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Rochester History Vol. 81, No. 1 (Fall 2023)

Rochester History Vol. 81, No. 1 (Fall 2023)

Rochester History is a peer-reviewed biannual journal produced by the Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County in partnership with Rochester Institute of Technology’s Department of History....
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Think Like a Cartoonist

Think Like a Cartoonist

Inside every one of us is the boundless potential for creativity. Often it’s the constant challenges life presents us, simple or complex, that allow us to tap into the very best of our imaginations....
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Herbert Bayer’s World Geo-Graphic Atlas and Information Design at Midcentury

Herbert Bayer's World Geo-Graphic Atlas and Information Design at Midcentury

Between 1947 and 1953, the Austrian-born, Bauhaus-trained artist Herbert Bayer (1900–1985) oversaw the design and production of the World Geo-Graphic Atlas, a landmark work of graphic design and data...
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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington

A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington

Senator George P. McLean’s crowning achievement was overseeing passage of one of the country’s first and most important wildlife conservation laws, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. The MBTA,...
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Romanticism in Comics

Romanticism in Comics

Comics studies scholars engaging comparative mythology tend to limit critical approaches to superhero fiction and classical and religious texts. Even the popular argument that superheroes are a “modern...
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Arthur Singer

Arthur B. Singer was an American wildlife artist specializing in bird illustration. In a career spanning five decades, he illustrated more than 20 books.

During the 1980s, assisted by his son, Alan, Singer’s paintings of state birds were seen by millions when the U.S. Postal Service issued the State Birds & Flowers postage stamps. The stamps became one of the largest selling commemoratives in U.S. Postal history.

Singer received the Hal Borland Award in 1985 from the National Audubon Society. His paintings are represented in several public and private collections in the United States and Europe. 

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