The photo above inspired me to find some photos of people riding donkeys. Here's what I found in the Library of Congress archives. Horydczak, Theodor, photographer. Soldier and child. Man in uniform with child riding donkey . United States, None. ca. 1920-ca. 1950. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019677714/. he Ambulance of the Hillmen. American Red Cross nurse at Tirana, Albania, unloading a patient from the mountain ambulance of the hillmen, a donkey. Riding astride a donkey is the smoothest and easiest method of travelling in the rough trails of the mountain country. There are few roads in Albania many miles to the American Red Cross hospitals . Tirana Albania, 1920. [January Date Received] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017671326/. Dalrymple, Louis, Artist. Our Don Quixote / Dalrymple . , 1899. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012647373/. Pughe, J. S. , Artist. Transformed / J.S. Pughe . , 1904. N.Y.: J. Ott
I believe some immigrants would be caught in barbed wire when crossing some borders. Interesting that the artist painted the mural in his own house. Thanks for participating in Monday Murals :)
ReplyDeleteYes, I think that's true. Many people have offered to buy this home, but he's set on keeping it. It's in a neighborhood full of murals.
DeleteWhen Gulliver washed up on the shore in Lilliputa, the Lilliputians (who were just a few inches tall) tied him up so he couldn’t move. I think that associating this with immigrants fleeing bad situations in today’s world is a very intriguing idea!
ReplyDeletebest… mae at maefood.blogspot.com