A.M. Cassandre for Vautier Cesar Cigars
1935
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Monday, June 24, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013
Friday, June 7, 2013
Some Clocks
Vacheron & Constantin / Verger Freres sapphire travel clock retailed by Tiffany c. 1935
Zenith Onyx Boule Desk Clock 1935
Leon Hatot Electric Clock, 1930s
Friday, May 31, 2013
Friday, May 24, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Arm and Ventilator
André Kertész
1937
Gelatin-silver print
printed in the 1940s-1950s
30.5 x 26.7 cm
Collection of Eric Cepotis and David Williams
via Art Blart
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Architects: Jean-Claude Dondel, André Aubert, Paul Viard, Marcel Dastugue
La France statue: Antoine Bourdelle
1937
Photo by YOUGUIE @ Flickr
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Saturday, April 20, 2013
She's Got the Power
Surcouf, a 4304-ton French submarine cruiser, has already been featured here. Just one photo to remind you about her firepower: she was armed with an impressive pair of 203mm (8in) guns, capable (theoretically) to fire 120kg shells at a distance up to 27,500m (14.84 nautical miles).
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Merchant Marine Pavilion
Image via alanp_photo @ Flickr
Image via pedagogie.ac-limoges.fr
International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life
Paris, 1937
Dersign: Jacques Bonnier in collaboration with Marc Saltet and André Dubard de Gaillarbois
International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life
Paris, 1937
Dersign: Jacques Bonnier in collaboration with Marc Saltet and André Dubard de Gaillarbois
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Expo at Night
Exposition internationale des art et
techniques à Paris
Photographer: François Kollar
1937
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Diesel Powered B & A
In July 1938 the SNCF put into service a 225 ton twin unit diesel locomotive powered by a pair of Sulzer 12 cylinder twin bank engines.
At the time of construction they were the most powerful engines ever installed in railway traction. The 12 cylinder twin bank engines were each rated at 2,200hp at 700 rpm on the one hour rating. Cylinder size was 310mm by 390mm (12.2in by 15.4in).
Electrical equipment was supplied by les Forges et Ateliers de Constructions electriques de Jeumont, each half unit having a main generator, three traction motors, an axle driven exciter, an auxiliary generator and other subsidiary equipment. The total of six tractions motors are of the four pole series, with forced ventilation, permanently coupled in parallel.
The Sulzer powered 262BD1 was one of a pair of twin units ordered by the PLM, the second twin unit, 262AD1 is shown below, this machine was powered by four MAN 1,050hp engines.
Info: derbysulzers.com
Special thanks to transpressnz
Fittings on the locomotives were standardised where possible to keep spares to a minimum, likewise the bodyshells reveal much similarity.
Both twin units were retired from service during 1955.
Info: derbysulzers.com
Special thanks to transpressnz
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Friday, February 22, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
Hear, Hear!
Members of the French Army man an acoustic locator device on January 4, 1940.
The device was one of many experimental designs, built to pick up the sound of distant aircraft engines and give their distance and location. The introduction and adoption of radar technology rendered these devices obsolete very quickly.
The device was one of many experimental designs, built to pick up the sound of distant aircraft engines and give their distance and location. The introduction and adoption of radar technology rendered these devices obsolete very quickly.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
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