1. Notes: 366 / 7 months ago  from oldbookillustrations
    Kriemhild and the falcon William Brown Macdougall, from The fall of the Nibelungs, by Margaret Armour, London, 1897. thanks to oldbookillustrations & archive.org

    Kriemhild and the falcon

    William Brown Macdougall, from The fall of the Nibelungs, by Margaret Armour, London, 1897.

    thanks to oldbookillustrations & archive.org

     
  2. Notes: 678 / 7 months ago  from liquidnight
    liquidnight:Constant Puyo, Lost Profile, no date Fresson print From Impressionist Camera: Pictorial Photography in Europe, 1888-1918

    liquidnight:Constant Puyo, Lost Profile, no date

    Fresson print

    From Impressionist Camera: Pictorial Photography in Europe, 1888-1918

     
  3. Notes: 88 / 7 months ago  from bookmarklet
    Society (Jackass) A portrait postcard available here

    Society (Jackass)

    A portrait

    postcard available here

     
  4. Notes: 189 / 7 months ago  from realityayslum
    [Babies Floating in Bucolic Landscape], 1910s. (artist unknown ) from realityayslum  & The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    [Babies Floating in Bucolic Landscape], 1910s. (artist unknown )

    from realityayslum  & The Metropolitan Museum of Art

     
  5. Notes: 188 / 8 months ago  from bookmarklet
     Reve d’une Vierge (Virgin Dream) French ‘Metamorphosis’ Postcard,1908 available HERE

     Reve d’une Vierge (Virgin Dream)

    French ‘Metamorphosis’ Postcard,1908

    available HERE

     
  6. Notes: 345 / 8 months ago  from firsttimeuser
    firsttimeuser:Ave Maria, 1905 by Mrs. G.A. Barton

    firsttimeuser:Ave Maria, 1905 by Mrs. G.A. Barton

     
  7. Notes: 343 / 8 months ago  from theloudestvoice
    Mabel Normand, The Bangville Police, 1913 from theloudestvoice

    Mabel Normand, The Bangville Police, 1913

    from theloudestvoice

     
  8. Notes: 661 / 8 months ago  from liquidnight
    liquidnight:Cathedral Woods, Intervale, White Mountains Photochrom, circa 1900 Detroit Photographic Company [From the Library of Congress]

    liquidnight:Cathedral Woods, Intervale, White Mountains

    Photochrom, circa 1900

    Detroit Photographic Company

    [From the Library of Congress]

     
  9. Notes: 144 / 9 months ago 
    Marie Loftus  submission from inkbatts thank you!

    Marie Loftus

     submission from inkbatts thank you!

     
  10. Notes: 72 / 9 months ago 
    Safety, Speed, Comfort. Exquisite Vintage Travel posters 1920-1950 Exhibition in design gallery ZEITLOS – BERLIN from 13 October to 9 December 2012 On 13 October, on the occasion of Design Meile, the design gallery ZEITLOS – BERLIN opens an exhibition of approx. 40 exquisite travel posters from the 1920s to 1950s from the two private collections Joachim Apitz and Marc Wegner. They depict the beginnings of the modern zest for traveling and, suddenly, exotic dreams come true. These attractive icons of growing tourism evoke times of a new sophisticated society in motion. Technical and geographical boundaries, traditional destinations and obsolete vehicles were left behind for new horizons and acceleration in stylish voyages. These graphic gems tell us seductive fairy tales of new perceptions and experiences of technically achievable speed. During this era, the hardships and dangers of earlier expeditions began changing into luxurious social leisure. The new glamorous way of life abandoned out-of-date platforms such as spas, operas and country houses. Journeys lost the spell of peril, pain, dirt and waste of time. The new, safe, and comfortable options of mobility turned innovative vehicles such as zeppelins, air crafts, fast trains, and ocean liners into glittering stages for refined self-presentation and manifestation of a wealthy class. Numerous grand hotels emerged along the new routes and their landings and stations. A new lifestyle took shape, also entering private residences with its breath-taking chrome brilliance. The streamline prevailed over the ornament. ZEITLOS – BERLIN presents rare samples of travel posters from two private collections. Most of the exhibits are for sale. With its excellent collection of authentic furniture, lamps, and accessories from the period between the Roaring Twenties and the optimistic Fifties, this gallery in the Charlottenburg stilwerk provides an ideal location for this specific genre. These cool, elegant objects of the Machine Age Era fascinate us till today with their unique combination of sensuality and technics. A very particular highlight of the show is a souvenir of the Titanic which, though its tragic loss, initiated a worldwide turning point in the technical production and safety standards at the time. ZEITLOS – BERLIN at stilwerkKantstraße 17, 10623 Berlin Tel.: +49 (0) 30 - 31 51 56 31Mobil: +49 (0) 160 - 8000 787 Fax: +49 (0) 30 - 31 51 56 32ausstellung@zeitlos-berlin.de

