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A tribute to the “Cowboys of the Sky”
In one of my older posts I talked about the Barnstorming, a form of entertainment in which stunt pilots used to make the craziest things...
Jan 15, 2021
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METROPOLIS, 1927. The future was then
“One of the biggest, strangest, maddest films in cinema history” — THE GUARDIAN When I was 13 I loved spending the whole Saturday night...
Nov 17, 2020
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"L'Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1900"
I never underestimate the power of a picture when this can make me travel back in time, through my memories. Usually, this step back in...
Sep 30, 2020
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If you don't fall 10 times, then you are not learning it right!
There’s only 20 days to Springtime! There’s only 20 days to Springtime, though the deep blanket of snow covering the road on my way to...
Feb 24, 2020
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"Rosie the Riveter", the timeless icon
During the World War II, more than six million American women made significant contributions by going to work at plants that produced...
Jan 9, 2020
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Meet the legendary "Unsinkable Sam"
Let me introduce you the cat who survived 3 sinking ships! It is said that cats have nine lives. If so, there has been one very lucky in...
Oct 18, 2019
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Brigitte Helm: the woman behind the screen vamp
The cool-eyed screen vamp was lucky enough to act during the glory days of the German film industry. Sometimes I get asked by people I...
Feb 23, 2019
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Mickey Mouse: 90 and still going strong!
On November 18th 1928 Mickey Mouse was born. Let’s celebrate together his 90th anniversary! Dear Mickey Mouse, you turn 90 years old...
Nov 18, 2018
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The George Grantham Bain Collection
Taking photos is a hobby that seems to involve many people nowadays. Instagram is full of talented photographers who, thanks to their...
Oct 26, 2018
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The time-capsule apartment
I well remember the first time I read about this story: I was sitting in a bar drinkig a delicious cup of cappuccino, with the...
Jun 10, 2018
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The Art Deco movement
Art Deco can be described as "an assertively modern style that ran to symmetry rather than asymmetry, and to the rectilinear rather than...
May 10, 2018
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Alphonse Mucha, the Spirit of Art Nouveau
To the lovers of beautiful things … you are in the right place! In today’s post I would like to drag you into a world of allure and...
Apr 10, 2018
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I have a thing for vintage posters ...
The intensity of the colours used and the oddity of these prints will hit you at first sight. I have a thing for vintage lithographic...
Nov 9, 2017
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When the private becomes public ...
At the end of the XIX Century, the use of advertising posters exploded. These forms of advertisement were not just intended to market a...
Sep 28, 2017
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Erté, the trend-setter of the 1920s
Romain de Tirtoff (aka Erté) was born in St Petersburg in 1892. He grew up in a well-to-do upper class family and as a little boy he was...
Jun 22, 2017
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The Ace of Aces: the Red Baron
I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave — Manfred von Richthofen (1892-1918) In my very first post (The...
Jan 10, 2017
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Women who followed their dreams: Amelia Earhart
There have been women in history to which we owe most of the status we have reached today. These reckless women who fought against...
Nov 7, 2016
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