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"The biggest invitation to bad luck ever seen in one place" - LIFE magazine, 1961 Have you ever wondered what it would be like if your...
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- Mar 8
The Art of Italian Aperitivo was born in Milan
Aperitivo, the beloved Italian pre-dinner ritual, has been gaining popularity around the world in recent years. It is a time-honoured...
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- Dec 22, 2023
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year...
The year-end is always a time for celebration and festivities. With the year coming to a close, it’s time for fresh beginnings and a time...
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- Mar 6, 2023
Made for America
In the winter of 2004 an exhibition of vintage photographs from the Time-LIFE photo archive entitled "Made for America" took place at the...
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- Nov 22, 2022
Imaging women of the future ... in 1902
What People in 1902 thought "women of the future" would look like. In 1902, French artist and manufacturer Albert Bergeret released a set...
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- Aug 15, 2022
Suntan and Ice Cream. Sorry, we are closed!
Sunbathing at beautiful beaches ... rowdy backyard barbecues and hanging with friends have always been my favourite activity during the...
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- Jul 10, 2022
Take me back to the future with your electric car!
The electric car is nothing new. History reminds us that the first motor vehicles produced were not those powered by oil, they were...
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- Apr 13, 2022
I wish your basket is full of Easter dreams!
Chocolate bunnies, outdoor tasty brunch, cakes baking, eggs hunting, eggs dyeing, the easter tree … these are just a few of the many...
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- May 30, 2021
The seductive design of Art Deco posters
"An assertively modern style that ran to symmetry rather than asymmetry, and to the rectilinear rather than the curvilinear; it responded...
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- Sep 30, 2020
"L'Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1900"
I never underestimate the power of a picture when this can make me travel back in time, through my memories. Usually, this step back in...
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- Aug 5, 2020
Spindizzies: amazing miniature racing cars
Looking at first glance those miniature cars resemble very much to a toy. But they weren’t at all! They were true pieces of art...
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- Jul 14, 2020
Living the "Ligurian Riviera" Life
“The blue of the water of one of the most beautiful seas in Italy lays the coast, made of rocks, Mediterranean scrub and pastel colours...
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- Jun 3, 2020
Dreaming of a new "Golden Age"
The Belle Époque (a.k.a "Beautiful Era" or "Golden Age") was a peaceful and economic prosperity period that started in 1871 and ended...
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- May 17, 2020
The golden age of the Cotton Club
Let's talk about the most popular Speakeasy Club in New York City during Prohibition era It’s with "The Best" of Duke Ellington in the...
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- Apr 9, 2020
The 1920s Speakeasy Clubs
100 years ago today the Volstead Act went into effect leading to Prohibition around the USA “I am just a businessman giving the people...
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- Mar 7, 2020
A place that stole my heart: St. Moritz
Small, cozy, and and 322 Sunny Days a Year. Saint Moritz is a jewel amidst the Upper Engadin lakes district in the southern side of the...
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- Feb 24, 2020
If you don't fall 10 times, then you are not learning it right!
There’s only 20 days to Springtime! There’s only 20 days to Springtime, though the deep blanket of snow covering the road on my way to...
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- Nov 1, 2019
Trick or treat?
The evolution of Halloween costumes through the decades The origins of the Halloween celebration go back over 2,000 years ago. Every...
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