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August 11th, 1866~ First public roller skating rink in US opens

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Children Rollerskating by William J. Glackens

c.1912-14 / Oil on canvas / 23 3/4”x17 15/16” / Brooklyn Museum, New York

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See also: Skating Rink, New York City by William J. Glackens~
https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/59876.html

Previous August 11 posts:

Self Portraits~August 11

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/11~

 

 

July 30, 1729~ Maryland General Assembly establishes the Town of Baltimore

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View of Baltimore by William Henry Bartlett

c.1840 / 4 4/5”x7” / Steel plate engraving by S. Fisher for
“American Scenery, Vol. II” (of 2) by Nathaniel Parker Willis

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Previous July 30 posts:

Summer~ July 30

Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/30~

July 28, 1866~ “Buffalo Soldier” cavalry regiments officially formed

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The Alert by Frederic Remington

1888 / Oil on canvas / 22”x19 1/2” / Private collection

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BUFFALO SOLDIERS~ https://www.blackpast.org/aaw/vignette_aahw/buffalo-soldiers/

Previous July 28 posts:

Summer~ July 28

Beatrix Potter: Born on July 28, 1866

Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/28~

July 21, 1969~ Apollo 11 Lunar Module takes off from the moon

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Boy and Moon  by  Edward Hopper

1906–07 / Pen, brush + ink, and transparent + opaque watercolor on paper
Image: 16”x13” / Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY

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Previous July 21 posts:

Summer~ July 21

Isaac Stern: Born July 21, 1920

Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/21~

July 17, 1918~ The Romanovs and several retainers are executed

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Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Fjordorovna
with their daughters Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia (as a baby)
by Elena Petrovna Samokish-Sudkovskaya

[Note: Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov was not born until 1904]

1902 / Watercolor on pencil heightened with white on cardboard / 7 1/10”x12 1/5” / Private collection

Previous July 17 posts:

Summer~ July 17

Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/17~

July 14~ La Fête Nationale Française (Bastille Day)

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July 14th-Bastille Day  by  Henri Jules Jean Geoffroy

c.1900 / Oil on canvas / 18”x24” / Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, under construction, LA, CA

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Jean Geoffroy: the world of the child~
https://eclecticlight.co/2019/01/07/jean-geoffroy-the-world-of-the-child/
Bastille Day: 14 July The National Holiday~
https://www.gouvernement.fr/en/bastille-day-14-july-the-national-holiday
The French Revolution in Pictures~ https://frda.stanford.edu/en

July 4, 1862~ Lewis Carroll first tells the story of Alice in Wonderland

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Her Eyes Met Those of a Large Blue Caterpillar by Bessie Pease Gutmann

1907 / 10 color plates, several b&w line drawings / 8”x6”, 164 pages / Dodge Publishing Company, New York

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Illustrators of Alice in chronological order by publication~
https://www.carleton.edu/departments/ENGL/Alice/illustrators.html
The Best Illustrations from 150 Years of Alice in Wonderland~
https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/07/07/best-illustrations-alice-in-wonderland/

Also on this date
July 4, 1884: Statue of Liberty presented to US in Paris / Auguste Bartholdi, sculptor~
https://schristywolfe.com/2016/08/02/auguste-bartholdi-born-on-august-2-1834/

Previous July 4 posts:

Summer~ July 4: Declaration of Independence

Rube Goldberg: Born July 4, 1883

Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/4~

June 21, 1964~ Civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, & Michael Schwerner brutally murdered

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Murder in Mississippi (Southern Justice) by Norman Rockwell

1965 / Oil on canvas / Intended as illustration for Look magazine issue of June 29, 1965;
a preparatory study was published instead / Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA

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Previous June 21 posts:

Pride Month~ June 21

Al Hirschfeld: Born June 21, 1903

Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/21~