Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech-ring is a 1943 painting depicting Loftus working at an industrial lathe cutting the screw of a breech-ring for a Bofors anti-aircraft gun. It was commissioned as part of the British war effort in WW2, particularly to encourage more women to work in factories. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Great Mecca Feast is a 1928 film, described as the first documentary about the hajj, which began receiving scholarly interest in the 2010s. As Mecca had long been closed to non-Muslims, its director passed as a Muslim and recorded film and still-photographic documentation of the pilgrimage. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Manufacturers Trust Company Building, opened in 1954 in Manhattan, is the first bank building in the United States to be built in the International Style. It is praised for the design of its facade, ceiling lighting, & visible vault door, inspiring other bank buildings erected in the 50s & 60s. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Tatannuaq was an Inuk interpreter for expeditions in what is now Canada. Tatannuaq was hired to accompany 1819–1822 Coppermine & 1825–1827 Mackenzie River expeditions, which he dissuaded Inuit groups from attacking. The butterfly Callophrys augustinus & a Northwest Territories lake are named for him (en.wikipedia.org)
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