Saturday, June 28, 2014

Harlequin Crew | Inadvertent Camouflage Plan

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Dazzle-camouflaged SS Australford (c1918) Above (top) Port side and (bottom) starboard view of the SS Australford , a British Co...
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Edward Morton | More Milwaukee Camouflage

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Restoration of WPA mural by Edward Morton (1938) Above A Depression-era Works Progress Administration (WPA) mural (titled Winter Sport...
Monday, June 23, 2014

Camouflage Artist | Milwaukee's Eric Gugler

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Eric Gugler (c1918), structural deception ploys Above Eric Gugler, three-stage diagram for a World War I ship camouflage proposal (c19...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

Frederick Waugh, Camouflage and Dickie Dare

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Coulton Waugh, Dickie Dare (1943) Above (detail) Coulton Waugh, portion of the comic strip Dickie Dare (showing "dazzle camoufla...
Friday, June 20, 2014

Camouflaged as POTTED RAT

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George Belcher cartoon, Punch (1917) Above Cartoon by George Belcher from Punch (November 29, 1917), p. 365. The caption reads: Offic...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

Bewildering Stripes in Ship Camouflage

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Above (top) Starboard side view and port side view (bottom) of the SS Orissa , a British Commonwealth steam ship (c1918) in striped zé...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

Warship Camouflage as House Painting

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SS Polladern (c1918) in dazzle camouflage Above Port side view of the SS Polladern , a British Commonwealth cargo ship (c1918). The or...
Thursday, June 12, 2014

Camera-flauge?

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R.W. Eddy (1919) Above Cartoon by R.W. Eddy from Cartoon Magazine (1919). ••• Anon, "CAMERA GUN" IN FANTASTIC US SHOOTIN...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Removing the Crazy Quilt Camouflage Coat

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Charles Grave in Punch (1918) Above Cartoon by Charles L. Grave (aka Chas) in Punch , July 17, 1918, p. 43. The caption reads: Skipper...
Sunday, June 8, 2014

Crime Spree | The Perfect Camouflage Artist(s)

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Fougasse, Punch cartoon (1918) Above Cyril Kenneth Bird (aka Fougasse), "The Perfect Camouflage Artist" (Before and After) ...

Moonshine & Camouflaged Shenanigans

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Will Vawter, "More Camouflage" (1918) Above "More Camouflage" by John William (Will) Vawter , from Life magazine (...
Saturday, June 7, 2014

Centenary of World War 1 Camouflage

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14-18-NOW website Above Throughout the UK, Europe and elsewhere, starting this year and continuing through 2018, all sorts of things ar...
Monday, May 26, 2014

What Was It Like To Paint A Ship In Camouflage?

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Above Port side (top) and starboard side of the SS War Magpie , a British cargo ship, painted in dazzle camouflage . The designs o...
Thursday, May 22, 2014

Gulls, Hulls and Baby Carriage Camouflage

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Above Believe it or not, this is a World War 1-era baby carriage, made by an unknown artist, apparently as a tribute to dazzle ship camou...

To Take Off Weight—Use Camouflage

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G.L. Stampa, Punch (1919) Above Cartoon by G.L. Stampa in Punch magazine, July 2, 1919, p. 26. The caption reads: She: "What a w...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Perspective Illusions in Camouflage

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Joseph Allen Minturn (c1921), camouflage backdrops The use of perspective distortions (such as forced perspective ) in World War 1 cam...

WW1 Camouflaged Misogyny—After a Fashion

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Civilian examples of camouflage (1917) Above Camouflage and fashion cartoon (digitally restored) from The Ogden Standard (Ogden UT), De...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

Chintzy Camouflage Fashions

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Blending camouflage by Starr Wood (1921) Above A camouflage-fashion related cartoon by British artist Starr Wood, as published in Punch ...
Friday, May 16, 2014

WW1 Ship Camouflage Secrecy & Arrests

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USS Leviathan in camouflage (1918) Above Close-up view of the port side camouflage of the USS Leviathan , at South Side Pier No. 4, H...
Thursday, May 15, 2014

More on Camoufleur Frederick J. Waugh

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Frederick J. Waugh , SS West Mahomet (ship and model) (c1919) Above (top) More persuasive evidence of the ingenuity of American ship c...