R.M.S. "MAURETANIA", Cunard Line, United Kingdom. Postcard

R.M.S. MAURETANIA
Cunard Line

Postcard.

RMS Mauretania was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson and Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906. She was the world's largest ship until the launch of RMS Olympic in 1910. Mauretania departed Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York on 16 November 1907, and on the return voyage (30 November – 5 December 1907) captured the record for the fastest eastbound crossing of the Atlantic. During the First World War, Mauretania was ordered by the British government to serve as a troop ship to carry British soldiers during the Gallipoli campaign. She returned to civilian service on 21 September 1919. The ship being scrapped in Rosyth, Scotland, in 1935.

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S/S "ARIADNE", Finland. Postcard

S/S ARIDNE

Postcard published by Postimuseo, Tampere, Nº 79 (1997). Reprint of a old postcard.

The S/S Ariadne was a passenger steamship owned by Suomen Vöyrylaiva Osakeyhtiö, which operated from 1914 to 1968. She was designed by shipbuilding engineer Hugo Lindfors and built at the Lindholmens Verkstads Ab shipyard in Gothenburg, Sweden. She had 128 class I, 58 class II and 54 class III cabin seats, and in addition there were 260 seats on deck, so a total of five hundred passengers could be embarked. The Ariadne began operating on the Helsinki - Tallinn - Stettin line on May 2, 1914. On August 4 of the same year, after the start of World War I, the Russian government seized the ship and moored it as a hospital ship in the port of Helsinki, where it remained until 1918, when the Russians left Finland. Starting in the spring of 1919, the Ariadne operated the Helsinki - Hanko - Stockholm route in the summer season and the Helsinki - Copenhagen - Hull route in the winter season before the ice arrived. In 1921 she resumed the Helsinki - Tallinn - Stettin line. She had the official status of a postal ship. After the outbreak of the Winter War, the Ariadne was stationed first at Uusikaupunki and later at the Swedish cities of Holmsund and Stockholm. In 1942-1943 the ship was leased to the German Navy and as a hospital ship she transported wounded soldiers to Germany. At the end of the Continuation War, in September 1944 she again became a hospital ship for Finnish soldiers. From June 1949 to 1967 the ship operated the Helsinki-Copenhagen route, and then the Helsinki-Tallinn and Turku-Stockholm routes. She was taken out of service in September 1968 and in July 1969 she was sold for scrapping.

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Saloon steamer "Cobra", Germany. Sea resort for transatlantic service. Postcard

SALOON STEAMER COBRA
Sea resort service Hamburg-New York.

Postcard (reprint) published by Posti Museo, Tampere, Finland, No. 81, 2000 / 16.05.1997.

The Saloon steamer Cobra was a paddle wheeler powered steamship, launched at Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan (Glasgow, Scotland) on 2 March 1889, renamed St. Tudno by Liverpool & Llandudno SS Co Ltd, Liverpool, England, in 1890. The same year was renamed Cobra by Albert Ballin, Hamburg (Germany). In 1897 it was purchased by Nordsee-Linie Dampfschiff GmbH, Hamburg, and in 1905 it became the property of Hamburg-Amerika Linie (HAPAG), also from Hamburg, which used it for the Atlantic crossing. In 1919 it was seized by the French government as war reparations, and in 1920 it reverted to the property of Hamburg-Amerika Linie (HAPAG) of Hamburg, which purchased it from France and returned it to service until April 1922, when it was scrapped in Wismar (Germany) by Mahr & Beyer.

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COMPAGNIE DE TRANSPORTS AU MAROC - Lignes Nationales

COMPAGNIE DE TRANSPORTS AU MAROC (Casablanca). Lignes Nationales. Billet R Nº 0267684 de ? à Agadir. 66,00 DH.
[La Compagnie de transports au Maroc (CTM) est une compagnie marocaine de transports de voyageurs, avec siège social à Casablanca, créee le 30 novembre 1919.] 

COMPAGNIE DE TRANSPORTS AU MAROC (Casablanca). National Lines. Ticket R Nº 0267684 from ? to Agadir. 66,00 DH.

