Back in August 1994, President Bill Clinton issued Proclamation 6716 stating the month of September to be Classical Music Month. In celebration of this, Modern Graphic History Library looks at various illustrated album covers of classical recordings from the 1950s – 1970s. by Cliff Condak,...
Eighty years ago today, Prohibition was repealed, ending a 13-year ban to manufacture, sell, import, or transport alcohol. Technically speaking, the act of drinking alcohol wasn’t illegal. Editorial cartoon by Robert A. Cameron, Liberty Magazine, September 2, 1933 Editorials and political ...
When 60-year old Diane Nyad recently swam from Cuba to Florida, there were plenty of pictures to be seen in the news footage. We saw video footage of her swimming and treading water by the boat, as well as shots of her exiting the water in Florida. We know that her team was taking pictures [&he...
Lately, there have been a lot of gangsters popping up in the news. Illustration by Cliff Condak, unknown date. In Boston, there’s the trial of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger while in suburban Detroit, the FBI used a mobster’s tip to justify digging up a field, in a continuing searc...
Because it’s been a little while since the last Four Views post, we thought it was time to do another. While “music” may seem a difficult thing to represent, our collections are so full of images related to the subject that it was difficult to only choose four. A few favorites a...
The Cliff Condak Collection has been processed and the finding aid is now available to browse online. Here are some images from the collection. From America: an Illustrated Diary of its Most Exciting Years. Vol. 6 “The Evolution of the Soda Fountain,” 1973 Untitled Sketch, possibly Da...
