First Photograph of Lightning (1885) | William N. Jennings
William N. Jennings, First Photograph of Lightning, 1885From 1882-90, amateur photographer William N. Jennings took the first-ever photographs of lightning....
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Stereosc2pe + | The mystery / Willy Otto Zielke / Maurice Tabard / Elizabeth Bowen
Willy Otto Zielke, 1939“No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye” Elizabeth BowenMaurice TabardEyes (I)
Life sized Chess | Marcel Duchamp / Philippe Halsman, 1956
Philippe Halsman, Marcel Duchamp directs a life-size chess game, 1956"Chess players are madmen of a certain quality, the waythe artist is...
On directing > Harold Lloyd in Safety Last! (1923) / the view (II)
Harold Lloyd in Safety Last! (1923) “During the famous clock tower stunt, Harold Lloyd is not as farfrom the ground...
Halloween / Bedtime | Stereoview cards, 1920s
1920s The Boogie Man child & goblins bedtime Drop card series of 15 stereoviews lot. This particular series because of the...
Self-Portrait | Wally Elenbaas
Wally Elenbaas: Self-Portrait, 1938
Self Portrait | Léon Herschtritt, 1959
Léon Herschtritt: Self Portrait, 1959
I travel for travel’s sake | Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis StevensonTravels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879)"For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to...
Circus Performers / Something dangerous | Claude Debussy
"The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is always...