Preparing for Night Flight

TB-3 (ANT-4) heavy bomber
1930s

Between the Classes

USS Guam, 1944

Originated by a clever Japanese miscue, this unique warship class had the "size of a battleship but the capabilities of a cruiser"*. Of six planned, two were built (Alaska & Guam), three canceled and one (Hawaii) sold for scrap, unfinished.

* Richard Worth, Fleets of World War II

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

The City

by Frans Masereel

(Source)

Trimotor Flying Boat

Macchi M.C.100, 1939

Powered by three Alfa Romeo 126 RC 10 radial engines strut mounted above the wing; each driving a tractor propeller. Room for the three person crew was in a raised control cabin forward of the wing. A main cabin in the hull had accommodation for 26 passengers. The prototype first flew on the 7 January 1939. The prototype was followed by two more aircraft, and all three were in service by June 1940 with Ala Littoria operating between Rome-Algiers-Barcelona. With the start of World War II, the aircraft was used for liaison and communication duties and to maintain a daily Rome-Marsala-Tripoli service. (Source: Wikipedia)

Berliet VUDB Cavalry Armored Vehicle

2,736 cc inline-six water-cooled engine. All-wheel drive. 4-speed gearbox. Top speed: 53 km/h. Armament: two FM 24/29 7.5 mm machine guns.
62 built in 1929, 50 for the French Army, and 12 for the Belgian Police.

Flying Diesel

Blohm & Voss Ha 139's 600hp Jumo 205C diesel engine

via 314clipper @ The Old Hangar forum

Hospital Water Tower

Balderton, Nottinghamshire

Photo by ArchD40 aka The Indecisive Moment @ Flickr

Northern River Terminal, Moscow

Architects: AM Rukhlyadyev, VF Krinsky
1937

Kinner Motors

Battle-Damaged

Type 96 15-cm howitzer on display at Yushukan Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Photo by MJ/TR (´･ω･) @ Flickr

Sound of Banjo

Mino Delle Site
1932

Besson Quadruplane

Future Streamliner

Wooden framework of streamline car body designed by Paul Jaray

1923

The Great Race

Two main contenders easily recognizable: the red plane (and the winner) is de Havilland DH.88 Comet, followed by Douglas DC-2 Uiver (KLM)

By DecoEchoes @ DeviantArt

Tbilisi, 1937

Observation terrace, Mtatsminda mountain
Photographer: Boris Ignatovich

Illinois Wristwatch, 1927

Trimotor Floatplane

CANT Z.506 taking off

From Aerei della Regia Aeronautica

Bugatti Queen

"The list of lovers, aristocrat and otherwise, who became involved with Hellé Nice during the 1930's is almost as long as the list of races in which she took part... "

Read about Hellé Nice (Helene Delangles) @ Dieselpunks.org

The Beehive

Jacoobus Hooykaas
1930s

via paul.malon @ Flickr

Read about the Byenkorf (Beehive) department store, Rotterdam @ Dieselpunks.org

Tempelhof Hangar at Night

Aircraft is Messerschmitt M20 D-2341 Harz (w/n 546), delivered in 1932. It was later re-registered as D-UKIP, then sold to VARIG as PP-VAK in 1937.

via 314clipper @ The Old Hangar forum

Japanese Crossleys

1930s

Source: World War II Database,
contributed by C. Peter Chen

Soviet Military aviators

1929

via sam_newberry @ LJ

Family Doctor

Artist: Grant Wood
1940

Source: Smithsonian American Art Museum

Belgian Red

H. Michel poster design for the Belgian International Exposition in Liège, focusing on big industry, sciences and applications, and classic Wallonian art.

Futurist Train

Artist: Mario Guido dal Monte
1928

Cheers!

Poster by Jean Carlu
1930

(See another Carlu poster here)

Jawa Motorcycle

Poster by František Zelenka
1930s

Senate House, University of London

Drawing by R Myerscough Walker
Architect: Charles Holden
1936

Charles Holden has become popularly associated with London Transport - both the stations of the 1920s and '30s as well as the HQ building of 1929, 55 Broadway (now sadly under threat of sale). However his relationship with LT became strained during the 1930s when Holden's focus shifted to the new University of London buildings - only one phase of which was completed, Senate House. This fine sketch captures the building completely. R Myersclough Walker was an architect and architectural illustrator - there is a lovely story that he drew buildings he didn't like at night!

via mikeyashworth @ Flickr

The Director

Grigoriy Alexandrov filming The Bright Path at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition, Moscow.
1939

Photographer: Mark Markov-Grinberg

Source: oldmos.ru

Guardians of the Constitution, Pt. IV

Dual-Purpose Streamliner

1930