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phoebebishopwright: Mirror man, Rui Calcada Bastos
usbport: I respect bees more than I respect white men in positions of power
quentindebriey: steffy.musée rodin june 2014
bewarethebibliophilia: Lovely Penguin paperback spines, ca. 1963–64.
a blog with a view
confront: Henri Matisse, Pansies on a Table, c. 1903 via shoegayspainter
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Leave me Alone
artnouveaustyle: Etchings from the “Seven Orchids” series by Czech artist Vojtěch Preissig, 1913.
aboutdesolationrow: David Bailey photographed Jean Shrimpton and Teddy, New York 1962
A suffragette stand at the Women’s Exhibition of 1909, in a photograph taken by Christina Broom, the first British female press photographer.
billowy: Sidewall, “Giant Poppies”, 1966
foxear: 1960s Miss Dior print advert illustrated by Rene Gruau
vintagenatgeographic: Bleak ruins of an abbey loom above the harbor at Whitby in Yorkshire, England National Geographic | September 1971
gnossienne: Bletchley Park during WWII (x)
I am back! With considerably more affection for england and a few more life experiences (and second-hand books). Still getting back into the habit of having the internet, but i’m sure it won’t take long as i’ve barely been back a day
design-is-fine: Henri Gillet, Nouvelles fantasies décoratives, 1880-1920. France. Via NYPL
vintageeveryday: Tennis In The Bahamas, ca. 1957.
decordesignreview: guest room of Howard Slatkin
fashion1930s: Two fashionable ladies having some tea outside. the-flawless-moon: England, 1931 [Hulton Archive/Getty Images]
thefoodogatemyhomework: Upstairs hall, untouched since 1964 in leading British architect Sir Albert Richardson’s (1880-1964) perfect country home in Bedfordshire, England. Via Christies, September 2013, image by Simon Upton. If you don’t think this
centuriesbehind: http://centuriesbehind.tumblr.com/
fuckyesbenwhishaw: "...He was only 23 when he gave us a dark prince [Hamlet] who dazzled. And he didn’t stop dazzling. He’s now 33 and seems both younger — waifish and playful — and older. He talks with wisdom and with the rhythm of an old poet..."
olympialetan: #kingpenguin 👯🐧🍄💂📚
fotojournalismus: Sorbonne University under student occupation. Paris, May 1968. [Credit : Bruno Barbey]
Ah! Sunflower
Palazzo Madama.
frankysplait: glowcloud: i love the Women Against Feminism that are like “I dont need feminism because i can admit i need my husband to open a jar for me and thats ok!” cause listen 1. get a towel 2. get the towel damp 3. put it on the lid and twist.
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thejordanator: Please watch this. British journalist Jon Snow sums up the crisis in Gaza in three minutes. He explains what he saw and the reality of the situation.
speciesbarocus: Vita Sackville-West’s Private room in the Tower at Sissinghurst Castle. Kent National Trust. > Above by Richard Walker (2013). > Below by timechaser (2012).
whataboutbobbed: Margaret Sullavan cigarette card from ‘Modern Beauties’, 3rd series, issued by the British-American Tobacco Company, 1938
bigmeowski: Wes Anderson on the set of Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
shoshanalclark: sontagbloodysontag: Donna Tartt Donna Tartt is the epitome of cool
.la douleur exquise.
particularscarf: bacon-radio: historicaltimes: Normandy landing that you didnt see. 1944 Red Cross workers. That is seriously the most badass thing I’ve ever seen.
forlovers: Benjamin Rasmussen
thestandrewknot: French ostrich feathers fan, 1931.
The ring unfolds into an armillary sphere, used to show the movement of the planets around the sun. (England, 1750 - 1800)
jazzvampire: vodkaunicornslincolnlogs: From a lost film, “Annabelle’s Affairs”. I assume the celluloid melted because of the heat of Jeanette MacDonald, Sally Blane, and Joyce Compton on screen together? Partially lost. There is one reel floating
onsugarandtwirling: Lalique Dans la Nuit perfume bottle.
phoebebishopwright: The library at Mafra National Palace in Portugal. Where, to keep books from being damaged by insects, they uses 500 bats! The bats are kept in boxes during the day but at night they are let out and eat up to double their own body
ateacted: tea and happiness
bofransson: Flowers Louis Valtat
Followers, any recommendations for shops and cafés or other interesting things in Bath? I’ll be there for a few days in a couple of weeks time and i’ve never been before! ?
colin-vian: Jean Pierre Cassigneul - Le Camelia (1970)
artdetails: Winslow Homer, Northeaster (details), 1895, oil on canvas
lonequixote: Summer Evening, Paris ~ Childe Hassam
bookorithms: This lovely Dutch poster from 1950 roughly translates as ‘spend your money wisely, buy books.’ Piet van der Hem is the artist.
Oh, darling!
debourbon: Andrew Geller S/S 1976 Ph. Deborah Turbeville
20aliens: Restoration room, St. Petersburgby Andrew Moore
mediumaevum: Ottonian crown on display at Essen’s cathedral treasury, ca. 1100. Long believed to be the infant crown of king of Romans Otto III Long called the Crown of St. Louis and thought to have been made in Paris, the Crown of Liège, acquired
adulthood is just an endless stream of phone calls you don’t want to make but have to
bramblepatch: from Passing English of the Victorian Era I’m gonna bring this back if it’s the last thing I do
shy sonata for mercury
lovelyjaneasher: english actress jane asher drinks from a cup whilst reading papers at her family home at 57 wimpole street, london, in 1966.
kenlayne: “Strange tradition from the forgotten rural years.” Bees attend keeper’s funeral, 1956.
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