-Renzo Narduzzi, "Ponte dei Gesuiti", Venezia; Filippi Editore Venezia
I gatti de Venezia - YouTube
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
"Glædelig Jul!" by Carl Røgind
GLÆDELIG JUL! by Carl Røgind (1871 - 1933) Danish Illustrator
Nissen og Katten på Gave-Uddeling
- Postcard ca. 1910
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Postcards of Paola, Kansas, c. 1912
Real Photo Postcard (RPPC)
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Note Henson-Woodman Hardware & Stoves across the street.
Real Photo Postcards (RPPC), in popular use from around 1903 to 1930,
provided an opportunity for everyone to produce their own cards for mailing.
The photograph was taken by a special Kodak camera that could make postcards
using special postcard-sized film. The image would be developed directly from
the negative onto postcard backs. The picture postcards produced were good
quality photographs, in both matte or shiny finishes.
The blank side was divided like any commercially-made postcard, with places
for the address and the message provided. Postcard stamps in 1912 were 1¢.
If you can remove old black and white photographs from family albums, you
might discover that some are in fact postcards ~ a ready-made card with a
custom photograph taken by your grandparents or great-grandparents!
(family photograph)
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Watch a video about the history of Paola, Kansas,
produced by the Chamber of Commerce, courtesy of YouTube.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Vintage Thanksgiving
Embossed ~ Printed in Saxony c.1910, No. 870
Saturday, November 12, 2011
"Airs Above the Ground"
The Spanish Riding School of Vienna
Spanish Riding School Vienna/ Spanische Hofrietschule Wien
-Postcard photos by Hans H. Rau, Vienna,
from a folio "Das schöne Wien", c. 1970.
The Spanish Riding School of Vienna presents a thrilling equestrian spectacle
featuring the high-stepping maneuvers of the world-famous Lipizzaner stallions.
These "Airs Above the Ground", originally used on the battlefield as defensive
postures, became the centerpiece of this fantastic equine ballet.
- Postcard folio photo by Hans H. Rau, Vienna, c. 1970
If you plan to visit Vienna, click on the link to the Vienna Ticket Office website
for a performance schedule: www.viennaticketoffice.com/detail_en.php?ID=77 .
Wein Museum has an extensive collection of historical postcards, and is looking to
augment its collection with examples dating from 1945 to the present, including
the work of Hans H. Rau. When you access the website, click on Collections,
then click on Topography and Urban Development, and then click on Picture
Postcards: www.wienmuseum.at/en/collections .
-Postcard photos by Hans H. Rau, Vienna,
from a folio "Das schöne Wien", c. 1970.
The Spanish Riding School of Vienna presents a thrilling equestrian spectacle
featuring the high-stepping maneuvers of the world-famous Lipizzaner stallions.
These "Airs Above the Ground", originally used on the battlefield as defensive
postures, became the centerpiece of this fantastic equine ballet.
If you plan to visit Vienna, click on the link to the Vienna Ticket Office website
for a performance schedule: www.viennaticketoffice.com/detail_en.php?ID=77 .
Wein Museum has an extensive collection of historical postcards, and is looking to
augment its collection with examples dating from 1945 to the present, including
the work of Hans H. Rau. When you access the website, click on Collections,
then click on Topography and Urban Development, and then click on Picture
Postcards: www.wienmuseum.at/en/collections .
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Victorian Scraps
Collection of Elke Dröscher, © 1982, Harenberg Kommunikation,
Dortmund, West Germany, © 1985, English text Copyright,
Running Press Book Publishers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Victorian scraps, those charming embossed die-cut images of animals, fruit,
flowers, children, Santas, and Valentine hearts have been inspiring crafters
since the 19th-century, are still being produced today.
Scraps come in sheets connected by tabs where one can find the name of the
firm producing them, and the country of origin, often Germany or England.
When cut out individually, scraps can be put into books devoted to collections
of them (scrapbooks, if you will), or incorporated into handmade greeting cards,
or used in découpage decorating.
Here is an excellent website called Victorian Scrap Papers that displays hundreds
of these precious images, and provides links to even more.
They can't help but inspire. Happy scrapbooking!
www.victorianscrappapers.com
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Badminton anyone?
Kansas City, Missouri
SHUTTLECOCKS
Claes Oldenburg, American, born Sweden, 1929, and
Coosje van Bruggen, American, born The Netherlands,
(1942-2009), Gift of the Sosland Family; aluminum,
fiberglass re-inforced plastic, urethane paint, 1994.
© Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
Photo: Attilio Maranzano
This shuttlecock (one of four) looks as if has just landed out-of-bounds
in a giant-sized badminton game, on a lawn whose scale befits such a match.
Claes Oldenburg and his late wife Coosje van Bruggen have been turning
everyday objects into whimsical public art installations from Kansas City to
Korea for decades. Oldenburg, age 82, was on hand last Saturday to witness
the unveiling of his latest creation-- a 51-foot high paint brush, erected in
Lenfest Plaza in Philadelphia.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in downtown Kansas City is a cultural gem
and a major institution on the American art scene. Go!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson-Atkins_Museum_of_Art
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