List of Cultural References in The Shining in Alphabetical Order

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  1. Ada, Countess of Lovelace (Doris Langley Moore, 1977)
  2. Adolf Hitler (Apr. 20, 1889 – Apr. 30, 1945) – referenced subtextually, but innumerably
  3. After the Bath (Paul Peel, 1890)
  4. The Ahwahnee Hotel (1927, Gilbert Stanley Underwood, Yosemite Valley, California) – interiors used as basis for the Overlook
  5. Alcedo Ispida (John Gould, William Matthew Hart, 1862-1873)
  6. Alcoholics Anonymous (1935, possibly incorrect–there’s a shape seen twice around the Torrance living room that looks like their logo)
  7. All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy (Appeared in James Howell’s Proverbs in English, Italian, French and Spanish, 1659; Maria Edgeworth’s Harry and Lucy Concluded, 1825; Karl Marx’s Das Kapital, 1867; James Joyce’s Araby, 1914; the Laurel and Hardy film Sons of the Desert, 1933; and the 1957 film Bridge on the River Kwai; Jack Kerouac’s Big Sur, 1962)
  8. Alex Colville (Aug. 24, 1920)
  9. Game: American Wheels
  10. Angell, Pearl and Little God (Winston Graham (Jan. 1, 1970)
  11. Anonymous Hood River Valley Postcard (1960s)
  12. Antique Navajo Weaving Design: Yei Pictorial (Unknown, 1940s-’50s)
  13. Arpeggio (Frederick Horsman Varley, 1932-1937)
  14. Autumn photo of Mt. Hood (Glenn E. Walthall, 1967?)
  15. B&W Face Collage (Unknown artist, unknown date of origin)
  16. Baby Leopard on a Rock (Ralph Thompson, 1970s)
  17. Similar: Baie St. Paul (AY Jackson)
  18. The Battle of Sisters Creek/Longue Pointe/The Battle of the Barn (Louise-Amélie Panet-Berczy, 1839)
  19. Similar: Bay of Islands (Franklin Carmichael)
  20. The Beach Girls, John D. Macdonald (1959)
  21. Beaver Swamp – originally Evening, Algoma (Lawren Harris, 1920-1923)
  22. Blackbird (John Gould, Henry Constantine Richter, 1862-1873(?))
  23. Black Odyssey (Nathan Irvin Huggins, Jan. 1, 1977)
  24. Bog oak art piece (Untold thousands of years old)
  25. Bomber Pilot: A Memoir of World War II (Philip Ardery, 1978)
  26. Bombo (Al Jolson, et al. 1921)
  27. The Boo (Pat Conroy, 1970)
  28. Boy and Girl Knitting (Unknown artist, unknown date of origin)
  29. Brewster McCloud (Dec. 5, 1970)
  30. Similar: Brittany Spaniel (Robert Abbett)
  31. Similar: Broughton Island (Doris McCarthy)
  32. Bugs Bunny (April 30, 1938) – seen on Danny’s shirt, and stuffed toy seen in lobby — character referenced by multiple characters
