Nouvelles des ports

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor

Rafiots et compagnies

aquarelle marine cargo au mouillage - marine watercolor cargo ship at anchor

Nouvelles des escales

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor

Le Petit Journal illustré - April 05, 1925

Le Petit journal illustré 1925 04 05 In the Kingdom of Iraq, due to a lack of modernity, boatmen are inventive
In London, fog, or "pea soup," isn't always the thick fog that darkens the entire city and stops all traffic. Often, it's just a simple mist. But, as it is, it still bothers passersby and cars. To remedy this by allowing police officers to control traffic using signals, the city's chief constable had the idea of ​​giving his officers gloves with long white cuffs. It's a new kingdom, created in the wake of the war, but it's not yet modernized. To cross, for example, the Tigris, where the bridges are flawed, boatmen use round gondolas. Despite their inconvenience, they can accommodate about twenty people.

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