Streamline Fasces

A proposal for Casa del Fascio in Venice
by Quirino de Giorgio
1930s

Too Late

The AMX-40 has been developed as a potential successor to SOMUA S 35 cavalry tank. It was built around a relatively small 160-hp diesel engine. Sloped armor (up to 60 mm) provided good protection for the crew of three. Main armament was a 47-mm gun backed by two MGs. This small, light (20 ton) and advanced vehicle remained on paper due to the fall of France in 1940.

Image: WW2 Drawings

Yellow Tornado

by Fehr
1936

via paul.malon @ Flickr

Another QM Poster

via The Cunarders

See also:
The Queen on red & gold
RMS Queen Mary & LZ 129 Hindenburg

Three Shakers

These silver plated cocktail shakers were made by the Napier Co. (Meriden, CT) in the 1930's. The first one is from 1932 and was the first cocktail shaker manufactured by Napier. It is the Tells-You-How-Mixer (just turn the body and the ingredients for all your favorite drinks appear in the windows). The middle one is the rare pengiun shaker from 1936 by Emil A. Schuelke. His beak opens when you pour. The third one is a sleek conical design from 1934, also by Schuelke.

Source

Berlin, 1945

Red Army soldiers with a bronze eagle removed from over doorway of the State Chancellery building

Photographer: William Vandivert
© LIFE

Madrid Metro

The first line of the Madrid metro opened on 17 October 1919 under the direction of the Compañía de Metro Alfonso XIII, with 8 stations and 3.5 km (2.2 mi). It was constructed in a narrow section and the stations had 60 m platforms. The enlargement of this line and the construction of two others followed shortly after 1919. In 1936, the network had three lines and a branch line between Opera and Norte railway station. All these stations served as air raid shelters during the Spanish Civil War.

Photo via fotografia-de-alvaro.blogspot.com @ Flickr