Jun 4 2012
1:04 pm
The first-class grand staircase aboard the SS Paris, ca. 1920s.

The first-class grand staircase aboard the SS Paris, ca. 1920s.

Posted 11 months ago
#1920s #ss paris #vintage #history #architecture #ocean liner #art deco #cruise ship #boats #ships #boat #ship #staircase
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Apr 13 2012
3:59 pm
Jack E. Boucher, The Octagon (Roosevelt Island, New York) - Original interior staircase, second floor, May 1970. Source: Historic American Buildings Survey

Jack E. Boucher, The Octagon (Roosevelt Island, New York) - Original interior staircase, second floor, May 1970.

Source: Historic American Buildings Survey

Posted 1 year ago
#1970s #NYC #USA #architecture #blackwell island #jack boucher #new york #new york city #roosevelt island #staircase #vintage #creepy #insane asylum #lunatic asylum
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Mar 23 2012
3:18 am
Gene Tierney in “Leave Her to Heaven” (1945).

Gene Tierney in “Leave Her to Heaven” (1945).

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #leave her to heaven #gene tierney #movie #vintage #staircase
31 notes

Feb 24 2012
12:43 pm
Photograph by Nina Leen. New York City, 1954.

Photograph by Nina Leen. New York City, 1954.

Posted 1 year ago
#1950s #nina leen #new york #NYC #USA #new york city #staircase #vintage
30 notes

Feb 4 2012
2:56 am
Robert Preston and Dorothy McGuire in “Dark at the Top of the Stairs” (1960).

Robert Preston and Dorothy McGuire in “Dark at the Top of the Stairs” (1960).

Posted 1 year ago
#1960s #dark at the top of the stairs #robert preston #dorothy mcguire #movie #staircase
11 notes

Dec 4 2011
6:05 am
A spiral staircase in Charles Eames’s home made of steel I-beam section, pipe, and plywood, with a wooden hand hanging from a step as a Brazilian good-luck symbol. Photograph by Peter Stackpole. Santa Monica, California, August 1950.

A spiral staircase in Charles Eames’s home made of steel I-beam section, pipe, and plywood, with a wooden hand hanging from a step as a Brazilian good-luck symbol. Photograph by Peter Stackpole. Santa Monica, California, August 1950.

Posted 1 year ago
#1950s #santa monica #california #modern architecture #interior #architecture #peter stackpole #child #staircase #good luck charm
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Dec 3 2011
8:07 am
The interior of a maharaja’s palace. Photograph by Jack Birns. India, September 1948.

The interior of a maharaja’s palace. Photograph by Jack Birns. India, September 1948.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #india #south asia #jack birns #architecture #interior architecture #palace #maharaja #wealth #staircase
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Sep 23 2011
10:50 am
Entrance to Roger Fare glove factory in Paris. Photograph by Gjon Mili. Paris, 1946.

Entrance to Roger Fare glove factory in Paris. Photograph by Gjon Mili. Paris, 1946.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #paris #factory #staircase
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Aug 22 2011
10:55 pm
liquidnight: Denise Colomb Picasso Rue des Grands Augustins, Paris, 1952 [From the Réunion des Musées Nationaux]

liquidnight:

Denise Colomb

Picasso

Rue des Grands Augustins, Paris, 1952

[From the Réunion des Musées Nationaux]

Posted 1 year ago
#Vintage #Black and white #French #Photography #Art #Portrait #Denise Colomb #Paris #France #1950s #Picasso #Pablo Picasso #Man #Gentleman #Artist #Profile #Steps #Stairs #Staircase #Stairway #Sit #Sitting #Seated #Owl #Sculpture #Window #Look #Watch #Lookout #View
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