Author Archives: Periodicals/Reference Librarian
Animals – Bats +++
From far away a colony, or cloud of bats is a blur of fluttering black specks. A bat’s face up close is a scrunched up wrinkly big-nostriled wonderfully weird thing. A real bat is gone in a blink but in the picture collection there are 39 bat pictures (under Animals – Bats) that you can look at as long as you want; and they probably will not fly away.
Magazine Covers – 1970-1979 (Part 3 – Art) +++
Please enjoy this sopping sampling of sweet and sour color from 1970’s art magazines.
Art News was founded in 1902 and is the most widely circulated art magazine in the world.
ArtNews. April 1972.
“Sweet and Sour” by Ed Ruscha.
(Strawberries, peppers, olives, peaches, anchovies, pickles, washes of jam juice.)
Art International was based in Switzerland and ran from 1956-1984.
Art International, Volume XXI. March 1978.
Art by Pierre Alechinsky.
Novum Gebrauchsgraphik, now called Novum, is an international graphic design magazine based in Germany.
Novum Gebrauchs Graphic. February 1977.
African Hairdresser’s Sign (Unknown Artist).
Art International, Volume XXII. February 1978.
Art by Richard P. Lohse.
Art International, Volume XX/3-4. March/April 1976.
Art by Alun Leach-Jones.
Avante Garde had a short run of only 14 issues between 1968 to 1971.
Avante Garde. January 1970.
Art by Thomas Weiil
Connoisseur is a publication of self-proclaimed high-brow culture and art:
Connoisseur. April 1976.
ArtForum is a contemporary art magazine.
ArtForum. 1971.
Still from “Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son” (1969).
Healthcare & Medicine – Dentistry +++
The Dentistry folder is a subdivision of Healthcare & Medicine and contains 55 items, about half of which are pamphlets or booklets.
If plastic lip retractors, optical saliva ejectors, friction grip burs, serrated beak forceps, gold, porcelain, and cement sound like things you’d want inside your mouth, then these images are sure to make you smile:
“Union Broach Dental Specialties”, 1972.
“Union Broach Dental Specialties”, 1972.
Dental Tools
“Union Broach Dental Specialties”, 1972.
Dental Tools
“Union Broach Dental Specialties”, 1972.
Dental Tools
“Union Broach Dental Specialties”, 1972.
Dental Tools (Forceps)
“Union Broach Dental Specialties”, 1972.
Children’s Favors for Dentist’s Offices
From “Mould Chart for Dr. Myerson’s Teeth”
From the Veri-Chrome “Mold Chart” Booklet
Palataline Pamphlet Cover
From the booklet “Permadent Preparation and Impression Procedure”, 1958.
Dental Restoration
From “Arabian Nights in Dentistry”, 1941. Prepared by John J. Nevin.
Art by John Schuster.
Dentures
From “Arabian Nights in Dentistry”, 1941. Prepared by John J. Nevin.
Art by John Schuster.
From “Arabian Nights in Dentistry”, 1941. Prepared by John J. Nevin.
Art by John Schuster.
How dental anatomy affects the appearance of the facial structure
Dentures
From “Arabian Nights in Dentistry”, 1941. Prepared by John J. Nevin.
Art by John Schuster.
“ProsthetiClinic”, Series 3, No 5. 1951.
Dentures and Dental Restoration
“ProsthetiClinic”, Series 3, No 5. 1951.
Dental Casts
“ProsthetiClinic”, Series 3, No 5. 1951.
Dental Prosthesis
From the “American Journal of Orthodontics”, June 1948.
Malocclusian
How childhood habits affect the composition of the teeth and bite.
“Dental Survey”, December 1952.
(Relating prosthesis of the body to dental prosthesis)
Back Cover of “Arabian Nights in Dentistry”, 1941. Prepared by John J. Nevin.
Art by John Schuster.
