Daily Artwork — “Spring in the Country, Grant Wood, 1941”
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1941 — Spring in the Country. Oil paint on cardboard. Regionalism style. Grant Wood (1891-1942), Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.
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Daily Photo — “Tenting Family, 1936”
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July 1936. “Family of migratory fruit workers. Yakima, Washington.” Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration.
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Daily Artwork — “Peasant Life, Marc Chagall, 1917”
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1917– Peasant Life. Oil on Cardboard. Expressionism style. Marc Chagall (18847- 1985). Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA.
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Daily Photo — “My Party Dress, 1939”
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February 1939. “Child of white migrant worker ironing in tent camp near Harlingen, Texas.” 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.
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Daily Photo — “In the Sticks, 1935”
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Sept. 1935. “Daughter of farmer who will be resettled. Wolf Creek Farms, Ga.” Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration.
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Various Varieties of Fruits
If there’s one thing that I love in the summer aside from fresh vegetables, it’s fresh fruit. (And ice cream, and water ice, and salt water taffy, and….well, you get the idea!) To help satisfy curiosity, if not appetite, the folks and Pop Chart Labs have created a new infographic similar to their Various Variety of Vegetables poster. See how different fruits are inter-related through both common traits and geographical location. If you enjoy this, or the vegetables graphic, prints are available at Pop Chart Labs for purchase. [VIA]
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Daily Artwork — “The Farm, 1921”
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1921 — The Farm. Oil on Canvas. Cubism and Primitivism styles. Joan Miró (1893-1983). National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
[The Farm] is a kind of inventory of the farmhouse owned by his family since 1911 in the town of Mont-roig del Camp. Miró himself regarded this work as a key in his career, describing it as “a summary of my entire life in the countryside” and “the summary of one period of my work, but also the point of departure for what was to follow.” (Wikipedia)
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Daily Photo — “Migrant Agricultural Laborer: Yakima, Washington, July 1936”
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Fruit tramps from California who have come to the Yakima Valley for apple thinning. Yakima, Washington. 1936 July.
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Varieties of Vegetables
With summer just about upon us a wonderful thing is beginning to happen, at least here in South Jersey. Roadside farmstands are beginning to pop up everywhere! From the larger farmer’s markets to the simple picnic tables on a front lawn, all of these provide the freshest vegetables and fruits available. It got me thinking about the wide variety of produce that was actually available and today’s infographic fed that need for me. With over 400 crops displayed, this large chart shows the wonderful variety available among both the very common and very unusual vegetables that you may see at your own local market. [VIA]
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Tags: biology, farming, food, health, infographic, nutrition, produce, reference, trivia, vegetables