Images from the Wildflower Preservation Society, Illinois Chapter. c. 1920, drawn from the Field Museum Library
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Thank you to the Field Museum Library
Flower Children, c. 1920
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Newspaper house, 1922
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Paris at night, 1920s / 1930s
Radiana, 1925
Screen Sirens, 1920s
Richard Scarry's 'Best Word Book Ever', 1963 / 1991
Colour photographs of 'The Grenata Street Army', 1915
Ku Klux Klan's Washington Parades, 1925-26
Golf in Bathing Suits, 1926
The Rail Zeppelin, 1929
Christian College Columbia Yearbook, 1925
Soviet Fabrics, 1920s-1930s
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Frank Lloyd Wright 'Robie House' in Lego
Art Deco Superheroes
Vintage Rocket Powered Bicycles, 1929-1951
Children's Pockets, Sears Catalogue, 1981
The depth of field seems screwy, as if they’ve been bluescreened. Something to do with early colour film perhaps?
Photography was generally black and white. Those images are hand colored.