billowy vintage

snapshots & ephemera of eras passed

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1959 Campbells Tomato Soup

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A young woman and her cat with the Halloween jack-o-lantern; 1955

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Groenland de Hjalmar Petersen. Edition Silva, 1967.

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Helen Frankenthaler in her Studio, 1957

Photo by Gordon Parks

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LGBTQ couples in the early 20th century

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[back-then]

Students painting some of the remarkable scenery in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada 1957 http://ift.tt/1JTrFdW

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1955

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Pablo Picasso in Cannes, September 11, 1956. 

See more intimate photos from his life here.

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Eartha Kitt by Gordon Parks

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Kings Canyon National Park, 1957.

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© Elliott Erwitt:  Brighton, 1956

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1920sPeteJohnsonUncleBronc View at Nullbrook More from Nullbrook

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Form of… manuscript leaf! Shape of… envelope! Today’s #FragmentFriday is Ms. Coll 591, folder 47, a leaf containing Alcuin’s instruction manual for the Christian catechism of pagan Saxons, folded into an envelope. France, 9th c. Online record: https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9977256075103681

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Purse, late 15th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Cloisters

The Cloisters Collection, 1952 Size: Overall: 12 5/16 x 9 x 1 in. (31.2 x 22.8 x 2.5 cm) iron clasp only: 5 7/8 x 5 3/16 x 1 in. (15 x 13.2 x 2.5 cm) Medium: iron, red velvet brocade

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/471435

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1938