OPERNHAUS, Hannover, Germany. Postcard (1980s)

OPERNHAUS
Hannover

Postcard published by Verlag Schöning + Gebrüder Schmidt, Lübeck, Nº Hann 1144 (1980s).

The Hanover Opera House (Opernhaus or Niedersächsische Staatsoper) was built between 1845 and 1852 in the late Classical style. The architect was Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves, and the foreman was Christian Heinrich Tramm, who later became the court architect. It opened on September 5, 1852, with Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. The Opera House replaced the Leineschloss Palace Theatre, where operas had been performed since 1689. The Opera House served as the Royal Theatre until 1918, when it became a Prussian State Theatre. In 1921, it was converted into a local performance venue. During the bombing of Hanover in World War II, specifically on 26 July 1943, it was hit by incendiary bombs, which left only the exterior walls intact. After the reconstruction in the historical style by the architect Werner Kallmorgen, the Opera House was reopened with Richard Strauss's The Knight of the Rose on 30 November 1950.

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PARIS. Le Boulevard des Capucines. [Tramway, bus]. Postcard (1921)

PARIS
Le Boulevard des Capucines

Postcard published by Lévy Fils & Cie., Paris, Nº 1309.
Sent to Orléans le 26.03.1921.

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MUSÉE McCORD MUSEUM. Montréal, Québec, Canada. Bookmark

MUSÉE McCORD MUSEUM
690, rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Montréal H3A 1E9
www.musee-mccord.qc.ca

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The McCord Museum, formerly known as the McCord Museum of Canadian History, is a public research and teaching museum dedicated to the study of social history and the history of Montreal. The Museum’s Archives, Documentary Art, Dress, Fashion and Textiles, Indigenous Cultures, Material Culture and Photography collections, containing 2.5 million images, objects, documents and works of art, position it as the custodian of a remarkable historical heritage. It is located directly across the street from McGill University, in the downtown core of Montreal. On 13 October 1921, the McCord National Museum, as it was then called, moved to the former McGill Union building, designed by Percy Erskine Nobbs in the Arts and Crafts tradition.[The collection was based on the McCord family collection. Since 1878, David Ross McCord had been adding to the already considerable collection assembled by his family since their arrival in Canada. Over the years, he developed the plan of founding a national history museum in Montreal, at that time Canada's metropolis. Starting 31 August 2022, the museum was renamed the McCord Stewart Museum. This followed the permanent closure of the Stewart Museum in February 2021 and the integration of its collection into that of the McCord Museum. The Stewart collection consisted of approximately 27,000 artefacts related to the European presence in New France and North America.

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SS "KÖNIG ALBERT", Germany. Photo

SS KÖNIG ALBERT
Germany

SS König Albert was a German ocean liner owned by the Norddeutscher Lloyd Line of Bremen. The ship was built by Stettiner Vulcan of Stettin, and launched in 1899. She sailed on her maiden voyage from Hamburg, via the Suez Canal to the Far East. She completed eight round voyages on this service and was then transferred on 3 March 1903 to the Bremen - Cherbourg - New York City route for a single voyage. On 16 April 1903 she went to the Genoa - Naples - New York City run and stayed mainly on this service until commencing her last voyage on 11 June 1914. Interned in Italy at the outbreak of World War I, she was seized by the Italian Government in 1915, renamed the Ferdinando Palasciano and converted to a hospital ship. On 20 January 1916 off the Albanian coast she was captured as a prize by the Austro-Hungarian Navy U-boat U-11, and escorted into their naval base of Cattaro. She was later handed back to the Italians. In 1920, the ship was chartered to Navigazione Generale Italiana of Genoa and on 15 June 1920 commenced her first voyage Genoa - Naples - New York. She completed six round trip voyages on this route, the last one commencing 13 April 1921. She was used also as a transport for the Royal Italian Navy, before being scrapped in 1926. 

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CAFÉ ESPAÑA. Burgos, Spain

CAFÉ ESPAÑA
Fundado en 1921
Laín Calvo, 12
09003 Burgos
www.cafeespana.com

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MAJESTIC CAFÉ. Porto, Portugal. Coaster

MAJESTIC CAFÉ
Established in 1921
Rua de Santa Catarina, 112
4000-442 Porto
www.cafemajestic.com

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JARDÍ BOTÀNIC MARIMURTRA. Blanes, Catalunya, Spain (2024)

JARDÍ BOTÀNIC MARIMURTRA
[Marimurtra Botanical Garden]
Passeig de Carles Faust, 9
Blanes
www.marimurtra.cat

Simplified invoice (individual ticket) Nº 2/53570.
27.06.2024, 10:18
10.00 €

The 16-hectare Marimurtra Botanical Garden was founded in 1921 by the German industrialist Carl Faust (1874-1952), who had acquired the land in 1918. It stands out for its great abundance of cacti and plants from all Mediterranean regions and for the acclimatization of exotic plants from all continents.

Photos © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 06.2024.

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AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France. Le Cours Mirabeau (tramway). Old postcard

AIX-EN-PROVENCE
Le Cours Mirabeau
Le tramway de Marseille.

Postcard published by Tavelle Éditeur Nº 1.
Imp. Lévi Fils et Cie, Paris.

