May 28th, 2013
frenchtwist: via dodsrike: À propos de Nice, 1930

frenchtwist:

via dodsrike:

À propos de Nice, 1930

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May 10th, 2013
lauramcphee: Mairie de Castries, façade sur rue, March, 1945 (Marcel Bovis)

lauramcphee:

Mairie de Castries, façade sur rue, March, 1945 (Marcel Bovis)

29 notes Source: photo.rmn.fr #1940s#vintage#marcel bovis#black and white#france#mother and child
May 3rd, 2013
(via Movie Poster of the Week: “Kiss of the Damned” and the Top Ten Favorite Posters of Designer Akiko Stehrenberger on Notebook | MUBI) German Poster For Pickpocket(Robert Bresson, France, 1959) by Hans Hillmann.

(via Movie Poster of the Week: “Kiss of the Damned” and the Top Ten Favorite Posters of Designer Akiko Stehrenberger on Notebook | MUBI)

German Poster For Pickpocket
(Robert Bresson, France, 1959) by Hans Hillmann.

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April 30th, 2013
xplanes: the SNECMA Atar Volant vertical lift turbojet (photo via X-Planes of Europe, by Crécy Publishing)

xplanes:

the SNECMA Atar Volant vertical lift turbojet (photo via X-Planes of Europe, by Crécy Publishing)

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April 24th, 2013
(via MotorParade: RACING GOGGLES) Postcard, France, 1984

(via MotorParade: RACING GOGGLES)

Postcard, France, 1984

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April 14th, 2013
(via Movie Poster of the Week: “The Virtue King” and the Posters of Gustav Mezey on Notebook | MUBI) Gustav Mezey three-sheet poster for Le Rosier de Madame Husson (Bernard Deschamps, France, 1932).

(via Movie Poster of the Week: “The Virtue King” and the Posters of Gustav Mezey on Notebook | MUBI)

Gustav Mezey three-sheet poster for Le Rosier de Madame Husson (Bernard Deschamps, France, 1932).

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April 14th, 2013
1937 L’Illustration-Ad for girdles (by april-mo)

1937 L’Illustration-Ad for girdles (by april-mo)

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April 4th, 2013
oldbookillustrations: Weyher and Richemond steam engine. Louis Poyet, from L’Exposition universelle de 1889 (The 1889 Paris world fair) vol. 3, by Émile Monod, Paris, 1890. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Weyher and Richemond steam engine.

Louis Poyet, from L’Exposition universelle de 1889 (The 1889 Paris world fair) vol. 3, by Émile Monod, Paris, 1890.

(Source: archive.org)

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April 3rd, 2013
oldbookillustrations: Punching machine & metal cutter. From L’Exposition universelle de 1889 (The 1889 Paris world fair), by Émile Monod, Paris, 1890. (Source: archive.org) =:O

oldbookillustrations:

Punching machine & metal cutter.

From L’Exposition universelle de 1889 (The 1889 Paris world fair), by Émile Monod, Paris, 1890.

(Source: archive.org)

=:O

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March 28th, 2013
(via MotorParade: NR 58)

(via MotorParade: NR 58)

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