  33. Game: Bull Riders?
  34. Burda Moden (Apr. 1978)
  35. Businessweek (September 1929 — uncertain volume)
  36. Caesar: A Biography (Christian Meier, 1969)
  37. Game: Candyland (1949)
  38. A Captive of Time (Olga Ivanskaya, 1978)
  39. Car and Driver (Mar. 1978)
  40. Carl Yastrzemski (Aug. 22, 1939) – associated with Louisville slugger
  41. Carson City (June 13, 1952)
  42. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller, Nov. 10, 1961)
  43. The Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger, July 16, 1951 – serial ‘45-‘46)
  44. Charles Dickens (Feb. 7, 1812)
  45. Chief Bear Paw (Nicholas de Grandmaison, 1931-1978)
  46. The Chimes (December 16th, 1844)
  47. China and America: The Search for a New Relationship (William J. Barnds (ed), Aug. 1, 1977)
  48. China Flight (Pearl S. Buck, April 1945) – Possibly Wrong
  49. China, Oil, and Asia, Conflict Ahead? (Selig S. Harrison, Jan 1, 1977)
  50. A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens, December 19th, 1843)
  51. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, Leslie Waller, Jan. 1, 1977)
  52. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Nov. 16, 1977)
  53. Colorado Landscape on a Wood Section (Franklyn Popham Cattermole)
  54. Colorado Tourism Posters (Unknown artist, unknown date of origin)
  55. Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are (Jun. 29, 1974)
  56. Commoners Crown, Steeleye Span (1975)
  57. Cooper’s Hawk (James Fenwick Lansdowne, 1974)
  58. The Courts of Europe: Politics, Patronage, and Royalty 1400-1800 (AG Dickens, Jan. 1, 1977)
  59. The Cowboy (Frederic Remington, 1902)
  60. Cram’s Superior Map of Colorado (George F. Cram, 1915)
  61. The Cricket on the Hearth (December 20, 1845)
  62. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1866)
  63. Crying Boy (Dorothy Marie Oxborough, 194?+)
  64. Similar: Dachshund sketch (Charles Tunnicliffe)
  65. Dalli! Dalli! (Lobby, unknown episode, 1972-1979)
  66. Similar: Dancing Bears (William Holbrook Beard)
  67. Game: Darts and Billiards
  68. Dasher: The Roots and the Rising of Jimmy Carter (Jan. 1st, James Wooten)
  69. The Deadly Streets, Harlan Ellison (1958 – possibly inaccurate)
  70. The Death Dealers (Mickey Spillane, 1966)
  71. The Death of Woman Wang (Jonathan Spence, 1978)
  72. December Afternoon (Hugh Monahan, 1969)
  73. De Natura Sonoris No. 1, Krzysztof Penderecki (April 7, 1966)
  74. De Natura Sonoris No. 2 (Krzysztof Penderecki, December 3, 1971)
  75. Denver Olympics Poster (Gene Hoffman – 1976 — uncertain, but very likely)
  76. The Denver Post (1892)
  77. Similar: Derwentwater (Roland Stead)
  78. Di-Acro Flier (Unknown date)
  79. Dies Irae, Thomas of Celano, redone by Wendy Carlos (13th Century, possibly older)
  80. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of a Prison (Michel Foucault, 1975)
  81. Dog, Boy, and St. John River (Alex Colville, 1958)
  82. The Donner Party (May 1846 – February 1847) – mentioned first by Wendy to Jack and Danny
  83. The Door (Mary Roberts Reinhart, 1930)
  84. Dopey – Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (December 21, 1937)
  85. Dorothy Oxborough (1922)
  86. The Dream/Awakening of Jacob (Krzysztof Penderecki, August 14, 1974)
  87. Dr. Nyet (Ted Mark, 1966)
  88. Dwight D. Eisenhower (Oct. 14, 1890 – Mar. 28, 1969) – the Hal and Charley show mentions an Eisenhower tunnel being closed
