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For #AUGUST 1976 ‘Lake Town’ Drawing by J. R. R. Tolkien (#TheHobbit 1st ed. 1937). Coloured version by H. E. Riddett for *The Hobbit Calendar 1976* (George Allen & Unwin 1975) for August 👉ALT #JRRTolkien #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #TheHobbit #HERiddett

In #AUGUST 1960 🧵👇 ‘Trianon’ Illustrator unknown ‘Pictured in Marie Antoinette’s garden, *Trianon* interprets anew the elegance, warmth and gaiety of France. ...’ Premier Division - #Broyhill #Furniture #Factories #interiordesign #design #TrianonPalace #Versailles

For #AUGUST 1955 ‘The Flat-Eyed Monster - By William Tenn’ Illustration by Fred Kirberger (b. 1927) Cover of *Galaxy Science Fiction*, August 1955 #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #FredKirberger #scienceFiction #SciFi #pulps #aliens

#OTD in 1951 (so much to do at summer camp) Cover of The New Yorker, August 4, 1951 Charles Martin #TheNewYorkerCover #CharlesEMartin #SummerCamp #swimming #diving #canoeing #boating #tennis #archery #volleyball

In #AUGUST 1947 ‘The Ghastly Future of Man If He Uses The #Atom for War! So Shall Ye Reap! by Rog Phillips’ *Amazing Stories*, August 1947 #illustration by Arnold Kohn (1920-1984) #illustrationart #illustrationartists #ArnoldKohn #SciFi #AtomicWeapons #pulps #NuclearWar #ColdWar

#OTD in 1945 (sharing the sound) Cover of The New Yorker, August 4, 1945 Mary Petty #TheNewYorkerCover #MaryPetty #beach #beachlife

#OTD in 1942 ‘A German armored car amidst the debris of the Soviet fortress #Sevastopol in #Ukraine on August 4, 1942’ AP Photo www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/0... #WW2 #USSR #EasternFront #Russia

In #AUGUST 1938 🧵👇 ‘Squatter makes coffee in kitchen at his home in abandoned warehouse, Caruthersville, Missouri’ Photograph by Russell Lee (1903-1986) August 1938. Photography project, Resettlement Administration - now Farm Security Administration.

🧵👇 In #AUGUST of 1936 #CarlMydans (1907-2004) (#ResettlementAdministration #Photography Project) shot a series of - often striking - photos of the work at the model community of #Greenbelt, MD (Suburban Resettlement Division), these on materials used, here ‘Slate for roofing’.

#OTD in 1934 Cover of The New Yorker, August 4, 1934 J. Otmar #TheNewYorkerCover #JOtmar #picnic

#OTD in 1932 🧵👇 ‘#BonusArmy vets, who arrived in #Chicago from Johnstown, Pa, on Aug. 4, 1932, wait on the sidewalk in front of 17 W Pearson Street. [With the violent end of the #BonusMarch, o]ver 300 #veterans arrived in five cars on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad with no ➡️

In #AUGUST 1930 🧵👇 The #Dornier Do X #FlyingBoat under tow on #LakeConstance, Germany. August 1930. This luxurious craft could carry 66 passengers on long-distance flights or 100 passengers on short flights. #SeaPlane #aviation #airtravel #photography #blackandwhitephotography

#Fortune for #AUGUST 1930 #Illustration by Walter Buehr (1897-1971) (The waterfront from a Financial District office building?) Cover of *Fortune*, August 1930 #FortuneCover #illustrationart #illustrationartists #WalterBuehr #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #typewriter

In #AUGUST 1929 🧵👇 Cover illustration by Frank R. Paul (1884-1963) showing a 3-unit space station *Science Wonder Stories*, ed. Hugo Gernsback, August 1929 #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #FrankRPaul #spacestation #HugoGernsback #spacetravel #astronautics

For #AUGUST 1929 Cover illustration by Walter Beach Humphrey (1892–1966) *Successful Farming*, August 1929 #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #WalterBeachHumphrey #WalterHumphrey #AmericanArt #farming #farmer #hayride

*Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur*, written & illustrated by Hal Foster. From no. 234 - 3 August 1941. #PrinceValiant #HalFoster #HaroldFoster

#OTD in 1976 Cover of The New Yorker, 3 August 1976 Charles E. Martin #TheNewYorkerCover #CharlesEMartin

For #AUGUST 1975 ‘Galadriel’ Tim Kirk (b. 1947) *The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1975* (Ballantine Books 1974) for August. #JRRTolkien #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #TimKirk #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR #Galadriel

#OTD in 1957 🧵👇 “on the beam” Illustration by Dom Lupo (1919-2013) General Telephone System ‘Telephone service without wires. Your voice is airborne! ...’

For #AUGUST 1954 Cover of the Soviet monthly ‘Teknika Molodezhi’ (Technology for the Youth), August 1954 #TeknikaMolodezhi #illustration #illustrationart #spaceart #lunarbase #moonbase #rocketship #spaceship #Cosmonauts #womeninspace #USSR