Category: Collections

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Flickr Collection of the Week: Damaged Goods

“Damaged Goods” is a collection of photographs in which the scratches, stains and patina are critical components in the gestalt of the image.

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Czech Book Covers of the 1920's and 30's

The Smithsonian has an engaging collection of Czech avant-garde book cover designs from the 1920s and 30s.

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Flickr Collection of the Week: The Library

The Library is a curated Flickr gallery of antique books.

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The Emergence of Advertising in America

The “Emergence of Advertising in America 1850-1920” collection at the Duke University Library has over 3,300 advertising items and publications dating from 1850 to 1920.

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Flickr Collection of the Week: Curatimus Maximus

“Curatimus Maximus” is a beautifully curated group of imagery dedicated to color street photography.

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Classic Albums Reimagined as Books

Christophe Gowans re-imagines well-known album covers as book jackets.

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Flickr Collection of the Week: Bladerunner Magazines

The world of Bladerunner showcases some of the most elaborate production design in film history, all the way down to its magazine covers.

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Flickr Collection of the Week: Signs of Pittsburgh

Bright cursive hope and rust-covered despair, sigils of titans and corner store shingles, the quick and the decaying done for, encomiums to vanished glory and the name of an immortal beer-and-a-shot bar.

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Surf Movie Classics

A collection of 250 classic surf movie posters.

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Movie Title Stills Collection

A roundup of movie related things for a dreary Wednsday.

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Flickr Collection of the Week: Manhole Covers

Sometimes the mundane is really beautiful, and that's especially true in this week's Flickr collection: Manhole Covers.

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Flickr Collection of the Week: Construtivist Posters

Ben Perry's Flickr photo collection showcases almost 1500 Soviet posters depicting propaganda, advertising, theatre and movies througout the 20th century.