Robertn Linscott News Today

50 Years Ago■ The lights went off for five minutes this afternoon at Forbes Library as part of a nationwide protest of library aid cuts in the Nixon administration’s 1974 budget. The light dimming was “a symbolic gesture of protest,” according to...

Thursday, September 25

City Smitten Fig. 1. Detail of A View of the Old State House, Boston by Rudolph Ruzicka (1883–1978), 1911. Inscribed “DICIT ENIM: VETVS MELIVS EST” at upper right and “© R.RUZICKA/ 1911” at lower left; signed “R. Ruzicka/ disc. Imp” at lower right. Woodcut on paper, 5 5/8 by 3 ½ inches (image). Here and throughout, “detail of” simply indicates that our image is cropped from the full sheet—which constitutes the artwork as a whole. All objects illustrated are in the collec...