Sunday, February 20, 2011

Glenn Gould (1932-1982) and Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989)

Canadian pianist Glenn Gould (left) and Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan during a rehearsal with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (1957?)
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Saturday, February 19, 2011

VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHY INFO!


Très chers lecteurs et membres du blog;

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Dear readers and followers;

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Maria Montez in L'Atlantide 1949

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Soldier Reading Letter 1864

Fort Brady, Virginia: Three officers of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Happy Valentine's day

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E. Uhlenhuth 1890

Prince Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Ernst Ludwig of Hesse (future Grand Duke of Hesse)
and Prince George of Wales (future King George V of the United Kingdom).
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Friday, February 11, 2011

Alphonse Mucha 1919

Alphonse Mucha, world renowned for his Art Nouveau graphics, used photographs of models for much of his reference material. But sometimes the photographs themselves were beautiful and had that Mucha look about them—such as this inspirational 1919 image he used as a study for a bank note design.
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Sunday, February 6, 2011

The Birdcage 1845

PRINTED BY JAMES CRAIG ANNAN (1864-1946) IN ABOUT 1895 FROM AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID OCTAVIUS HILL (1802-1870) AND ROBERT ADAMSON (1820-1848).