COMPAGNIE DE TRANSPORTS AU MAROC (Casablanca). Líneas nacionales. Billete R Nº 0267684 de ? a Agadir. 66,00 DH.

COMPAGNIE DE TRANSPORTS AU MAROC (Casablanca). Línies nacionals. Bitllet R Nº 0267684 de ? a Agadir. 66,00 DH.

COMPAGNIE DE TRANSPORTS AU MAROC (Casablanca). Linee nazionali. Biglietto R Nº 0267684 da ? a Agadir. 66,00 DH.

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Gracias a Hernán

RESTAURANT BEIM HOFMEISTER, Wien (Österreich / Austria)

RESTAURANT BEIM HOFMEISTER

Bräunerstrasse 7
1010 Wien (Österreich / Austria)
www.restaurant-hofmeister.at

[In the place of actual restaurant the imperial riding stables of Empress Maria Theresria had been situated till 1687. The portal, adorned by an escutcheon, was erected in 1684 and has been well preserved to this day. Indeed gastronomy was established since 1723 under these vaults. The whote building was called “Freihaus Walterskirchen”. In 1878 Katharina Breyer founded here the so called “Protiviner Bierhalle”, named after the small Bohemian town Protivin, where a famous brewery was situated. As of 1902 the new owner decided to sell only the famous Eudweiser beer. In 1919 the grandparents Hofmeister took over the restaurant and called it “Zum alten Burgkeller”. In the postwar era the restaurant changed its name into “Bukarest” and after 1998 once more into “Beim Hofmeister” named after our surname, in honour and gratitude of our grandparents.]

Publicitary card.
Tarjeta publicitaria.
Targeta publicitària.
Carte publicitaire.
Carta pubblicitaria.

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Merci à Lysiane

CHILE. Boleto "Historia del Transporte al Bicentenario" (2010). Góndolas, 1919

CHILE. Boleto Nº J 1068652, "Historia del Transporte al Bicentenario" (2010). Góndolas, 1919 (Foto: Archivo Fotográfico Chilectra.)
[Esta serie, impresa por J. Mora y utilizada por algunas líneas de buses de Temuco, Concepción y Valparaíso, consta de 6 boletos, que hacen un breve recuento histórico de la evolución del transporte colectivo en Santiago, desde los carros de sangre en 1857 hasta la instauración del Transantiago en febrero del 2007, pasando por los tranvías, las góndolas, las micros y liebres y las amarillas. Cada uno de estos seis boletos recrea la imagen respectiva y tiene al reverso un párrafo explicativo, extractado de las páginas web nuestro.cl y memoriachilena.cl, para contextualizar cada período.]

CHILE. Ticket Nº J 1068652, "Historia del Transporte al Bicentenario" (2010). Góndolas, 1919 (Photo: Archivo Fotográfico Chilectra.)

XILE. Bitllet Nº J 1068652, "Historia del Transporte al Bicentenario" (2010). Góndolas, 1919 (Foto: Archivo Fotográfico Chilectra.)

CHILI. Billet Nº J 1068652, "Historia del Transporte al Bicentenario" (2010). Góndolas, 1919 (Photo: Archivo Fotográfico Chilectra.)

CILE. Biglietto Nº J 1068652, "Historia del Transporte al Bicentenario" (2010). Góndolas, 1919 (Foto: Archivo Fotográfico Chilectra.

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Graciaas a Juan Carlos
 

KUMU, Eesti kunstimuseum. Tallinn (Eesti / Estonia)