    Safety, Speed, Comfort. Exquisite Vintage Travel posters 1920-1950
    Exhibition in design gallery     ZEITLOS – BERLIN from 13 October to 9 December 2012

    On 13 October, on the occasion of Design Meile, the design gallery ZEITLOS – BERLIN opens an exhibition of approx. 40 exquisite travel posters from the 1920s to 1950s from the two private collections Joachim Apitz and Marc Wegner. They depict the beginnings of the modern zest for traveling and, suddenly, exotic dreams come true. These attractive icons of growing tourism evoke times of a new sophisticated society in motion. Technical and geographical boundaries, traditional destinations and obsolete vehicles were left behind for new horizons and acceleration in stylish voyages.

    These graphic gems tell us seductive fairy tales of new perceptions and experiences of technically achievable speed. During this era, the hardships and dangers of earlier expeditions began changing into luxurious social leisure. The new glamorous way of life abandoned out-of-date platforms such as spas, operas and country houses. Journeys lost the spell of peril, pain, dirt and waste of time. The new, safe, and comfortable options of mobility turned innovative vehicles such as zeppelins, air crafts, fast trains, and ocean liners into glittering stages for refined self-presentation and manifestation of a wealthy class. Numerous grand hotels emerged along the new routes and their landings and stations. A new lifestyle took shape, also entering private residences with its breath-taking chrome brilliance. The streamline prevailed over the ornament.

    ZEITLOS – BERLIN presents rare samples of travel posters from two private collections. Most of the exhibits are for sale. With its excellent collection of authentic furniture, lamps, and accessories from the period between the Roaring Twenties and the optimistic Fifties, this gallery in the Charlottenburg stilwerk provides an ideal location for this specific genre. These cool, elegant objects of the Machine Age Era fascinate us till today with their unique combination of sensuality and technics. A very particular highlight of the show is a souvenir of the Titanic which, though its tragic loss, initiated a worldwide turning point in the technical production and safety standards at the time.

    ZEITLOS – BERLIN at stilwerk
    Kantstraße 17, 10623 Berlin

    Tel.: +49 (0) 30 - 31 51 56 31
    Mobil: +49 (0) 160 - 8000 787 
    Fax: +49 (0) 30 - 31 51 56 32
    ausstellung@zeitlos-berlin.de

     
  11. Notes: 85 / 9 months ago  from bookmarklet
    spooky hidden mother from unexpectedtales

    spooky hidden mother from unexpectedtales

     
  12. Notes: 863 / 9 months ago  from liquidnight
    liquidnight:Mary Pickford in Through the Back Door Dir. J. Pickford & Alfred E. Green (1921) [via Postales Por Internet]

    liquidnight:Mary Pickford in Through the Back Door

    Dir. J. Pickford & Alfred E. Green (1921)

    [via Postales Por Internet]

     
  13. Notes: 167 / 9 months ago  from bookmarklet
     Anonymous - Girl and Dog Seated on Chair, c.1855

     Anonymous - Girl and Dog Seated on Chair, c.1855

     
  14. Notes: 124 / 10 months ago  from bookmarklet
     Cecil Beaton with his nanny Alice (‘Ninnie’) Collard by Unknown photographervintage bromide print, circa 1908 from National Portrait Gallery

     Cecil Beaton with his nanny Alice (‘Ninnie’) Collard

    by Unknown photographer
    vintage bromide print, circa 1908

    from National Portrait Gallery

     
  15. Notes: 44 / 10 months ago  from bookmarklet
    Ball Costume, 1860 by  Marin studio, Rue St. Dizier n°77, Nancy. via Past to Present 

    Ball Costume, 1860 by  Marin studio, Rue St. Dizier n°77, Nancy. via Past to Present 

     
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