NB! · Archive · Architecture · Paris

The Illumination of the Eiffel Tower in 1920

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Art Nouveau shop front in the French town of Douai, designed by Albert Peupé in 1906

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Eclipse, Jean Grandville, 1844

NB! · Archive · Books · Observations · Humour

What do you make of the road signs in a book of 1400?

What do you make of the road signs in a book of 1400? I think they are magnificent

A mahogany sofa with a blue seat and a doll, two small tables, a cabinet with a bureau and drawings on a dark wall.

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Children's furniture in the Empire style at the Antiques Salon

At the Antiques Salon I rather fell for this set of children's furniture. It looks exactly like a proper "grown-up" Empire-style study, only everything is made to a reduced scale: note the proportion of the doll to the back of the sofa. The sideboards

NB! · Archaeology · Heritage · Nature

Stonehenge Dusted with Snow

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Playing at Snowballs

NB! · Geography · Nature

Europe's Snow Cover in December 2023: 60% of the Territory Buried

Collage of torn red and blue paper pieces on a beige ground forming the silhouette of a seated figure, with white strokes below.

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Nicolas de Staël's “Seated Nude” of 1954 at auction at Sotheby's

Seated Nude, Nicolas de Staël, 1954. Currently at auction at Sotheby's

An old car with a tall body, a cross and the word “Radiologie” on its side stands on grass in front of trees.

NB! · Archive · Science · People

Marie Curie created mobile X-ray units during the First World War

The X-ray car was Marie Curie's idea. It dates from the years of the First World War. She also trained 150 nurses to work as technicians in the mobile X-ray laboratory. On board this vehicle they not only took the pictures but also developed them on

NB! · Observations

Bursting into the First Weekend of Winter

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