German U-155 (f. Deutschland transport submarine) after surrender
1918
via Nationaal Archief @ Flickr
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Showing posts with label photo. Show all posts
Monday, July 1, 2013
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Need Gas?
Airship pumping station at Komendantsky airfield near Leningrad
Used during Graf Zeppelin's Arctic Flight
1931
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
All Along the Belltower
An Art Deco church in the Brussels commune (borough) of Forest
Photo by John and Melanie... @ Flickr
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Friday, May 31, 2013
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
The Lady and the Gull
11 Sep 1936, Berkshire, England, UK
Pilot Beryl Markham,
posing for photographer at Abingdon Aerodrome, Berkshire,
prior to take off for her solo flight across the Atlantic.
When Markham decided to take on the Atlantic crossing, no pilot had yet flown non-stop from Europe to New York, and no woman had made the westward flight solo, though several had died trying. Markham hoped to claim both records. On 4 September 1936, she took off from Abingdon, England. After a 20-hour flight, her Vega Gull, The Messenger, suffered fuel starvation due to icing of the fuel tank vents, and she crash-landed at Baleine Cove on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada (her flight was, in all likelihood, almost identical in length to Mollison's). In spite of falling short of her goal, Markham had become the first woman to cross the Atlantic east-to-west solo, and the first person to make it from England to North America non-stop from east to west. She was celebrated as an aviation pioneer.
Info: Wikipedia
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Valencia Style
A building in Valencia, Spain
1930s
Architect: Javier Goerlich (1886-1972)
Photo by tonogayora @ Flickr
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Friday, May 17, 2013
Plaza San Martín
Buenos Aires
The plaza in 1909 was the site for the inaugural of both the first premier hotel in Argentina (the Plaza) and of the new National Museum of Fine Arts, for which the glass and steel pavilion used at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris was enlisted; structurally inadequate, the pavilion was demolished in 1932, however. Plaza San Martín and its surroundings acquired their current physiognomy in 1936, when Charles Thays' son, Carlos León Thays, designed the esplanade surrounding the monument and when the 33-story Art Deco Kavanagh building was completed.
The plaza in 1909 was the site for the inaugural of both the first premier hotel in Argentina (the Plaza) and of the new National Museum of Fine Arts, for which the glass and steel pavilion used at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris was enlisted; structurally inadequate, the pavilion was demolished in 1932, however. Plaza San Martín and its surroundings acquired their current physiognomy in 1936, when Charles Thays' son, Carlos León Thays, designed the esplanade surrounding the monument and when the 33-story Art Deco Kavanagh building was completed.
Photo by fstop22 @ Flickr
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
Monday, May 6, 2013
Sunday, May 5, 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).
Friday, April 19, 2013
Friday, April 12, 2013
Modern Fortress
Finance Guard barracks, Codigoro
(Province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
Photo by gippi52 @ Flickr
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Monday, April 8, 2013
Chemical Trio
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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