Blog: Mondorama 2000

Mondorama 2000
Selected color illustrations from encyclopedias for the young (1945-1975).
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Modern Archeology: Scouting New York

Scouting New York: New York, You’ve Changed – Taxi Driver (Part 1)
The locations where Taxi Driver was shot - then and now.

Via Things Magazine
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Illustration: Alexander Alexeieff

A Journey Round My Skull: Alexeieff's Queen of Spades
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Illustration: Lowell Hess part 2

Today's Inspiration: Lowell Hess: In Praise of the Little Things
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Illustration: Lowell Hess part 1

Today's Inspiration: Cover Story: Lowell Hess
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Illustration: Milton Caniff

ASIFA: Biography: Milton Caniff and Norman Rockwell in Coronet
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Vintage Photos: Hot Day in Hvetlanda

I happened to find this old stereo-photograph in a antique store today. On the back it reads "Victorins hus, -torget, -Hvetlanda." (Victorins house, -the square, -Hvetlanda).
It looks like that day - I guess in the beginning of the previous century - was a hot day. Not a day for bandy.
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Illustration: Russian Underground Press

ephemera assemblyman: More from the 1905-1906 Russian Underground Press
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Illustration: epiC

epiC by YAIAGIFT

via Meathaus
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Illustration: Charles Dana Gibson

all things amazing: Charles Dana Gibson

"Charles Dana Gibson (1867– 1944) was an American graphic artist, noted for his creation of the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent American woman at the turn of the 20th Century." (...more)
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Ephemera: Sporty Families

Agence Eureka: Jeu des 7 familles thème sport (~1940)
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Book Covers: The Cover Art of Roberto Araújo

Pulp Serenade: Luís Miguel Queirós on Crime Fiction in Portugal and the Cover Art of Roberto Araújo

Via Coisas do arco da velha
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Cartoons: Alvin

ASIFA: Animation: The History of the Chipmunks
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Photos: 100 Abandoned Houses

Kevin Bauman: 100 Abandoned Houses

Via Stationsvakt
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Photos: William Oldacre

Tinku gallery: William Oldacre

via Reckon
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Sign: New York, New Haven and Hartford

all things amazing: 3for3
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Propaganda: The Fifth Horseman

Mostly Forbidden Zone: Fire is the fifth horseman!
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Vintage Fashion: Batgirl Suit

haabet2003:
Kustum a la Fledermaus

via Mostly Forbidden Zone
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Ephemera: German Matchbox Labels

Shailesh Chavda: German matchbox labels

via This Isn't Happiness
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Vintage: Grickily

This is not the first time I mention it - and it probably won't be the last - but PCL made me revisit grickily's Flickr and I suggest you go there too. I mean it. Go!
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