In Today’s Mail:
Special Feature: Found Print in the Library of Shinro Ohtake
Cooperation by Shohei Lida
Photography by Kentahasegawa
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Cover: Film still from Omar Fast’s Continuity
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Cover: Carole Conde and Karl Beveridge
…It’s Still Privileged Art
1976 artists’ book cover
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Cover: “Haunted House” by Mark Ulriksen
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John Berkey’s space art often depicted grandiose space crafts with loose brush strokes, as this acrylic on board piece from the 1990’s shows.
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Cover: Teresita Fernandez, Untitled, 2012
Polycarbonate tubing, 96 x 542 x 264 inches
Photo: Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, NY and Hong Kong
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Cover: Detail from 1970’s Letratone brochure overprinted by character from the Marsh stencil alphabet
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Cover: Gold crown
Seobongchong, Gyeongju.
Silla, 5th century.
Height 30.7 cm.
Treasure No. 339.
Gyeongju National Museum
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Cover Feature: Shadowlands
Shapeshifting, all-devouring, steeped in blood–the influence of the Gothic tradition now lurks in all corners of our culture, says Rhidian Davis on the eve of a major BFI season.
PLUS Roger Corman on his cycle of films based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe.
Gangs, Cults & The Occult +++
The 81 images in this folder are a glimpse into the bizarre initiation rituals and undertakings of secret societies, cults, and gangs. Pictures feature members of groups such as the Polish Falcons of America, Lion’s Club, Scientology, the KKK, Heaven’s Gate, Freemasons and its many Orders (Order of the Masonic Jesters, Order of the Royal Jesters, Woodmen or the World, Shriners, Red Men of America, Fraternal Order of the Police, Order of the Moose, Job’s Daughters, Order of the Rainbow for Girls) and of course, the Anti-Masons.
See also (related folders): Circus – Clowns (for Shriner Clowns), Ceremonies, Symbols & Symbolism.
Chick-Track by Jack Chick
Ritual America by Adam Parfrey & Craig Heimbichner.
Ritual America by Adam Parfrey & Craig Heimbichner.
Ritual America by Adam Parfrey & Craig Heimbichner.
Ritual America by Adam Parfrey & Craig Heimbichner.
Evidence that Shriners were so proud of making it through brutal hazing rituals that they hung commercial art celebrating their result.
Ritual America by Adam Parfrey & Craig Heimbichner.
A penny stamp on a colorful postcard promoted one’s favorite fraternal order.
Ritual America by Adam Parfrey & Craig Heimbichner.
Humorous blast warns of terrible Masonic initiations.
(Anti-Masonic Publication)
Ritual America by Adam Parfrey & Craig Heimbichner.
Shriner Lodge Rituals enacted in Saigon during the Vietnam War.
Ritual America by Adam Parfrey & Craig Heimbichner.
Order of the Rainbow for Girls
Ritual America by Adam Parfrey & Craig Heimbichner.
Mask of the Woodmen of the World
Ritual America by Adam Parfrey & Craig Heimbichner.
Ritual America by Adam Parfrey & Craig Heimbichner.
“Binding myself under penalty of having my throat cut across from ear to ear. My tongue torn out by the roots, and my body buried in the rough sands of the sea.”
Ritual America by Adam Parfrey & Craig Heimbichner.
Ritual America by Adam Parfrey & Craig Heimbichner.
Ritual America by Adam Parfrey & Craig Heimbichner.
Interview, June 1991.
Members of the extremist white supremacist group, the Klu Klux Klan, hiding their faces behind masks.
Members of the Klu Klux Klan.
Interview, June 1991.
The KKK
Sightings, Vol 2, Issue 5. 1997.
Heaven’s Gate homepage
“Heaven’s Gate leader Marshall Applewhite lured seemingly sane adults into a cult and, ultimately, to death in San Diego. Were they still alive, his followers might put it another way: In March, 38 of them–of their own free will–downed poisoned applesauce and vodka in order to break free of their bodily ‘containers’ and catch a ride on a passing spaceship hidden behind comet Hale-Bopp.”
Life, 1997. “The Year in Pictures.”
Gene Vincent
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