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Take it for a spin: my collection of vintage bicycles is on a roll.
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From our stacks: Illustration "A curiously arresting illustration of the religious motive in tattooing. Bob Wicks is the tattooer, Jack Redcloud the tattooee," from Tattoo: Secrets of a Strange Art as Practised among the Natives of the United States. Albert Parry. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1933.
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The Reader - Firmin Baes , 1926.
Belgian , 1874-1943
Pastel on canvas , 98 x 78 cm. 38.58 x 30.71 in.
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Botanical illustrations taken from 'Plantes, oiseaux, quadrupèdes, poissons' by Louis Feuillée (French 1660-1732).
Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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View of a windmill in Holland, Michigan, with tulips in foreground. Printed on front: "Dutch mill, Holland, Michigan." Printed on back: "L.L. Cook Co., post cards, Milwaukee, Wis." Handwritten on back: "Dear Ethel, Just wanted you to know we are thinking of you. Tressa & Olin are such nice hostesses. We had a good trip over although it rained. Laura Lee was very good and has been. I think she misses her daddy. We'll go to Toledo on Monday. Then home later in week. Chet will meet us there. We'll see you soon. Love, Dorothy & Laura Lee. P.S. Fri. morn Chet wrote about G. Its wonderful." Card is postmarked April, 1929.
Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
#windmill#holland#michigan#michigan history#postcards#vintage#vintage postcards#1929#tulips#flowers#dutch#l.l. cook co.#detroit public library
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GEORGES D'ESPAGNAT (1870-1950)
YOUNG WOMAN READING
Oil on canvas
Monogrammed at the bottom right
Oil on canvas; signed with the monogram lower right
Tajan
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As far as artist signatures go, Jan van Kessel’s 17th-century painting of his name in caterpillars and snakes must be up there with the best. More on the unique work here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/jan-van-kessel-s-signature-of-caterpillars-and-snakes-1657
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Aretha Franklin performing on the TV Special "Bob Hope on Campus" in 1975.
Photos by Henry Diltz
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View of the interior of the Franklin Branch Library, Detroit Public Library. Room is furnished with desk, tables, chairs and bookshelves. Stamped on back: "Photo by Phil Olsen. #5721. 19219 Greeley. Detroit 3, TW. 1-2455."
Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
#franklin branch library#franklin#detroit public library#detroit#detroit history#library#libraries#interior#phil olsen#vintage libraries
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APIAN, P.
Faks. : Astronomicum Caesarum (mit Dokumentation)
Ketterer and Kunst
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Hanna Rönnberg - Läsande skönhet (Anna Eleonora Ehrnrooth)
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Color creations from nature's studios revealing her masterly manipulation of color through the medium of superb motor car creations / Fisher Body Corporation, Fleetwood Body Corporation, General Motors. 1927.
National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library
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