Currier & Ives
Currier & Ives
As mentioned in the other thread, I love looking at these prints. This one is probably my favorite.
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Oh, just lovely! I love those kinds of pictures. Your mind just runs away with you. I imagine what's behind those trees and what it might look like inside the houses. *sigh*
You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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Yes, I like to imagine what it would be like to live there, and what the way on up the road looked like.
Here is a print from 1868.
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Beautiful!!!!
You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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Wouldn't that have been nice, to go out skating in the moonlight? People used to do things like that...
Now we're all inside, with our faces buried in screens...uh, speaking of which....
Now we're all inside, with our faces buried in screens...uh, speaking of which....
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You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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This is probably the most popular of all the C&I prints, though there are some I like better.
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That one is pretty, with its vibrant colors, but I also have seen others that I like better.
You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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Here another beautiful one.
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I've never gone ice skating. I can only assume it's like roller blading on ice!
You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)