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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpiO9g474WU)

U.S. Public Health Service, 1942. NARA ID 514791.

Mask Mandates are ALL AMERICAN!*

"What is Past is Prologue."** This is not the first time Americans have been instructed to wear masks to stay safe. Check out these WW2 posters and see how gov't communicators tried to interest/educate/inform (and sometimes scare) the American public!

TAKE CARE OF YOUR MASK... OR ELSE! NARA ID 514846.

MASK TIPS FOR GLAMOROUS WOMEN! NARA ID 44266530.

BE PREPARED! NARA ID 44266634.

YOUR MASK IS NOT A PILLOW or KNAPSACK! NARA IDs 514038 and 514110.

STAY FIT! WEAR A MASK! NARA ID 535277.

*Speaking of All American, stay tuned for our upcoming exhibit: ALL AMERICAN: The Power of Sports.

**'Future' statue by Robert Aiken. Photo by Jeff Reed.

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Step into one of the nation’s top art museums, and most of the works you’ll see were made by men.

The Baltimore Museum of Art has decided to make a bold step to correct that imbalance: next year, the museum will only purchase works made by female-identifying artists.

“This how you raise awareness and shift the identity of an institution,” museum director Christopher Bedford told The Baltimore Sun. “You don’t just purchase one painting by a female artist of color and hang it on the wall next to a painting by Mark Rothko. To rectify centuries of imbalance, you have to do something radical.”

The policy will only apply to works purchased by the museum, not gifts. The number of works purchased by the museum each year varies, and works are bought on a rolling basis.

The move is part of a larger initiative launched in October called 2020 Vision, a series of 22 exhibits at the museum celebrating female-identifying artists. The initiative includes 13 solo exhibitions and seven thematic shows, with more being planned. Next year marks a century since women were guaranteed the right to vote in the United States, with the ratification of the 19th Amendment.

The Baltimore Museum of Art has 95,000 works, including the world’s largest collection of works by Henri Matisse.

Its collections include 3,800 works by women artists and designers – just 4% of its holdings.

Baltimore Museum Of Art Will Only Buy Works By Women Next Year

Image: The Baltimore Museum of Art Caption: The Baltimore Museum of Art will only buy works by women next year, as part of a yearlong series exhibiting art by women. Amy Sherald’s Planes, rockets, and the spaces in between (2018) is among the 3,800 works by women in the museum’s collection

2019’s Top Tumblr Communities

Whether you’re into studying, building a perfect tank for your betta, casting spells, or tuning cars, there’s a community on Tumblr for you. This year, we’ve expanded this list to a whopping 50 communities that connect you to what you love and make Tumblr what it is.

Artists on Tumblr

Studyblr +1

Photographers on Tumblr −1

Mineblr

Writers on Tumblr

Witchblr +1

Poets on Tumblr −3

Fitblr −2

Simblr −1

Curators on Tumblr

Booklr −2

Langblr −2

Cats of Tumblr +3

Birblr −3

Throwbackblr

Reptiblr −4

Jumblr

Studentblr

Petblr

Dogblr −6

Greek Tumblr −1

Medblr −3

Plantblr +1

Kustomblr −2

Fishblr −7

Classicfilmblr

Frogblr

Gradblr −2

Dice Nerds on Tumblr −2

Ratblr

Furblr

Travelblr

Lawblr −12

Bunblr

Amphiblr

Litblr

Bettablr −14

Sciblr −13

Wiccablr

Bugblr

Stimblr

Runblr −13

Bi Tumblr

Mathblr

Pregblr −32

Knitblr

Toonblr

Vetblr

Palaeoblr

Snootblr

The number in italics indicates how many spots a community moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded communities weren’t on the list last year.

*cries*