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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...
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 collection of Harvard Art Museums/ Fogg Museum; photographs © President and Fellows of Harvard College. ...