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 11 mai 1924


the modern election campaign

news throughout image

01- In Reims
Although the King of Romania had completed his official visit, he nevertheless remained in France. This photograph shows the sovereign in Reims, visiting the cellars of a large house.

02 - the dance
The Sakharoffs are prestigious dancers. They have just given two new performances at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, during which we admired the elegance of Alexandre and the infinite charm of Clotilde Sakharove.

03 - Progress!
To talk to voters, candidates no longer need to organise tumultuous election meetings. From the comfort of his car, he utters persuasive phrases into a microphone, which a loudspeaker transmits to the crowd.

04 - With the fine weather, the rowing matches begin. On the Marne, two valiant teams have just been pitted against each other, the Rowing team and the ‘La Marne’ team, here during their daily training session.

05 - The train from Arvant to Clermont-Ferrand had just left the station at Coudes, when a little girl fell out of a compartment and was about to roll into the Allier, which runs twenty metres below the railway line, when a soldier, jumping off the train, managed to grab the child and save her.


retour-back 11 mai 1924