Vintage photography / photos vintage

Did you know that the US Library of Congress has put some fabulous pictures on Flickr.

There are 2200 black and white pictures from 1910 and there are 1615 coloured pictures from the 30s and 40s.

Saviez-vous que la bibliothèque du Congrès Américain a téléchargé sur le site Flickr, une collection formidable de photographies? On y trouve 2200 photos en noir et blanc pour les années 1910, et 1615 photos en couleur pour les années 30 et 40.

J'en ai séléctionné 3 pour vous en mettre l'eau à la bouche...

I've chosen 3 for you to enjoy!

Maastricht IV

A dominican Church converted into a bookshop! Fascinating! They appeared to have renovated the church beautifully and then they placed (bolted in on the floor) a structure in black steel on one side of the church, not damaging any of the original structure.

I can only imagine the contreversy it must have had using a church for anything commercial but the way it has been renovated,in such an amazing way, the way the books are presented made me feel like it was done with much respect and I prefer this than having a church get into ruin because the clergy can no longer afford to keep it up. It is a way to preserve cultural heritage.

Une église dominicaine reconvertie en une librairie! Fascinant!




The Ceiling / Le plafond:




The coffee shop:


It has won an architectural interiors prize.

Maastricht II

This shop is attached to "the Notre Dame" Church in Maastricht. Needless to say I just had to bring home some tulips!

More pictures later in the week...

So who are B's parents? Alors c'est qui les parents de B?

We are the happy and PROUD parents!
C'est nous les heureux et FIERS parents!