Saturday, September 8, 2012

Canadian Women's Army Corps - Second World War 1944-45

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Souvenir of 1936, the Year of Three Kings - Vintage Postcard

Postcard with the photos of George V, Edward VIII and George VI, the three Kings of England who each ruled in 1936.

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Two Women in a Harley Davidson Motor Cycle with Sidecar - Vintage Photograph

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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) - Oil Painting by Spanish Artist Francisco de Zurbarán - 1640

Francisco de Zurbarán was a Spanish painter. He is known primarily for his religious paintings depicting monks, nuns, and martyrs, and for his still-lifes. Zurbarán gained the nickname Spanish Caravaggio, owing to the forceful, realistic use of chiaroscuro in which he excelled.

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Le Repos du modèle (Model Resting) by Cuban Artist Wifredo Lam 1938

Medium: Tempera
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Reclining nude - by Belgian Artist René Magritte 1925

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Idylle (Idylls) - by Austrian Artist Gustav Klimt 1884

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Allegory of Sculpture - by Austrian Artist Gustav Klimt 1889

Medium: Pencil and Water Color
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Fable - Oil Painting by Austrian Artist Gustav Klimt 1883

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Cuban Leader Fidel Castro and his Secretary Celia Sanchez - 1960

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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Marrakesh by Russian Painter Zinaida Serebriakova - 1932

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Girl with a White Dog by British Painter Lucian Freud - 1952

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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Elizabeth Taylor in and as Cleopatra (1963 Movie)

Cleopatra is a 1963 British-American-Swiss epic drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The screenplay was adapted by Sidney Buchman, Ben Hecht, Ranald MacDougall, and Mankiewicz from a book by Carlo Maria Franzero. The film starred Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, and Martin Landau. The music score was by Alex North. It was photographed in 70 mm Todd-AO by Leon Shamroy and an uncredited Jack Hildyard.
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Friday, June 22, 2012

Casino Royale (1967 Comedy Spy Movie) Posters

Casino Royale is too much… for one James Bond!

Casino Royale is a 1967 comedy spy film originally produced by Columbia Pictures starring an ensemble cast of directors and actors. It is set as a satire of the James Bond film series and the spy genre, and is loosely based on Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel.
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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator (1940)

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American Television Actress and Supermodel Jinx Falkenburg (1919 - 2003)

Eugenia Lincoln "Jinx" Falkenburg was an actress, expert swimmer and tennis star, and one of the highest-paid and most ubiquitous cover-girl models in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s, one of the first supermodels. She married journalist and influential publicist Tex McCrary in 1945.
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