KUMU

Eesti kunstimuuseum / Estonian Art Museum

Weizenbergi 34 / Valge 1
Tallinn (Eesti / Estonia)
www.kumu.ee

[Art Museum of Estonia was founded on November 17th, 1919, but it was not until 1921 that it got its first permanent building – the Kadriorg Palace, built in the 18th century. In 1929 the palace was expropriated from the Art Museum in order to rebuild it as the residence of the President of Estonia. The Art Museum of Estonia was housed in several different temporary spaces, until it moved back to the palace in 1946. In September, 1991 the Kadriorg Palace was closed, because it had totally deteriorated by then. At the end of the year the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia decided to guarantee the construction of a new building for the Art Museum of Estonia in Kadriorg. Until then the Knighthood House at Toompea Hill served as the temporary main building of the Art Museum of Estonia. The exhibition there was opened on April 1, 1993. Art Museum of Estonia premanently closed down the exhibitions in that building in October 2005.
At the end of the 1970s, in the 1980s the first branches of the Art Museum of Estonia were founded. Starting from the 1995 all the branches offer different educational programmes for children and young people.  In 1996 the exhibition hall on the first floor of Rotermann Salt Storage was opened, this branch was closed in May 2005. In summer 2000 the restored Kadriorg Palace was opened, but not as the main building of the Art Museum of Estonia, but as a branch. Kadriorg Art Museum now exhibits the foreign art collection of the Art Museum of Estonia.
At present there are five active branches of the Art Museum of Estonia: Kadriorg Art Museum (Kadriorg Palace and Mikkel Museum), Niguliste Museum, Adamson-Eric Museum, and Kumu Art Museum (the new main building of the Art Museum of Estonia, opened on 14 February 2006).]

Publicitary brochure.
Folleto publicitario.
Fullet publicitari.
Brochure publicitaire.
Opuscolo pubblicitario.

Summer 2011.

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Aitäh, Linda! (http://suleke.blogspot.com/)

RMS "Olympic" (collectable card)

RMS "Olympic" drawn by Edgar Pullin. Collectible card by Amalgamated Tobacco Corporation (South Africa) Ltd., Johannesburg, 'Famous British Ships', series Nº 1, 24.
[RMS "Olympic" was an ocean liner built by Harland and Wolff, in Belfast (North Ireland), for the White Star Line, which also included Titanic and Britannic. Unlike her sisters, Olympic served a long and illustrious career (1911 to 1935). For a short time she was the largest ocean liner in the world. Was launched 20 October 1910, her maiden voyage commenced on 14 June 1911. "Olympic"'s first major mishap occurred on 20 September 1911, when she collided with a British warship, HMS "Hawke" off the Isle of Wight. Although the incident resulted in the flooding of two of her compartments and a twisted propeller shaft, "Olympic" was able to return to Southampton under her own power. Afer other incidents, during the war "Olympic" is reported to have carried up to 201,000 troops and other personnel, burning 347,000 tons of coal and travelling about 184,000 miles. Her impressive World War I service earned her the nickname "Old Reliable". In August 1919 Olympic returned to Belfast for restoration to civilian service. At the turn of 1927-28, Olympic was converted to carry tourist third cabin passengers as well as first, second and third class. Tourist third cabin was an attempt to attract travellers who desired comfort without the accompanying high ticket price. New public rooms were constructed for this class, although tourist third cabin and second class would merge to become 'tourist' by late 1931. "Olympic" was withdrawn from service in 1935 and sold to be partially demolished at Jarrow, providing work for the region. In 1937, Olympic was towed to Inverkeithing to T.W. Ward's yard for final demolition.]

El RMS "Olympic" dibujado por Edgar Pullin. Cromo de Amalgamated Tobacco Corporation (South Africa) Ltd., Johannesburg, 'Famous British Ships', serie Nº 1, 24.

El RMS "Olympic" dibuixat per Edgar Pullin. Cromo d'Amalgamated Tobacco Corporation (South Africa) Ltd., Johannesburg, 'Famous British Ships', sèrie Nº 1, 24.

Le RMS "Olympic" dessiné par Edgar Pullin. Carte à collectionner d'Amalgamated Tobacco Corporation (South Africa) Ltd., Johannesburg, 'Famous British Ships', série Nº 1, 24.

Il RMS "Olympic" disegnato da Edgar Pullin. Figurina di Amalgamated Tobacco Corporation (South Africa) Ltd., Johannesburg, 'Famous British Ships', serie Nº 1, 24.

