Mentioned in
?
References in periodicals archive
?
The Black Maria reconfigures, taking on our mistakes, prejudices, and unclear vision so we may see black bodies for the larger, ethereal vision and vastness that they actually are.
Known as the Black Maria, the studio was built on a swivel base, so that it could rotate to follow the sun.
A Black Maria burst over us, followed by shrapnel, which burst over our heads and struck me on top, leaving a bad hole.
Two others dragged Chrissie to a waiting Black Maria.
Of course gambling was illegal in those days and sometimes I'd come home from school to learn that she'd been whisked off in a Black Maria and cautioned at the local police station
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art's monthly Schnitzer Cinema brings back the Black Maria Film and Video Festival at 7 p.
Spot escaped as did "Franny" Daniels - by clinging to the underside of a Black Maria, which he left when he got to the station.
We played games and had fun, going from one to the other, Except at week ends when the men played pitch and toss We could not go near or they would be cross, For fear of a police raid, that's what it was, But we didn't know, we thought it was fun, To see the black Maria, and all the men run.
Even better, look up people who have registered vehicles and who haven't renewed their registrations and then pay 'em a house visit with a Black Maria in tow.
It wouldn't be overstating the case to say he's a legend in Glasgow bookmaking circles, and he recently took part in a fascinating BBC Scotland documentary about yesteryear - before betting shops were legalised - revealing, among other things, that he was carted away in a Black Maria for running one such establishment at the tender age of 15.
Indeed, it is remarkable how many of Jones's books are overtly metafictional: The Homeward Bounders, The Spellcoats, Deep Secret, The Merlin Conspiracy, Archer's Goon, Black Maria, Fire and Hemlock, and Hexwood all present in some form or another a story within a story, and all highlight the importance of narrative as a way of making sense of the world.
The World Wide Words site on the internet says the first reference to a Black Maria vehicle in Boston was in 1847, some years after the lady''s fame.
Encyclopedia browser
?
- ▲
- Black Hundreds
- black ice
- black iron oxide
- Black Isle
- black japan
- black kernel
- Black Kettle
- Black Kettle & McClellan Creek National Grasslands
- Black Knight
- black knot
- black lead
- Black Leg
- black letter
- black level
- black light
- black light fluorescent lamp
- black lignite
- black line
- black liquor
- black locust
- black lung
- Black Madonna
- Black Madonnas
- black magic
- Black Manta
- Black Maria
- black market
- Black Mask
- Black Mass
- black measles
- black membrane
- Black Mesa State Park & Nature Preserve
- black mica
- black mold
- Black Monday
- Black mortar
- Black Moshannon State Park
- Black Mountain
- Black Mountain College
- Black Mountain Open Space Park
- Black Mountains
- black mud
- Black Music Month
- black Muslims
- Black Nazarene Fiesta
- black ocher
- black oil
- black opal
- black ox
- Black Panther
- Black Panthers
- ▼
Full browser
?
- ▲
- Black Male Development Symposium
- Black Male Summit
- Black Male-White Female
- black mallee
- black mallee
- Black Mama White Mama
- black mamba
- black mamba
- Black Mamba Protection
- black mambas
- black mambas
- Black mambo
- Black mambo
- Black Mamo
- Black man
- Black man
- Black Man Working
- Black Man's Wish
- Black Management Forum
- Black Management Forum Investment Company
- Black manganese
- black mangrove
- black mangrove
- Black Manta
- black margate
- black margate
- black margate
- black margates
- black margates
- black margates
- Black Maria
- Black Marias
- Black Marias
- Black Marias
- Black mark
- Black mark
- black mark against
- black mark against her
- black mark against him
- black mark against me
- black mark against one
- black mark against somebody
- black mark against someone
- black mark against them
- black mark against us
- black mark against you
- black mark beside her name
- black mark beside his name
- black mark beside my name
- black mark beside name
- black mark beside one's name
- black mark beside our name
- black mark beside our names
- black mark beside their name
- black mark beside their names
- black mark beside your name
- Black Mark Productions
- Black Mark Remover
- black market
- black market
- black market
- ▼