Vintage landscape: focal point

Egypt, Matson, Library of Congress

Obelisk, probably Cairo area, Egypt, September 1934, by American Colony of Jerusalem Photo Department, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

A visitor

Maison Famille Lassagne 1897, Bibliotheque Toulouse
Maison de la Famille Lassagne, September 22, 1897, by Eugène Trutat, (cropped very slightly by me) via Bibliothèque de Toulouse Commons on flickr.

The Sunday porch: Sogn, Norway

Cafe in Norway, 1898 to 1904, flickr CommonsPossibly a café, Sogn area, Norway, between 1897 and 1904, by Nils Olsson Reppen, via Fylkesarkivet (County Archives) i Sogn go Fjordane Commons on flickr.

Across the road, the sign on the house reads, “Logi for reisende. Udsalg av mad, Kaffe og Brus” (“Lodging for travellers. Sale of food, coffee and fizzy lemonade”).

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Vintage landscape: wishful thinking

Cross Manor, St. Mary's County, MD, Library of CongressCross Manor, near St. Mary’s City, Maryland, 1936 or 37, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Some big boxwood love. The house (with 110 acres) still exists and may be the oldest in Maryland.  Click here to see photos from 2013, when Ted Koppel lived there.