Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
The Flying Crocodile
A Tupolev ANT-9 trimotor used in 1930s by the Soviet propaganda squadron. Named after the Krokodil (Crocodile) satyrical magazine, it was painted and decorated after a design by VB Shavrov.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Dutch Electric Power
A Mat '24 electric motor unit of the Netherlands state railways (1924) near the Teleac educational broadcasting company building (1998) in HilversumBy Photo JB Hilversum @ Flickr
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Casa del Balilla
Junior sports school in Arborea (former Mussolinia)Architect: Giovanni Battista Ceas
1934-1935
Photo by seier+seier @ Flickr
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Smooth Light
Bauhaus building - Ceiling lamp HMB 29 by Marianne Brandt1928/29
Photo by Kai 'Oswald' Seidler @ Flickr
See Marianne Brandt photographs and designs @ Dieselpunk.org
Monday, May 23, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Silver Torpedo
Diesel-hydraulic motor unitThree cars (total weight 100 ton), two 350-hp Diesel engines, top speed 142.4 km/h
Designed by vasillich for the Atlantic Republic project
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Facelift, Swindon Fashion
Locomotives in "A" Shop, GWR Swindon Works24th February 1935
From the collection of Mr T. Midwinter
In 1935, the Great Western Railway 6014 King Henry VII (at left) and the Manorbier Castle (right) received a very similar treatment - an aerodynamic "nose bullet".
All rights reserved by Swindon Collection, Central Library
Monday, May 16, 2011
Connecting Neutral Capitals
The Aeroflot (USSR) - ABA Aerotransport (Sweden) joint air service timetable cover.1940
The air liner is Douglas DC-3, of course
Source: Airline Timetable Images
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
The Guardians of the Constitution, Pt. 3
Norway, 1929. Secret agent J. Fjeld Jr. has been bitten by a werewolf, accused of murder and is now hunted by his own colleagues. And things are about to get worse...
via J. Fjeld Jr. @ Dieselpunks.org
via J. Fjeld Jr. @ Dieselpunks.org
Friday, May 13, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
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
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
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.Berlin, 1945
Red Army soldiers with a bronze eagle removed from over doorway of the State Chancellery buildingPhotographer: William Vandivert
© LIFE
Sunday, May 8, 2011
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
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Pepa Bonafe
Artist: Jean Carlu1928
One of Carlu’s most celebrated posters. A classic Art Deco poster, showing cubist influences, by Jean Carlu, one of the early twentieth-century’s preeminent poster designers. On his famous image of the comedienne Pépa Bonafé, Carlu explained: "The Pépa Bonafé agent asked me to create a poster but I was not, like Loupot, a posterist of women. I did not feel comfortable. However, by stylizing her profile, I immediately caught the resemblance. Pépa Bonafé did not look her best, but she understood that this poster on walls would be excellent publicity. I combined curves and straight lines so that I could associate the mask of joy with the mask of sadness. " (Source)
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Once Upon a Time in Palestine
Short S.17 Kent Satyrus at the Galilee Lido1930s
Matson Collection / Library of Congress
via A30yoyo @ Flickr
