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 16 novembre 1924


ZZ Le Petit journal illustré 1924 11 16 in pictures The Emperor of China Pu-Yi, a sidecar made from a canoe that is causing a sensation, the Arrowrock Dam in Idaho in the United States

01 - AFTER LONG TALKS WE HAVE JUST RENEWED OFFICIAL RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA, AND MR. JEAN HERBETTE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO REPRESENT FRANCE TO THE SOVIETS.

02 - THE ENGLISH ELECTIONS WERE CLEARLY CONSERVATIVE, SO AS SOON AS MR. MACDONNALD RESIGNED, THE KING OF ENGLAND CHARGED MR. STANLEY BALDWIN WITH FORMING THE NEW CABINET.

03 - IT IS MR. KRASSINE WHOM THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT HAS JUST APPROVED AS AMBASSADOR OF THE RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC, AFTER AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS BETWEEN MM. HERRIOT AND RAKOWSKY.

04 - THE EMPEROR OF CHINA PU-YI, WHO RESIDED IN PEKING WITH A POWER MORE FICTITIOUS THAN REAL, HAS JUST BEEN DISPOSSESSED OF HIS MILLENNIAL THRONE, BUT A CIVIL LIST IS GUARANTEED TO HIM BY HIS POLITICAL ADVERSARIES.

05 - FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE OSIRIS GRAND PRIZE, AWARDED BY THE PERPETUAL SECRETARIES OF THE ACADEMIES, WAS AWARDED TO A POET, MR. JEAN RICHEPIN. HE HAS JUST BEEN AWARDED HALF OF IT, WITH MR. FABRY.

06 - THE MOST FORmidable DAM IN THE WORLD IS LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE STATE OF IDAHO. IT IS INTENDED TO ALLOW THE IRRIGATION WORKS NECESSARY FOR CULTIVATION IN THIS NOT-SO-FERTILESOME REGION. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS COLOSSAL ARCH, WHICH WEIGHS MORE THAN A MILLION TONS, TOOK FOUR YEARS. ITS HEIGHT IS 351 FEET, ITS LENGTH IS 1,100 FEET, OR 370 METERS. LOCATED AT THE FOOT OF VERY HIGH MOUNTAINS, IT SUFFERED THE SHOCK OF TWO FORMIDABLE TORRENTS WHICH IT DIRECTS AND CHANNELS ONTO THE PLAIN,

07 - AT THE ENGLISH AUTOMOBILE SHOW, THIS SIDE-CAR, FORMED FROM A CANOE, WAS VERY SUCCESS. THE BOAT CAN, IN A FEW MINUTES, BE LAUNCHED IN THE WATER.

08 - IN THE EAST, THE FLOODS TAKE ON A WORRYING ASPECT. HERE, AMONG OTHER SIGNIFICANT PHOTOS, IS THE RAILWAY TRACK, NEAR DORMANS, TAKEN FROM A MOVING TRAIN.


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