H/t to Cécile C. for the photo of this wonderful little free library in the town of Relecq in Brittany, France.
November is Native American Heritage Month in the United States. These illustrations are from the Model First Reader by Stephen Return Riggs published in 1875. The rare volume is a primer for lessons in English and the Santee Dadota dialect.
You can see an entire digital copy of the book online here.
It’s been quite a few years since a large indie bookstore has opened in Paris. The new ICI Librairie et Café looks like it would not be out of place in Stockholm or Copenhagen. The multi-floor bookshop offers a wide ranging collection, a welcoming hang-out space, a large children’s section, and exhibition space, and a café to while away those chilly winter days. Open daily, ICI is centrally located on Boulevard Poissonniére in the 2nd arrondissment.
The First Thanksgiving Warrington Colescott 1973
A big tip of the hat to TBTP follower Sandra A. for this clever map created by Christoph Niemann (see Monday’s post on Berlin) for the New York Times Magazine in 2011.
h/t Zimad in Queens
Deutsche Bahn, the German national railway network, commissioned artist and illustrator Christoph Niemann to create a pair of forty meter-long tile murals for a pedestrian tunnel at the Berlin Wannsee train station. Working with 10×10 cm tiles, Niemann designed two different colorful pixelated abstracts.
The design on the left side of the passageway depicts a fun beach scene along the lakeside of the suburban Wannsee. While on the right, the mural incorporates the infamous villa where the Nazis held the 1942 conference to decide their so-called “Final Solution.” Niemann chose to use a single red window in the building and its blood red reflection on the lake to abstract the historical horror of the site.
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