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OLDHAM CORPORATION (England). Roe bodied Leyland PDi bus of 1947

OLDHAM CORPORATION (England). Roe bodied Leyland PDi bus of 1947. Illustration: G. S. Cooper. Postcard by M.A. Arts, MB64/100.
[The first tram line of the Oldham Corporation Transport was open on the 15th December 1900. At this time, Oldham was still being served by the horse trams of the Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company. Motorbuses had made an appearance in Oldham during May 1913. A further service was introduced on the 31st August 1914 to Denshaw from the new tram terminus at Grains Bar. However, the cost of operating the buses was becoming too expensive and the services were withdrawn in 1919. The 1968 Road Transport Act provided for the creation of the South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire (SELNEC) Passenger Transport Executive, of which Oldham became a part on the 1st November 1969, officially ceasing to exist as a separate municipal undertaking at midnight on the 31st October.]

OLDHAM CORPORATION (Inglaterra). Autobús Roe Leyland PDi de 1947. Illustración: G. S. Cooper. Tarjeta postal de M.A. Arts, MB64/100.

OLDHAM CORPORATION (Anglaterra). Autobús Roe Leyland PDi de 1947. Il·lustraciço: G. S. Cooper. Targeta postal de M.A. Arts, MB64/100.

OLDHAM CORPORATION (Angleterre). Bus Roe Leyland PDi de 1947. Illustration: G. S. Cooper. Carte postale de M.A. Arts, MB64/100.

OLDHAM CORPORATION (Inghilterra). Autobus Roe Leyland PDi del 1947. Illustrazione: G. S. Cooper. Cartolina di M.A. Arts, MB64/100.

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EDINBURGH CORPORATION TRANSPORT (Scotland). Tourist route ticket

EDINBURGH CORPORATION TRANSPORT (Scotland). Tourist route bus Bell Punch ticket
Nº A g3739. 1/-.
[This company can trace its history back to the Edinburgh Street Tramways Company of 1871, also involving at various times the tramway companies of Leith, Musselburgh and Edinburgh North. The City Council (Edinburgh Corporation Tramways Department) took over operation of the tramways in 1919, at which time most of the system was cable operated. Electrification of the tram network was completed in 1923, but the first motor buses had arrived in 1919. Tramway abandonment took place between 1950 and 1956, after which the operation became the Edinburgh Corporation Transport Department.]

EDINBURGH CORPORATION TRANSPORT (Escocia). Billete de autobús de la ruta turística
Nº A g3739. 1/-.

EDINBURGH CORPORATION TRANSPORT (Escòcia). Bitllet d'autobús de la ruta turística
Nº A g3739. 1/-.

EDINBURGH CORPORATION TRANSPORT (Écosse). Billet de bus de la route touristique
Nº A g3739. 1/-.

EDINBURGH CORPORATION TRANSPORT (Scozia). Biglietto d'autobus del giro turistico
Nº A g3739. 1/-.

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CAEN (France). Tramway in 1920

CAEN (France). Tramway in 1920. One of the cars built at the Preston works. Photo: GEC Traction Ltd.
[The Compagnie des tramways électriques de Caen was opened in 1901 and closed on 23 January 1937, letting buses take over public transport]

CAEN (France). Tramway en 1920. L'une des voitures construites par Preston. Photo: GEC Traction Ltd.
[Pendant l'été de 1900 fût fondée la Compagnie des tramways électriques de Caen. Celle-ci est chargée d'exploiter un réseau de trois lignes s'étendant sur 11 km. Le mémoire descriptif pour l'établissement d'un réseau de tramways à traction électrique prévoit la construction de trois lignes à voie métrique s'étendant sur 11.054 m. Le réseau est finalement inauguré le 29 novembre 1901. Les tramways desservaient les principaux points de la ville jusqu'aux faubourgs de la Maladrerie et de Venoix (alors commune indépendante). Après la Première guerre mondiale, l'inflation liée à l'accroissement du coût des matières premières et de la main d'œuvre dégrade le bilan financier de la compagnie. Le 11 novembre 1919 et le 8-9 avril 1920, la compagnie et la ville signent des avenants au contrat qu'elles ont signée en 1900 afin de faire face à ses difficultés financières. Arguant du fait que l'économie du contrat aurait été bouleversée, la compagnie demande également une indemnité pour charges extra-contractuelles. La ville refusant de lui accorder cette compensation, la compagnie interrompt le service pendant un temps. Le Conseil de préfecture du Calvados, dans un arrêt du 23 février 1921, puis le Conseil d'État, dans une décision du 12 avril 1924, donnent toutefois raison à la ville. Son exploitation s'acheva le 23 janvier 1937, laissant les bus, dont la première ligne avait été créée en 1932, prendre la relève. Une cérémonie d'obsèques solennelles fut organisée par les étudiants pour saluer la fin des trams que les contemporains considéraient comme "vieux et peu commodes".]