  89. Easy Rider (Jul. 14, 1969)
  90. Eleanor Marx (Yvonne Kapp, Jun. 1977)
  91. Emergency! (1972-1979)
  92. English Springer Spaniel (Edwin Megargee, 1940s-50s) – uncertain but likely variant on confirmed original
  93. The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1774 (Jacob Philipp Hackert, 1774(?))
  94. Field and Stream (Jan. 1978)
  95. Flock of Loons (or Untitled) (Norval Morrisseau, 196?+)
  96. Four Rossettis: A Victorian Biography (Stanley Weintraub, 1978)
  97. The Fourth Ghost Book, James Turner (ed) (1968)
  98. Fox Resting (Ralph Thompson, 1960s)
  99. Game: Fuzzy Felt Farm
  100. Gingerbread Men (16th Century (c. 1558) – Later, May 1875)
  101. Glamour (Magazine) (Apr. 1939)
  102. Glamour (May, 1978)
  103. Glaucous-Winged Gull (James Fenwick Lansdowne, 1973)
  104. The Gold Rush (Jun. 26, 1925 – possibly a stretch)
  105. Goofy (May 25, 1932) – doll/puppet seen in Danny’s Boulder bedroom
  106. The Great Earth Mother (Norval Morrisseau, 1976)
  107. Great Lounge, stained glass windows (Jeanette Dryer Spencer, 1927)
  108. The Great Spectacular (Graham Greene, Jan. 26, 1978)
  109. The Group of Seven (1920-1933) – group of Canadian painters whose work figures largely
  110. The Harlem Globetrotters (Sept. 12, 1970)
  111. Hansel and Gretel (Dec. 20, 1812)
  112. Holding On (Mervyn Jones, Jan. 1, 1973)
  113. Home (Henry Hall and the Gleneagles, 1932+)
  114. Horse and Train (Alex Colville, 1954)
  115. Hotel & Motel Red Book (American Hotel & Motel Association, 1973?)
  116. Hound in Field (Alex Colville, 1958)
  117. The Hynek UFO Report (Dec. 1977)
  118. Illness as Metaphor (Susan Sontag, 1978)
  119. Instant Karma (Plastic Ono Band, Feb. 1970) – album that inspired the film/novel’s name
  120. In This House of Brede (Rumer Godden, Jan. 1, 1969)
  121. Irene Reid Promotional Picture (1975?)
  122. Irish Setter (Dr. Avery Vaughan, 1978?)
  123. It’s All Forgotten Now, (Al Bowlly, Ray Noble and his Orchestra, Sept. 26, 1934)
  124. Jacob’s Ladder lookalike art (William Blake, 1805?)
  125. James at an Awkward Age (Veronica Geng, May 18, 1978)
  126. Jeeves (1915)
  127. Jimmy Carter (Oct. 1, 1924)
  128. Johnny Carson (Oct. 23, 1925) – referenced by Jack
  129. The Johnson House, Hanover (Carl Schaefer, 1932-42)
  130. Julius Caesar (Jul. 12-13, 100 BC – Mar. 15, 44 BC)
  131. Julius Erving (Feb. 22, 1950) – seen on poster in Overlook radio room
  132. Jumbo Tiddledy Winks (1963 – copyright goes back to the 20s for standard)
  133. Kaisergebirge, Tirol (Kaiser Mountains, Tyrol)? (Alois Arnegger?, 1900s-1910s?)
  134. Kanon (Krzysztof Penderecki, Sept. 21, 1962)
  135. Keep America Beautiful Ad (1971) – referenced (maybe) by signs on the garbage cans outside the Overlook
  136. KHOW (Hal and Charlie, 1964) – radio station, heard by Hallorann
  137. Similar: Kildeer Plovers (JF Lansdowne)
  138. The Killing Frost (Max Catto, 1950 – possibly a stretch)
  139. King Oil (Max Catto, Jan. 1, 1970)
  140. Krzysztof Penderecki (Nov. 23, 1933)
  141. Leon Battista Alberti (Franco Borsi, 1978)
  142. Log Hut on the St. Maurice (Cornelius Krieghoff, 1862)
  143. The Long Work of Liberty (George Konrad, Jan. 26, 1978)
  144. Lontano (György Ligeti, 1967)
  145. Loving (Henry Green, 1945)
  146. Maid of the Mist Under the Horseshoe Falls Postcard (1959)
  147. Makah Returning in Their War Canoes (Paul Kane, 1845-1859)
  148. Maligne Lake, Jasper Park (Lawren Harris, 1924)
  149. Mandarin Ducks (Basil Ede, 1958-1979)
  150. The Manipulator (Diane Cilento,1967)
  151. A Man of Nootka Sound (John Webber, 1784)
  152. MASH (Richard Hooker, 1968 – fairly certain)
  153. The Masque of the Red Death (Edgar Allen Poe, May 1842)
  154. Masquerade (Jack Hylton and His Orchestra, Sept. 23 1932)
  155. Mickey and Minnie Mouse (Nov. 18, 1928) – stickers on Danny’s door, and Mickey appears again on a sweater
  156. Midnight, the Stars and You (Al Bowlly, Ray Noble and his Orchestra, 1934)
  157. Mill on the Cliff/Cliffside Mill (Nicholas Hornyansky, 1930s-1950s)
  158. Mist Fantasy, Sand River, Algoma (JEH MacDonald, 1920)
  159. Montreal from the Mountain (William Henry Bartlett, 1839-1842)
  160. Similar: Mont St. Michel (Emmanuel Lansyer)
  161. Moon and Cow (Alex Colville, 1963)
  162. Mt. Hood postcard (Francis Kies, 1960s)
  163. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (Béla Bartók, Sept. 7, 1936)
