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Tag Archives: France
Between Wars: Lille
July 3 08
Yesterday morning I encountered a rather interesting postcard of showing rue Escuermoise in Lille, France. The scanned resolution is fairly high, so it was fairly easy to note many details in the picture, including many of the shops such as the Taverne du XXième Siècle, Olympia Antiquites, and le Librairie L. Quarre du something. [...]
The City No. 2
July 2 08
64 La Rue Esquermoise, Lille, France.
Given the presence of electric or gas lights on the street but the lack of lack of motor vehicles on the road, I’m willing to suggest that this photo is taken before The First World War. (It would be foolish to get any more precise than that on a guess, [...]
The World At Large No. 1
June 19 08
Audrey Hepburn, Paris Match Cover.
No. 639, 8 July 1961.
[mitchellirons.com]
Life At Sea No. 1
June 17 08
Théodore Géricault (1791-1824), The Raft of the Medusa (1819).
(wiki Géricault) (wiki Raft) (wiki Paris Salons)
[mitchellirons.com/culture]
Imperialism No. 1
June 8 08
Street execution of a Vietcong prisoner by Saigon Police Chief Nguy?n Ng?c Loan , 1 February 1968. Photograph by Eddie Adams (1933-2004).
(wiki Eddie Adams) (wiki Indochina Conflicts 1947-79) (wiki American Vietnam War) (wiki Tet Offensive)
(also see Shock and Awe)
Melancholy No. 2
June 7 08
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917).
L’absinthe.
Paris, c. 1876.
(wiki Degas) (wiki L’Absinthe)
(Degas is remembered, of course, mostly for ballerinas and the sad subjects in this piece. I prefer the latter to the former.)
Le Republique Sarkozy
May 7 07
Thoughts on France.
And so the French, in a spectucular run-off election, with the highest electoral turnout in recent years, ont voté Nikolas Sarkozy de leur president prochaine.
Forgive my poor use of French; it is always easier to read than it is to interpret at the elemental linguistic levels where one abondoned any hope of an [...]