13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLXXXII)

1. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote and illustrated letters from Father Christmas to his kids every year from 1920 to 1943 Xmas 1925 My dear boys, I am dreadfully busy this year — it makes my hand more shaky than ever when I think of it — and not very rich. In fact, awful things have been…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLXXXI)

1. Aquascaping (it’s a thing) Not your average fish tank, hey? Turns out, there’s a whole subculture of enthusiasts and hobbyists online, as well as some very serious competitive artists. This is an example of probably one of the most (If not, the most) shared aquascape called “Whisper of the Pines” created by Serkan ÇETİNKOL…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLXXX)

1. The Cinéorama At the 1900 Paris Exposition, the Lumière brothers, who had made the first public projections of a motion picture in 1895, presented their films on a colossal screen, as well as a primitive talking motion picture. An even more ambitious experiment in motion pictures however, was the Cinéorama of Raoul Grimoin Sanson, which simulated a voyage…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLXXIX)

1. Reading in Paris A themed compilation of 1950s photographs found on Live Journal. 2. Fabulous Vintage Bulgarian lottery tickets More found on Present & Correct. 3. A Peculiar Measuring instrument This circular slide rule describes the effects of a nuclear explosion on people. After World War II, scientists at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLXXVIII)

1. “Still for Sale” 104 N Main St, LaFayette, Kentucky — “Lafeyette Bank opened its doors in 1898 with original capital of $15,000. Today, this building is a high-profile business location in the center of a historic village. Extensively restored with many original features including cement and some original wood flooring, large windows, shelving, chandeliers,…

Our Zoom Date with Wes Anderson’s Sign Painters

It feels like a lifetime ago that were spying on the film set for The French Dispatch, desperate for a glimpse of the movie magic that Wes and his team of talented elves were busy creating in the French town of Angoulême. Alas, the much-anticipated film finally made it to cinemas and we scored ourselves…

Who Will Rescue this New York Manor Worthy of a Tim Burton Movie?

This incredible historic home has been sitting on the market for a little longer than we’re comfortable with. Fairview Manor is the sort of place that’s pretty much straight out of Tim Burton’s imagination, so it’ll take a special sort of owner to take it on. But of course, pairing quirky houses with even quirkier…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLXXVII)

1. The Autumn Leaf Keepers of Paris 1930s – 1950s. Photographer unknown. Found on Life Journal. 2. A Glass Hideaway for Sale in Paris’ Latin Quarter Former stables, asking 2.6M Euros, found on Espaces Atypiques. 3. A Marfa Studio Visit with Camp Bosworth 4. A Persian Astronomical Instrument, 1866-7 Found here. 5. Try to imagine…

A Forgotten Humanist Photographer of Paris

When you think of the photographers that captured the humans of Paris, masters of the lens like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brassaï and Robert Doisneau come to mind. Their iconic black and white photographs are often as familiar as the monuments of Paris themselves. Today, we’re turning our attention to another French photographer whose images haven’t been licensed on tourist…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLXXVI)

1. Human nature, or, Men and Women Exposed, 1901 A forgotten book, found and digitised on Archive.org. 2. A Life Magazine illustration predicting the fashion of the future, 1914 Found on Reddit. 3. Airline reservations before computers, 1945 (And apparently before we changed the spelling of “flights.”) Found on Twitter. 4. Reaching the Midpoint while…