  164. Muskox Illustration (Elizabeth McClelland, 1970s?)
  165. My Name Is Asher Lev (Chaim Potok, Mar. 12, 1972)
  166. Mystery 237 artworks (2) (Unknown artists, dates of origin)
  167. Mystery Banner (Torrance apartment)
  168. Mystery BJ Well Art (4) (Unknown artists, dates of origin)
  169. Mystery Boiler Room Nudes (8) (Boiler Room)
  170. Mystery Boulder Books (4) (Boulder Apartment)
  171. Mystery Denver Flood Poster (Games Room, 1912?)
  172. Mystery Europe Book (Boulder Apartment, Miami Apartment)
  173. Mystery Golf Like the Greats Towel/Paper (Boulder Kitchen)
  174. Mystery Group of Seven Trio (Games Room)
  175. Mystery Kitchen Art (Kitchen)
  176. Mystery Lang Shining banner (Torrance apartment)
  177. Mystery Lansdowne painting (Susie’s office)
  178. Mystery Megargee-style Hare (near 237)
  179. Mystery Monahan (Lobby, 2nd Entrance–might also be by Sir Peter Scott)
  180. Mystery Shadow Monster (Lobby Foyer–possibly by Salvador Dali)
  181. Mystery Suite 3 art (4) (Unknown Artist, dates of origin)
  182. Mystery Tatânga Mânî Portrait (Lounge, possibly by Dorothy Oxborough)
  183. Mystery Tunnicliffe painting (Susie’s office, outside 237)
  184. The Mythical Life of D. H. Lawrence (Stephen Spender, Jan. 26, 1978)
  185. Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs (1959 — possibly inaccurate)
  186. Napolitano Postcard with Augustus Caesar Statue (????, 1970s?-1st century BCE)
  187. National Western Stock Show & Rodeo – Denver Post Ad (197?)
  188. Native American Girl Child (Dorothy Marie Oxborough, 194?+)
  189. Native Child (Dorothy Marie Oxborough, 194?+)
  190. Native Girl with Pigtails (Dorothy Marie Oxborough, 194?+)
  191. Native Pastel (Dorothy Marie Oxborough, 194?+)
  192. Navajo/Apache Wall Rugs (5) (Unknown craftsperson, date of origin)
  193. Newswatch 10 (Glenn Rinker, Ann Bishop and Walter Cronice, 1979-80) – news program watched by Hallorann
  194. New York Jew (Alfred Kazin, 1978)
  195. The New York Review of Books (February 1, 1963)
  196. Northern River (Tom Thompson, 1914-15)
  197. One By One (Claude du Boc, Jan. 1975)
  198. One By One (Stomu Yamash’ta’s East Wind, 1974)
  199. Orange Wednesday, Leslie Thomas (1967)
  200. Oskar Political Cartoon Posters (Hans Bierbrauer (AKA Oskar), sometime between 1948-1980; seen in Susie’s office, radio room, snowcat garage)
