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Marshfield was a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L" in the U.S. between
1895 and 1954. Originally part of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad,
it was the westernmost station of the Metropolitan's main line. West of the
station, the main line diverged into three branches; this junction, served by
the station, has been described as the most complex on the entire Chicago "L"
system. After 1905, the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad, an interurban line,
also served the station, but limited its service based on direction to avoid
competing with the "L". The lines that had been constructed by the Metropolitan,
including those serving Marshfield, were subject to modifications planned since
the 1930s that incrementally withdrew service from the station. It fully closed
on April 4, 1954, and was demolished shortly thereafter. The junction Marshfield
served was rebuilt in reduced form, but with a new station on Racine Avenue to
the east. (Full article...)

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Al-Wakwak is an island, or possibly more than one island, in medieval Arabic
geographical and imaginative literature. Sources variously identify al-Wakwak as
representing Japan, Madagascar, Sumatra or Java, with others describing it as an
island in the China Sea ruled by a queen with an entirely female population.
This painting in watercolor and gold on paper was created in Mughal India in the
early 1600s, and depicts a plant that brings forth animal life in multiple
forms, derived from a conflation of medieval Persian and Quranic sources,
including descriptions of al-Wakwak as inhabited by half-plant and half-animal
creatures. The work is now in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art in
Ohio.

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