Ministry of War

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Palácio Duque de Caxias (fomer Ministry of War),
Rio de Janeiro

Architect: Christiano Stockler das Neves

Inaugurated: 1941

Just an Iron

Streamlined Travel Iron, 1946

With steel base, aluminum heat dissipating fins and Bakelite handle, this midget iron is an English streamlined design produced in many countries, like USA or, in the case of this one, Brazil. Designed by Christopher Kerr, Norman Harry Lucas, Eric Lucas and Harold Thomas Holder.

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Curitiba Gas Station

1940

 

Source: Flavio Gomes blog

Bakelite Safety Helmet

This helmet was made in Brazil in the 1940s by Goyana and is made of Bakelite reinforced with fabric.

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Face

Decoration on a building at the corner of Av Afonso Pena & Rua Espirito Santo in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Photo by David Thompson (dct66), on Flickr

Green Inkstand

This gorgeous example of plastic Deco is made of Galalith plastic, that one made from cow's milk. This jewel was machined out of Galalith slabs. Made in Brazil, unmarked.

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Black, White, Black

Ericsson telephone model DBH 1001, 1932

This bakelite telephone was designed by Jean Heiberg between 1930 and 1932 for Ericsson in Sweden. It was redesigned later to smoother lines, as can be seen below.

Ericsson telephone model DBH15, 1947

Designed in Sweden in 1947, attributed to Gerard Kiljan. These specimens were made in Brazil in the 1960s. The cream one is made of Plaskon (Urea Formaldehyde) and the black is Bakelite (Phenol Formaldehyde), two of the noblest plastics.

Photos by by galessa's plastics @ Flickr

Bank Deco

Old Banco de São Paulo building (Praça Antônio Prado, 9)
Inaugurated: 1938
Architect: Álvaro de Arruda Botelho

More info (Portuguese)

Photo: by J Felipe @ Flickr

Central do Brasil

Estação Dom Pedro II, Rio de Janeiro
Tower: 122m tall
Construction finished: 1945
Architect: Robert R. Prentice

Photo by Raul Lisboa @ Flickr