History of board games

El juego de la Oca (Game of Goose) printed in Barcelona in the nineteenth century

Stoombots Spel printed in Rotterdam in the early nineteenth century

Round the World With Nellie Bly printed in New York, 1890

New Game of Human Life printed in London, 1790

Neueste Nordpol-Expedition printed in Vienna, circa 1875

Jeu de la Révolution française printed in Paris, circa 1792

The Pyramid of History printed in London, circa 1860

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Munich in color, 1948-1965

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Viae Romanae Maiores

A curious map of the Roman roads in 125 AD in subway map style by Sasha Trubetskoy. Click to view LARGER.

Munich 1967

Blow Up discotheque in Munich (1967-70)

Athens, 1862

Acropolis and Olympieion in 1862 by Francis Bedford

Façades

"German photographer Markus Brunetti has spent the last 10 years embracing the nomadic lifestyle, travelling Western Europe in his truck and documenting the façades of churches, cathedrals, and cloisters that he encounters throughout the continent. The resulting collection of photographs, aptly titled FAÇADES, is a stunning display of the intricate details within these ancient structures, documented through photos that bring to mind the original architect's drawings. Brunetti uses a labor-intensive, time-consuming process to produce his large-scale photographs. He shoots each structure from top to bottom and then compiles a large number of frames to create a singular profile shot. (...)" — Via My Modern Met

The towers of Babel

Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563

Marten van Valckenborch, ca. 1600

Abel Grimmer, date unknown

Lucas van Valckenborch, 1595

Pieter Brueghel the Younger, ca. 1595

Hendrick van Cleve, 16th century

Lodewijk Toeput, ca. 1583-1587

Wirtschaftswunder

Postwar Germany through the photography of Josef Heinrich Darchinger (1925-2013).

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Tilda Swinton | Moscow | 2013

But, what ends when the symbols shatter?

Reverend Spiegelhoff from Milwaukee at the mass for American soldiers in the Cologne Cathedral, April 1945. It was the first mass held in the cathedral after its bombing in March 1945. – Photograph by Margaret Bourke-White | © Time & Life / Getty Images

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