1882 Steel Engraving Nordenskiold Kolyutschin Bay Aurora Borealis Northern XGW9 AEF8 Weeks in Marion

Weeks in Marion

This is an original 1924 black and white halftone print of the "Magnificant Homes of Rome's Shipping Merchants

Note Hokusai's use of the landscape as a frame to the focus of the piece

Giovanni e Paolo

Period Paper has obtained a great collection of original images of movie stars from 1927--a collection that is sure to be of interest to silent film buffs

1882 Steel Engraving Nordenskiold Kolyutschin Bay Aurora Borealis Northern XGW9 AEF8 Weeks in MarionThis is an original 1882 steel engraving of "Nordenskiold's Winter Quarters, Kolyutschin Bay." The Jeannette Arctic Expedition, commanded by Lieutenant George W. DeLong of the United States Navy, departed San Francisco on 8 July 1879. Originally projected by James Gordon Bennett, the proprietor of the New York Herald, the expedition was an attempt to reach the North Pole by way of the Bering Strait. Prior to the voyage, however, the Secretary of Navy