exposition
A souvenir from the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, an attraction that allowed visitors to view the moon through a giant telescope.
The imagery for the attraction may be related to the Georges Méliès 1898 film "La Lune à un mètre" (or "The Astronomer's Dream")
November 8, 2011
At least that's what Jean Dubuffet wanted us to know with his exhibition in 1947.
March 8, 2010
The Eiffel Tower under construction, 1888-1889.
And completed, as seen in 1941.
December 10, 2009
An assortment of tickets in Beinecke Library collections.
A 1000 mile ticket on the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Railway Company, 1901:
An airplane ticket for Alfred Stieglitz, 1929:
December 7, 2009
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