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Michalina Janoszanka’s Reverse Paintings (c. 1920) – The Public Domain Review
Across the Atlantic, the heyday of reverse painting was over by the early 20th century. By applying not just paint…
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*Tiny Cryptic #5* — The Public Domain Review
The fifth installment in our series of extremely small and free cryptic crossword puzzles, published every two weeks to coincide…
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Jack London, Jack Johnson and the Fight of the Century – The Public Domain Review
Jeffries eventually agreed to leave his alfalfa farm in Burbank to face Johnson. In 1910, London was back in the…
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Edward B. Foote’s *Plain Home Talk* (1896 edition) – The Public Domain Review
If his social messages were prescient, Foote’s scholarship reflects the limitations of his time. His medical account is united by…
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Kitagawa Utamaro’s prints of Yamauba and Kintarō (c. 1800) – The Public Domain Review
These prints show little other than the untamed eyebrows and shaggy hair – rendered strand by strand in the style…
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*Tiny Cryptic #6* — The Public Domain Review
The sixth installment in our series of tiny and free cryptic crossword puzzles, published every two weeks to coincide with…
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*Sea Monsters Unmasked* and *Sea Fables Explained* by Henry Lee (1883) — The Public Domain Review
For Lee, the stories about sailors – “Jolly Jack Tars” – can be explained by the natural superstitions he believes…
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Photos of the Samaritan Passover on Mount Gerizim (1917) – The Public Domain Review
The National Geographic article ends with Whiting going apocalyptic. “As we turn one last glance toward the moonlit camp and…
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Oskar Kokoschka, Hermine Moos and the Alma Mahler doll – The Public Domain Review
Oskar learned to love the monster – or at least live with it, and hired a maid named Hulda (whom…
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Mary MacLane, the Wild Woman from Butte – The Public Domain Review
After the furore surrounding her debut, MacLane published a second book the following year. Expecting more in the same vein,…
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