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Arizona desert postcards of the 1930s & 1940s

Oliver Tomas — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:45:46 +0000

18/06/10 – Small selection of desert-themed postcards from the 1930s and 1940s. All feature the Arizona desert, have a ‘linen-finish’ and are marked: ‘C.T. Art Colortone’. Postcard pictured above entitled: The Painted Desert, Arizona [P.D. 29]

The Battleship from El Tovar [GC-4]

El Tovar Hotel on the rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona [GC-8]

The Zoroaster and Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona [GC-7]

Eagle Nest Rock, Petrified Forest, Arizona [P.F. 33]

C.P. Hornung: Handbook of designs and devices (1946)

Oliver Tomas — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:10:33 +0000

22/03/10 – A small selection from the 1,836 examples outlined in C.P. Hornung’s Handbook of designs and devices (1946):

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Tatra T600 Tatraplan 1946-7 streamlined automobile

Oliver Tomas — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:08:53 +0000

23/09/09 – Old toy model of the Tatra T600 Tatraplan automobile designed in 1946-7 in Czechoslovakia by Josef Chalupa, Vladimír Popelář and Hans Ledwinka. The Tatraplan had a monocoque streamlined six-seater saloon body with a drag coefficient (Cd) of just 0.32. It was powered by an air-cooled flat-4 cylinder 1,952 cc rear-mounted engine. Only 6,342 were produced. Toy dimensions: 10″x 3.75″ x 3.5″.

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Ladislav Sutnar: Design and paper, number 13 (1943)

Oliver Tomas — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:55:10 +0000

17/07/09 – Selections from Design and Paper (13): Controlled Visual Flow by Ladislav Sutnar, New York (1943).

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Ladislav Sutnar: Design and paper, number 19 (1945)

Oliver Tomas — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:21:27 +0000

16/07/09 – Selections from Design and Paper (19): Shape, line and color by Ladislav Sutnar, New York (1945).

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