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 Peit Journal illustré 28 septembre 1924


Current events through images with Carnac

1° CARNAC IS ONE OF THE MOST CURIOUS CORNERS OF MORBIHAN AND ITS ALIGNMENT OF MENHIRS IS RIGHTLY FAMOUS ALL OVER THE WORLD. BUT IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENTED PILGRIMAGE AND "PARDON" CENTERS IN BRITTANY AND THE SAINT-CORNELY PROCESSION ATTRACTS THOUSANDS OF FAITHFUL EVERY AUTUMN.

2° THE CONSTANT PROGRESS OF AIR NAVIGATION EXCEEDS THE BOLDEST ANTICIPATIONS OF ITS PROMOTERS AND THE LAST TOURIST AVIATION COMPETITION, WHOSE ARRIVAL TOOK PLACE AT LE BOURGET, SHOWED ONCE AGAIN THAT THE PLANE WAS REALLY A MEANS OF TRANSPORT FOR PUBLIC USE, LIKE THE CAR.

3° THE RIDER BONTEMPS OF THE C. A. S. G. WHO WON THE MILE CHALLENGE IN 4 MINUTES 26 SECONDS 4/5.
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4° THE BRUSSELS-PARIS CYCLING RACE WAS WON BY THE RIDERS MARTIN, FIRST, AND BALLY SECOND. WE CAN SEEN THEM BOTH RESPECTIVELY ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LAP OF HONOUR.

5° THE HAITIAN CAÏTOR, WHO BROKE THE FRENCH RECORD FOR THE LONG JUMP, REACHING 7 METERS 30.

6° JACKIE COOGAN RECEIVED A TRIUMPHAL, -AND EXAGGERATED, WELCOME IN ENGLAND. ONE SHUDDERS WHEN WE THINK OF THE MENTALITY THIS KID WILL HAVE WHEN HE REACHES MANHOOD, WHEREAS DURING HIS CHILDHOOD PERSONALITIES, SUCH AS THE LORD MAYOR OF SOUTHAMPTON, WERE AWARE OF BEING INTRODUCED TO HIM.

7° OUR PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL, MR. HERRIOT, HAS A HORROR AT PROTOCOL AND ITS OUTDATED POMPOMS. AT THE LÉPINE COMPETITION, HE VISITED EACH STAND WITH EXTREME ATTENTION, TAKING AN INTEREST IN ALL THE INVENTIONS AND STRIVING BY HIS NATURALNESS AND GOOD-HEARTEDNESS TO WIN THE TRUST OF EACH OF HIS INTERLOCUTORS.


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