EditorialA vintage gas sign that manages to communicate modern prices thanks only to a modification, in Starke, Fla., May 26, 2022. A meandering 5,000 mile roadtrip through America’s Mid-Atlantic and Southeast offset the steep cost of gas by relying on the pleasures of the road itself — cheap or free roadside attractions and sights — for entertainment. (John Taggart/The New York Times)
EditorialA vintage gas sign that manages to communicate modern prices thanks only to a modification, in Starke, Fla., May 26, 2022. A meandering 5,000 mile roadtrip through America?s Mid-Atlantic and Southeast offset the steep cost of gas by relying on the pleasures of the road itself ? cheap or free roadside attractions and sights ? for entertainment. (John Taggart/The New York Times)
EditorialStatuette of the king of Poland and elector of Saxony August der Starke (the Strong), 1670-1733. Boettger-stoneware, around 1710 Chess pawn, H: 11 cm.
EditorialLetter by Johann Friedrich B_ttger to King August of Poland (August der Starke), in which B_ttger, who piereced the secret of Chinese porcelain manufacture, promises to hand over to the King the " arcanum" or secret, of gold making, for which...
EditorialCarl Heinrich Oskar Fielitz, The actor Georg Friedrich Starke (1815-1858), daguerreotype, picture size: height: 19.00 cm; width: 14.00 cm, in blue ink on label: Titel; in blue pen on label: Fotograf; in black ink on label: D. p. 198, ; customs stamp Cu...