  201. Outdoor Life (Early 1978)
  202. Similar: Pattern Littoral (Robert Genn)
  203. Paysage d’hiver, Laval (Winter Landscape, Laval) (Cornelius Krieghoff, 1849)
  204. Peter Pan (JM Barrie, 1902) – referenced subtextually
  205. Phonebooks (Probably 1978-79, but not clear)
  206. Playgirl (Jan. 1, 1978)
  207. Polymorphia (Krzysztof Penderecki, April 16, 1962)
  208. Portland, Maine (1632) – mentioned by Jack to Lloyd
  209. Portland, Oregon (1845) – mentioned by Jack to Lloyd
  210. Portrait of a Fox: Alert (Ralph Thompson, 1960s)
  211. Postcard of Ana Cross/Ralph Cross (????, 1970s?-Medieval times)
  212. The Professors: A Survey of a Survey (Serge Lang, May 18, 1978)
  213. Pyrrhula Vulgaris (John Gould and Henry Constantie Richter, 1837)
  214. Red Maple (A. Y. Jackson, 1914)
  215. Russia in Original Photographs 1860-1920 (Marvin Lyons, 1978)
  216. Scientific American (Mar. 1978)
  217. Game: Sewing Cards
  218. The Shining (Stephen King, Jan. 28, 1977) 
  219. Sirens and Lights (Unknown author, date of origin)
  220. SKI BROaDMOOR (Herbert Bayer, 1969)
  221. Snakes and Ladders (2nd century AD)
  222. Snoopy (October 4, 1950)
  223. Snow White (Dec. 20, 1812)
  224. The Solemn Land (JEH MacDonald, 1921)
  225. Spring photo of Mt. Hood (Francis Kies, 1960s)
  226. Squaresville: The Teen’s Guide to Adult Behaviour, Jan and Stan Berenstain (1965)
  227. Starlight: Indian Papoose (Nicholas de Grandmaison, 1931-1978)
  228. The State of the Union (Sheldon S. Wolin, May 18, 1978)
  229. Steamboat Ski Poster (Jerry Brimacomb, 1973)
  230. Still Life of Flowers in a Jug (“after” Nadia Benois, 1920s-1950s?)
  231. Stop! Look! And Hasten! (August 14, 1954)
  232. Stormy Weather, Georgian Bay (F. H. Varley, 1921)
  233. Similar: Study of a Girl’s Head (Thomas Eakins)
  234. Summer of ’42 (April 18, 1971)
  235. Summer photo of Mt. Hood (Franklin Lee Silkey, 1960s?)
  236. Supernatural Dream (The Old School Inc., 1973)
  237. Switzerland: The Awful Truth (Jean Zeigler, 1979 – likely inaccurate)
  238. Tatânga Mânî (Walking Buffalo, AKA George McLean) (Mar. 20, 1871-Dec. 26 1967)
  239. Teeny Weeny Adventures (1973 – possibly earlier as well)
  240. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World) (Abraham Ortelius, 1570s)
  241. Three Little Pigs (June 19, 1890 – first print version was in the 1840s, fairy tale itself thought to go back further)
  242. Thriller (Apr. 10, 1973)
  243. Game: Tiddlywinks
  244. Tiger of the Snows (Tenzing Norgay and John Ramsey Ullman, 1955)
  245. Timberline Lodge (1936, Mount Hood, Oregon)
  246. Timbuktu (5th Century BC) – mentioned by Jack to Lloyd
  247. A Time of Gifts (Patrick Leigh Fermor, 1977)
  248. To Itch His Own (1958)
  249. Tolstoy Remembered (Tatyana Tolstoy, 1975)
  250. Tom & Jerry (Feb. 10, 1940 – Sept. 8, 1967)
  251. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Oct. 1, 1962)
  252. Tony the Tiger (1952) – food mascot
  253. Touch of Autumn (Gerard Curtis Delano, c. 1930)
  254. The Tower (Richard Martin Stern, 1973)
  255. The Tower of Babel (Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1563)
  256. Transatlantic Blues (Wilfrid Sheed, 1978)
  257. Trapeze (May 30, 1956 – Possibly a stretch)
  258. Trapper’s Camp (AKA Le campment du trappeur) (Clarence Gagnon, 1931)
  259. Travel (Ullman’s desk – uncertain origin)
  260. Travel Holiday (1977 – uncertain volume)
  261. True Confessions (John Gregory Dunne, 1977)
  262. True Grit (Jun. 11, 1969 – possibly a stretch)
  263. Turdus Pilaris (John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter, 1837)
  264. Game: Ultimate (1968)
  265. Unidentified Vesuvius painting (Unknown Artist, 1890s)
  266. The United Front: The TUC and the Russians 1923-1928 (Daniel F. Calhoun, Jul. 8, 1976)
  267. US Forest Service (Feb. 1, 1905)
  268. Utrenja, Ewangelia and Kanon Paschy (Krzysztof Penderecki, 1970 and 1971)
  269. Valentine’s Postcard of Niagara Falls (1907-1915)
  270. The Vela Incident, news article (Sept. 23, 1979)
  271. The White Man’s Burden (Rudyard Kipling, Feb. 4, 1899)
  272. Why Israel Should Settle Now (Guido Goldman, May 18, 1978)
  273. Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner (Sept. 17, 1949)
  274. Will I Be On Television? (Ladislav Hejdanek, May 18, 1978)
  275. Winnie-the-Pooh (February, 1924)
  276. Winter photo of Mt. Hood (Mike Roberts, c. 1960s)
  277. The Wish Child (Ina Seidel, 1930)
  278. Woman and Terrier (Alex Colville, 1963)
  279. A Woman of Oonalashka (John Webber, 1784)
  280. A Woman of Prince William Sound (John Webber, 1778)
  281. Woodstock (April 4, 1967)
  282. The Works of William Shakespeare (1589-1614) (Julius Caesar – 1599, possibly also The Tempest – 1610-1611)
  283. Young Jethro (Roy Clews, Jan. 28, 1977)

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