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The Visual Telling Of Stories

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December 1, 2006 6:00 am
By Sheila Lennon

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Cassandre poster for Fortune 1937

The Visual Telling Of Stories: Click a letter of the alphabet there and browse the indexed images in hundreds of categories, or search its topics.

Where was this last week when we were all looking for Thanksgiving photos? I've never before seen most of the images on this page. When clicked, the images at this site enlarge significantly.


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I love dinner with grandma at the juke joint. There's a smiling black man offering a flaming turkey there, too -- the fuel is Four Roses bourbon.


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This is an alchemical title page, circa 1830, described as "like a child's toy theater."

More amazing, the posters above and below this post are two of four: Cassandre posters for Fortune 1937.

There's a story behind the story. Scroll down below the alphabet on the index and you'll see a note from collector of all this Chris Mullen that begins,

This site records a range of material dedicated to the study of the Visual Narrative. The original site, intended for part-time students and other interested parties was closed down by the University of Brighton when I taught there and I was subsequently denied accessto the original images most of which however were in my own collection.

I am in the process of re-building the Visual Telling of Stories on my own Server in an expanded and improved format which I hope you continue to enjoy. It remains exclusively educational and is in constant use. Many thanks to those in the UK and beyond who shared my irritation at events....

I'm lost in there.

Many thanks to Travelers Diagram for the pointer.

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Cassandre poster for Fortune 1937

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