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Photo by John Lienhard, location and date unknown, image retrieved from https://uh.edu/engines/epi2578.htm
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To me, 20th century America seemed to be a time of experimentation for art. Little was right or wrong and nothing was set in stone. Some experiments caught on and became successful while others didn't. This gallery celebrates the successful.
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London, Jack. "To Build a Fire." The Century Magazine, 1908, image by Frank E. Schoonover and retrieved from http://storyoftheweek.loa.org/2011/02/to-build-fire.html
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Link to poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44272/the-road-not-taken Frost, Robert. "The Road Not Taken." Mountain Interval, 1916, image retrieved from https://www.amazon.com/Road-Not-Taken-Robert-Frost/dp/1641701072
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Piccirilli Brothers. "Lincoln Memorial." 1922, image retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial
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Hopper, Edward. "Automat." 1927, image retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat_(painting)
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Wood, Grant. "American Gothic." 1930, image retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gothic
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Lange, Dorothea. "Migrant Mother." 1936, image retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Owens_Thompson
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Eisenstaedt, Alfred. "V-J Day in Times Square." Life, 1945, image retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-J_Day_in_Times_Square
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Rockwell, Norman. "Saying Grace." The Saturday Evening Post, 1951, image retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saying_Grace_(Rockwell)
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Hitchcock, Alfred. "Psycho." Paramount Pictures, 1960, image retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)
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Lee, Harper. "To Kill a Mockingbird." J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1960, image retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
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Peterson, Donovan. "Christ the Teacher and Four Students." 1962, image retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddo_Memorial
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Preis, Alfred. "USS Arizona Memorial." 1962, image retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Arizona_Memorial
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Link to song: https://youtu.be/x6zypc_LhnM Guaraldi, Vince. "Linus and Lucy." Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown, image retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_and_Lucy
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Sterling, Rod. "The Twilight Zone." CBS, 1959-1964, image retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone
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Carle, Eric. "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." World Publishing Company, 1969, image retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Very_Hungry_Caterpillar
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Walt Disney Imagineering. "Cinderella Castle." Walt Disney World Resort, 1971, image retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Kingdom
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Yamasaki, Minoru and Emery Roth & Sons. "World Trade Center." 1973, image retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center_(1973%E2%80%932001)
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McQuarrie, Ralph. "Darth Vader production painting." 1975, image retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ralph_McQuarrie_Darth_Vader_production_painting.jpg
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Link to poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46712/introduction-to-poetry Collins, Billy. "Introduction to Poetry." The Apple that Astonished Paris, University of Arkansas Press, 1988, photo taken by Steven Kovich, image retrieved from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/billy-collins
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Link to song: https://youtu.be/1xj2ndNSpbY Williams, John. "Summon the Heroes." 1996, image retrieved from https://www.amazon.com/Summon-Heroes-John-Williams/dp/B004BJOVRE
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Lana and Lilly Wachowski. "The Matrix." Warner Bros., 1999, image retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix