This Is Not My Beautiful House

Poster advertising The Century Magazine, June 1896 issue. Artwork by Louis Rhead.

“General northward view, North Cape, Norway”; photochrom print published by Detroit Publishing Co., ca.1890-1900. More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/landscape-and-marine-views-of-norway

Aragorn

Vintage postcard by the Rotograph Co., from my collection, postmarked 1908

Vintage promotional ad and coordinating poster for the Tenth Annual Chicago National Boat and Sports Show - 1939.

Louisiana Export Lager Beer promotional card given to attendees of the breweries’ exhibit during the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago.

Detail from a late 19th century era Black Diamond Roofing logo.

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Itō Jakuchū, Poissons, 1765-1766, Tōkyō , Musée des collections impériales (Sannomaru Shōzōkan), Agence de la Maison impériale.

From the car files: ad for the 1924 Ford Tudor Sedan, Fordor Sedan and Tudor Coupe.

The Lockheed P-2V Neptune. Science Service Science Program booklets and Revell model kits’ trading card illustration detail - 1961.

A circa 1948 photo exhibiting the size comparison of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress to the significantly larger Convair B-36 Peacemaker.