More interiors.

Another lovely space, the wiring on the lights are particularly puzzling - I'm not sure why they'd bend out like that, I would have assumed the wiring would be supple. Many pretty things in there.

Cozy interiors.

I may have posted these two before, but they're the other two by Beve. I love LOVE interior shots - half because I like to peer in on how people live, look through their stuff, sit on their furniture, try on their clothes... you know, normal things. Right? The other half is digging through their garbage, sleeping in their bed...

 

One of my favourite details of all my autochromes is the magazine on that comfy couch - it's a girl and what appears to be a German shepherd. Who wouldn't want to curl up with those cushions and read the latest gossip in "Girl & Dog Weekly"? The exterior is pretty gorgeous too. Love everything about this house - the design, the materials, the impeccable gardening, the fabulous tile and brick work. All of it! A dream home! 

Great real estate.

The second in the series from Beve, this photo isn't quite capturing the delicate yellow/orange tones of the sunset, but it is a nice image all the same. What a great house on the left! I had forgotten it was there.

The onset of illness may be prevented with plenty of garlic, onions, shallots, and a knife.

Bad throat. Need soup. And a bath. This gorgeous number is one of six intended for the 1937 Paris Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life by an artist named Beve. I have four of them. They are nothing short of... well you'll see.

Place Kleber, Strasbourg. Then and now.

Today's autochrome is in my top ten for ultimate gaze-at-it-osity. The location is Place Kleber, Strasbourg, mid '30s I'd say by the cars. So many things to look at! Be sure to click through to the giant version of this and check out the spectacular ads, cars, buildings, people... and this one is in stereo. That autochrome has it going on!

I'm happy to report that this side of Place Kleber is essentially unchanged today! You can still see the same statue of Generale Jean Baptiste Kleber (background check at wikipedia), albeit substantially patinated over these eighty years. I love how the side of the square you can't see is now a very attractive, very modern hotel. Enjoy your stroll through Place Kleber!

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