at 150 feet) delineates the two phases of construction. Its cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1848; the capstone was set on December 6, 1884, and the completed monument was dedicated on February 21, 1885. It officially opened to the public on October 9, 1888. At the time of its completion it became the world’s tallest structure at 555 ft 51/8 in, a title it inherited from the Cologne Cathedral and held until 1889, when the Eiffel Tower was finished in Paris. It is still the tallest structure in DC and due to a 1910 law restricting new building’s height from being no more than 20 feet greater than the width of the street they’re on, probably always will be.

Despite momentum for an appropriate memorial in the new capital following Washington’s death, progress was finally made in 1833–the centennial of his birth. The Washington Monument Society began collecting donations and announced a design competition in 1836. Mills, who had designed the Washington Monument in Baltimore, was selected with a design that called for a 600-foot obelisk, topped by Washington in a chariot, and surrounded with a circular colonnade, but an exorbitant price tag of M.

In 1849, after 4 years of non construction, to combat escalating costs after 4 years the Society encouraged states and territories to donate memorial stones, which came pouring in from all sorts of organizations, businesses and foreign nations, often bearing inscriptions with no relevance to Washington. After the anti-Catholic, nativist Know-Nothing’s stole a block donated by Pope Pius IX and took control of the Society in an election many claimed to be fraudulent, Congress rescinded the 0k contribution they had promised. The Know-Nothing’s eventually ceded control in 1858.

It wasn’t until after the Civil War, in 1876, that the Congress appropriated another 0k to complete the monument. After renewed conversation around design, the Society abandoned Mills’ colonnade and altered the obelisk to conform to Egyptian proportions. Construction resumed in 1879 under Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Lincoln Casey and was completed within 4 years.

In 2007, The Washington Monument was ranked #12 on the AIA 150 America’s Favorite Architecture list.

Korean War – 127-GK-1-A132143 Marines from the United States load aboard planes to be flown to the First Marine Division in Korea


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Newly arrived Marines from the United States load aboard planes to be flown to the First Marine Division in Korea.
NARA FILE #: 127-GK-1-A132143

The U.S. Army Korean War video archive is available online at: www.youtube.com/warinkorea

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Panel from Diego Rivera’s mural at Unity House, depicting a Civil War scene. Key figures include John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and J.P. Morgan. The mural also includes a quote that addresses the emancipation of labor and slavery.


Image by Kheel Center, Cornell University
Title: Panel from Diego Rivera’s mural at Unity House, depicting a Civil War scene. Key figures include John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and J.P. Morgan. The mural also includes a quote that addresses the emancipation of labor and slavery.

Date: 1950s Estimated

Photographer: Unknown. Artist: Diego Rivera

Photo ID: 5780PB30F3B

Collection: International Ladies Garment Workers Union Photographs (1885-1985)

Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel

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Turf Wars – Poster from Hell!


Image by Pranksky
Turf Wars Movie, London, UK, April 2010

This is a reproduction of the Pranksky limited edition Turf Wars poster that is included FREE with this month’s edition of Hell – see:

www.flickr.com/photos/pranksy/4494660106/

The poster uses Hell magazine’s photo of Mona Lisa (the Demon Decorator’s wife) – caught by the paparazzi in Camden, off-loading her husband’s unwanted art to a well-known charity shop (goodwill store) – according to reliable sources, he has decided to quit his job and make a fresh start…

Prank Sky Media, Highgate, London

A big thank you to Little Miss Silly, Daniel Light, Mark Hillary and Al Jordan…and all the other paparazzi from Hell.

For shots taken during movie production, see:

www.flickriver.com/photos/pranksy/sets/72157623547746612/

Turf Wars – From Our Own Correspondent


Image by Pranksky
Turf Wars – Highgate, London, June 2010

Media is now weary of war against street artists says Prank Sky News reporter…

Widespread anti-street art bias in the media means that artists now face an “uphill struggle” for fair coverage, said a former Prank Sky News journalist tonight.

"Journalists select the information they wish to report based on a largely anti-street art ideology", said the reporter for Prank Sky News who announced live on air tonight that he has now joined Team Robbo. According to the reporter he has also made his comments clear in a recent piece in Camden.

When asked if the younger audience in America and the UK still understands evangelical street artists, he said: “Not any more…it’s important to remember that what appears in Flickr is not an objective summary of the really significant things that are happening but an ideological selection based on the prejudices, agendas and assumptions of a relatively small group of people.Their ideology could be loosely defined as ‘street art will one day meet our needs’, so as with other forms of thought that deviate from that ideological view, evangelical street art is now commonly dismissed out of hand or reported in a manner that serves to reinforce the fact that the genre is actually dying out! Street Art and in particular stencilling, is now viewed as obscure, life-denying and regressive. On-line groups like the ‘Wooster Collective’ and ‘Crack for your Eyes’ face an uphill struggle to change that perception.”

In fact last month, HRH King Robbo who is the Patron of the Royal Society for the Protection of Ancient Street Art even accused The Times newspaper of a “blatant bias on street art issues”.

Executives at the BBC admitted today that they would consider broadcasting a scene where a piece by a Demon Decorator is totally buffed or removed but admitted that they would never do the same now with a Team Robbo piece.

A former BBC reporter is also writing a book on the subject. He names several street art critics among the BBC’s “in-house pariah groups”.

HRH King Robbo himself said in a recent interview in Chicago that street artists now took “more knocks” in the global media than writers and although he is still being invited to operate several search and destroy missions internationally he is now actively working to establish ties with artists that will allow them to integrate their work within the mainstream writing community.

Photo shows the former Prank Sky Media reporter after his announcement tonight in the control room in our studio in Highgate, London.

With thanks to all the PSM team for their assistance with this photo including The Tim Channel, Map Goblin, Ivy Field, DS Mous, The Girls NY, Mark Sebastian, Unusual Image and of course, the Indian Chef, for delivering some really delicious late night food.

Dave, Prank Sky Media, Highgate, London

War From A Harlot’s Mouth


Image by © Natalia Balcerska Photography
War From A Harlot’s Mouth at Rio’s in Leeds, England on 11th October 2008

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War From a Harlot’s Mouth


Image by © Natalia Balcerska Photography
War From a Harlot’s Mouth at Club Academy in Manchester, England on 5th May 2011

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www.myspace.com/warfromaharlotsmouth

War From a Harlot’s Mouth


Image by © Natalia Balcerska Photography
War From a Harlot’s Mouth at Club Academy in Manchester, England on 5th May 2011

www.wfahm.com
www.myspace.com/warfromaharlotsmouth

War From a Harlot’s Mouth


Image by © Natalia Balcerska Photography
War From a Harlot’s Mouth at Club Academy in Manchester, England on 5th May 2011

www.wfahm.com
www.myspace.com/warfromaharlotsmouth