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Affluences in Europe: with the new wave of prosperity, trade or luxury items flourish. Record sales are soaring, despite their relatively high price. This big store on the Champs Elysees is open seven days a week, late into the night, and is crowded with customers all the time, Paris

Ghosts

Affluences in Europe: in France, prosperity immediately translates itself into good food. The variety of cuts of meat sold in the market is staggering: everything from barbecued chickens to calf hearts, from the lushest whole hams to tripe is lovingly displayed in neat rows decorated with green leaves and herbs, a butcher-shop in Paris

The White Angel (Der Weisse Engel)

Fugaku Hyakkei

The White Angel (Der Weisse Engel)

Shingata Komonchō

Raflaga Matau, Bapong

Hokusai manga, vol. 14

Knoll Sample

The White Angel (Der Weisse Engel)

The White Angel (Der Weisse Engel)

Falling Together In Time

Kōrin gafu (cover)Ehon Kôrin

Azuma Asobi

Tōshisen Ehon

Two Pheasant and Peonies

Miss Rita Renoir thinks that striptease gets its effect on the viewer, as it is done with mind and feeling, more than with the body. To demonstrate this theory, Rita Renoir performed for us a "striptease of the face", from the series "Strip-Tease"

Rehearsal in Costume, from the series "La Télévision"

Gadō hitori keiko

Affluences in Europe: Turin's auto show is he latest in the year of all those held in Europe, and also the biggest. Practically all of Turin works for Fiat the salon, held in the brand-new exhibition hall, is attended by thousands. This year's show, the 39th, attracted record crowds

Coin Depicting a Mask of Silenos

Yama Mata Yama

Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryôgoku Bridge in Edo (Edo Ryogokubashi yusuzumi no kei)