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Thursday, February 23, 2023

Artists I Fancy: Venice in Beautiful Color Images 125 Years Ago | Open Culture

Historical photography. Below is a view of the Rialto Bridge, which spans one of the city's famous canals; Venice, 125 years ago. Though not "real" color photographs, they have been colorized and as such more accurately reflect a lively period in late 19th-century Europe. The Library of Congress' page on the photocrom process explains it: "Photochrom prints are ink-based images produced through 'the direct photographic transfer of an original negative onto litho and chromographic printing plates.'"

Have you always wanted to visit Venice?

Wouldn't it be even more interesting to travel back in time and visit 19th century Venice?

You can do so through this wonderful collection of photographs.

Venice in Beautiful Color Images 125 Years Ago:
The Rialto Bridge, St. Mark's Basilica, Doge's Palace & More

Friday, July 31, 2020

Read Books Written for Children like "All Around the Moon" by Jules Verne for FREE!

~ Do you enjoy reading children's books? I do.

I found an incredible treasure trove of historical children’s books at openculture.com, ALL digitized and free to read online. FREE!!

I know all about “Around the World in 80 Days”. But I never knew Jules Verne wrote a book titled “All Around the Moon”. Did you?