May 14, 2009
May 13, 2009
May 11, 2009
Vintage Hotels: Gyllene Uttern
Gyllene Uttern - "The Golden Otter" - in southern Sweden was originally built as a roadside café in 1932 but the castle-like building was added within a few years. It is now mainly a hotel and restaurant. I haven't passed it in many years but it is supposed to look very much the same as when the German Nazi flag was up for German visitors (4th image).
Gyllene Uttern (Swedish Wikipedia)
Wild Strawberries
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Thanks to Johnny and SVT for image #1
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May 10, 2009
May 8, 2009
April 23, 2009
Flickr: Those Swell Smoking Men
OK, so let me just be slightly politically correct and say that I do not encourage anyone to smoke ...but nor do think that we should hide the fact (see previous post) that many men used to smoked pipe in the old days. Smoking pipe was an important symbol of maturity, manliness, distinction, class, wealth, reliability etc.
Flickr group: Pipe Dreams (Those swell smoking men)
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Controversy: Ceci n'est pas une pipe!
Image: REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
"...new posters for a recent Jacques Tati retrospective show the iconic Hulot without his pipe after the Paris public transport network (RATP) banned the picture, citing a 1991 law that prohibits advertising tobacco."
A drawing of Jacques Tati as Hulot (with his pipe) made by...?
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Image from pillpat (Agence eureka) showing pipe smoking in the "good ol' days".
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More pipe images at Musselsoppans Vänner: Ceci n'est pas une pipe
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Children's Books: Livres scolaires, part 2
livres scolaires
a set on Flickr by pillpat (Agence eureka)
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Art: Camilla Engman
"Earth" by Camilla Engman.
Camilla's Flickr
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April 22, 2009
April 14, 2009
Poster Art: Ludwig Hohlwein
Over here I found a collection of posters by Ludwig Hohlwein (1874-1939) and at 100 Years of Illustration and Design you'll find more plus information about the artist.
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Children's Books: Livres scolaires
livres scolaires
a set on Flickr by pillpat (Agence eureka)
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