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July 29, 1836~ Inauguration of l’Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile, in Paris

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The Marseillaise (The Departure of the Volunteers of 1792),
Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile, 1833-36, by François Rude

Photograph by Gustave Le Gray / 1852 / Salted paper print / 19”x14 1/2” / Victoria & Albert Museum, London

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Previous July 29 posts:

Summer~ July 29

Marguerite Mahood: Born July 29, 1901

Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/29~

July 15, 1923~ Jazz drummer Philly Joe Jones is born

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Philly Joe Jones by Francis Wolff

Date unknown / Black & white photograph shot with twin-lens, square-format Rolleiflex / ©Francis Wolff

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The Blue Note Photographs of Francis Wolff~
http://si-siris.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-blue-note-photographs-of-francis.html
The Impossibly Cool Album Covers of Blue Note Records: Meet the Creative Team Behind These Iconic Designs~
http://www.openculture.com/2018/11/the-impossibly-cool-album-covers-of-blue-note-records.html
Cool, clear, collected~
http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/cool-clear-collected

Previous July 15 posts:

Summer~ July 15

Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/15~

June 15, 1878~ Eadweard Muybridge successfully captures a horse in motion in series of photographs

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The Zoopraxiscope – Horse Galloping by Eadweard Muybridge

c.1893 / Outlines drawn by Erwin F. Faber, lithographed, hand colored / 12″ disc
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, DC

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More about Eadweard Muybridge~
https://schristywolfe.com/2016/04/09/eadweard-muybridge-born-april-9-1830/

Previous June 15 posts:

Pride Month~ June 15

Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/15~

May 27, 1930 – The Chrysler Building in New York City opens to the public

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Chrysler Building: Tower by Margaret Bourke-White

1930–31 / Gelatin Silver Print / 5 7/16”x3 13/16” / Various , incl. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

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Previous May 27 posts:

Love & War~ May 27

Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/27~

May 8, 1958~ Eisenhower orders federalized National Guard removed from Little Rock

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The Little Rock Nine  by  Platon, 2010

From left: Jefferson Thomas, Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Elizabeth Eckford,
Carlotta Walls LaNier, Terrence Roberts, Thelma Mothershed Wair, Melba Patillo Beals and Ernest Green

Previous May 6 posts:

Love & War~ May 8

Bob Clampett: Born May 8, 1913

Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/8~

April 18, 1906~ Devastating earthquake followed by fires in San Francisco, CA

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San Francisco’s Magnificent City Hall and Hall of Records,
Destroyed by Fire and Earthquake
Credited to R. E. Steele, Co-Operative View Company, St. Paul, Minnesota

1906-1920 (approx) / Stereograph / 3 1/2”x7 1/10” / Various collections, incl. NYPL Digital Collections

Previous April 18 posts:

Spring~ April 18

Leopold Stokowski: Born on April 18, 1882

April 18, 1956: The “Wedding of the Century”

Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/18~

April 7, 1940~ Booker T. Washington is first African-American honored on U.S. postage stamp

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10 cent Booker T. Washington stamp by USPS; part of Famous Americans series

1940 / Engraving, dark brown ink on paper; adhesive / National Postal Museum Collection, Smithsonian Institution, D.C.

Booker T. Washington by Harris & Ewing, Inc.

Digital image from glass negative of unknown date (between 1905 and 1915) / Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, D.C.

Previous April 7 posts:

Spring~ April 7

Billie Holiday: April 7, 1915-July 17, 1959

Billie Holiday: Born on April 7, 1915

Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/7~