CAEN (Francia). Tranvía en 1920. Se trata de uno de los coches construidos por Preston. Foto: GEC Traction Ltd.

CAEN (Francia). Tramvia en 1920. És un dels cotxes construïts per Preston. Foto: GEC Traction Ltd.

CAEN (Francia). Tram nel 1920. È una delle vetture costruite da Preston. Foto: GEC Traction Ltd.

From Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transit, London, Vol. 51, No. 602 (February 1988), p. 48.
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Vapor "Capita Revuelta" (construido en 1890), de la Cía. Hijos de J. Tayà (1919)

Vapor "Capita Revuelta" (ex "Ragnvald-Jarl", Ex "Nordenfjeldske"; construido en Newcastle, Inglaterra, por Wigham Richardson & Co. en 1890; desguazado en 1929), de Cía. Hijos de J. Tayà (1919). Pintura de M. Martí Barrionuevo. Tarjeta postal impresa por Trajecte, 50 (1991).

Vapor "Capita Revuelta" (ex "Ragnvald-Jarl", Ex "Nordenfjeldske"; construït a Newcastle, Anglaterra, per Wigham Richardson & Co. l'any 1890; desbastellat el 1929), de la Cía. Hijos de J. Tayà (1919). Pintura de M. Martí Barrionuevo. Targeta postal impresa per Trajecte, 50 (1991).

Steamship "Capita Revuelta" (ex "Ragnvald-Jarl", Ex "Nordenfjeldske"; built in Newcastle, England, by Wigham Richardson & Co. in 1890; scrapped in 1929), of Cía. Hijos de J. Tayà (1919). Painting by M. Martí Barrionuevo. Postcard printed by Trajecte, 50 (1991).

Bateau de vapeur "Capita Revuelta" (ex "Ragnvald-Jarl", Ex "Nordenfjeldske"; construit à Newcastle, Angleterre, par Wigham Richardson & Co. en 1890; démoli en 1929), de la Cía. Hijos de J. Tayà (1919). Peinture de M. Martí Barrionuevo. Carte postale imprimée par Trajecte, 50 (1991).

Nave a vapore "Capita Revuelta" (ex "Ragnvald-Jarl", Ex "Nordenfjeldske"; costruita a Newcastle, Inghilterra, da Wigham Richardson & Co. nel 1890; sfasciato nel 1929), della Cía. Hijos de J. Tayà (1919). Pittura di M. Martí Barrionuevo. Cartolina stampata da Trajecte, 50 (1991).

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HELSINKI (Finland). Rautatieasema / Railway Station

HELSINKI (Finland). Rautatieasema / Railway Station [designed for the architect Eliel Saarinen this station was opened in 1919]. Photo: Dino Sassi. Postcard by PR kortti 1 00478-1.

HELSINKI (Finlandia). Estación de ferrocarriles [diseñada por el arquitecto Eliel Saarinen, fue inaugurada en 1919]. Foto: Dino Sassi. Tarjeta postal de PR kortti 1 00478-1.

HÈLSINKI (Finlàndia). Estació de ferrocarrils [dissenyada per l'arquitecte Eliel Saarinen, fou inaugurada l'any 1919]. Foto: Dino Sassi. Targeta postal de PR kortti 1 00478-1.

HELSINKI (Finlande). Gare de chemins de fer [conçue par l'architecte Eliel Saarinen, fût inaugurée en 1919]. Photo: Dino Sassi. Carte postalw de PR kortti 1 00478-1.

HELSINKI (Finlandia). Stazione ferroviaria [dissegnata dall'architetto Eliel Saarinen, fu inaugurata nel 1919]. Foto: Dino Sassi. Cartolina di PR kortti 1 00478-1.

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