The tram line between Aix-en-Provence and Marseille entered service on 13 August 1903 and had a route of 30 km. It was managed by the Compagnie des tramways électriques des Bouches-du-Rhône. The line had its headers at the end of the Cours Mirabeau, in Aix, and the Saint-Antoine neighborhood of Marseille. In June 1921, the Régie départementale des chemins de fer et tramways électriques des Bouches-du-Rhône took over the line, which kept it in service until 1948.

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PACO ALCALDE. Pescados y Mariscos Frescos. Barcelona (2023)

PACO ALCALDE
Fundada en 1921
Pescados y Mariscos Frescos
c/ Emilia Llorca Martín
08003 Barcelona (Barceloneta)
www.pacoalcalde.es

(2023)

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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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FUNICOLARE DI BERGAMO ALTA (Italia) dalla stazione superiore (2006)

FUNICOLARE DI BERGAMO ALTA (Italia) dalla stazione superiore. (17.08.2006)
[Questa funicolare, progettata da Alessandro Ferretti e gestita attualmente dell'ATB, collega Città Alta, situata sul colle, al centro cittadino di Bergamo. La prima corsa della funicolare avvenne il 20 settembre 1888. Nel primo dopoguerra alla gestione subentrò l'azienda municipalizzata, oggi ATB, e l'impianto venne completamente ristrutturato tra il 1920 e il 1921: vennero modificate le due stazioni e utilizzate nuove vetture. Nel 1954 venne ulteriormente rinnovata la stazione inferiore, mentre tra il 1963 e il 1964 vennero sostituite le due vetture. Le ultime modifiche, datate invece 1988, migliorarono il sistema di sicurezza e di marcia.]

FUNICULAR RAILWAY OF BERGAMO ALTA (Italy) from the upper station. (17.08.2006)

FUNICULAR DE BERGAMO ALTA (Italia) desde la estación superior. (17.08.2006)

FUNICULAR DE BERGAMO ALTA (Itàlia) des de l'estació superior. (17.08.2006)

FUNICULAIRE DE BERGAMO ALTA (Italie) depuis la station supérieure. (17.08.2006)

Foto / Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 2006.

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FUNICOLARE DI BERGAMO ALTA (Italia). Stazione inferiore (2006)

FUNICOLARE DI BERGAMO ALTA (Italia). Stazione inferiore. (17.08.2006)
[Questa funicolare, progettata da Alessandro Ferretti e gestita attualmente dell'ATB, collega Città Alta, situata sul colle, al centro cittadino di Bergamo. La prima corsa della funicolare avvenne il 20 settembre 1888. Nel primo dopoguerra alla gestione subentrò l'azienda municipalizzata, oggi ATB, e l'impianto venne completamente ristrutturato tra il 1920 e il 1921: vennero modificate le due stazioni e utilizzate nuove vetture. Nel 1954 venne ulteriormente rinnovata la stazione inferiore, mentre tra il 1963 e il 1964 vennero sostituite le due vetture. Le ultime modifiche, datate invece 1988, migliorarono il sistema di sicurezza e di marcia.]

FUNICULAR RAILWAY OF BERGAMO ALTA (Italy). Lower station. (17.08.2006)

FUNICULAR DE BERGAMO ALTA (Italia). Estación inferior. (17.08.2006)

FUNICULAR DE BERGAMO ALTA (Itàlia). Estació inferior. (17.08.2006)

FUNICULAIRE DE BERGAMO ALTA (Italie). Station inférieure. (17.08.2006)

Foto / Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 2006.

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LYON (France). Gare de Perrache et les Voûtes (carte postale ancienne)

LYON (France). Gare de Perrache et les Voûtes. Carte postale ancienne de Carrier édit. Circulée le 31.03.1921 de Lyon à Panissières (Loire).

LYON (France). Perrache Station. Vintage postcard by Carrier édit. Posted on 31.03.1921 from Lyon to Panissières (Loire).

LYON (Francia). Estación de Perrache. Tarjeta postal antigua de Carrier édit. Circulada el 31.03.1921 de Lyon a Panissières (Loire).

LIÓ (França). Estació de Perrache. Targeta postal antiga de Carrier édit. Circulada el 31.03.1921 de Lió a Panissières (Loire).

LIONE (Francia). Stazione di Perrache. Cartolina antica di Carrier édit. Viaggiata il 31.03.1921 da Lione a Panissières (Loire).

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Société des chemins de fer nogentais (Nogent-sur-Marne - Paris, France), 1900 double-deck cars

Société des chemins de fer nogentais (Nogent-sur-Marne - Paris, France). 1900 double-deck cars bearing the wording "Traction électrique système Thomson-Houston" on each dash. BTH Photo.

Société des chemins de fer nogentais (Nogent-sur-Marne - Paris, France). Voitures à deux étages de 1900 portant la mention "Traction électrique système Thomson-Houston". BTH Photo.
[La Société des chemins de fer nogentais est une société de tramways qui exploitait un important réseau dans la banlieue est de Paris depuis la porte de Vincennes, entre 1887 et 1921. Le décret portant déclaration d'utilité publique et concession de la 1re ligne de Vincennes à Ville-Évrard date du 18 novembre 1885. La "Compagnie des chemins de fer nogentais" constituée dans ce but fut autorisée à figurer au décret de concession le 13 mars 1886. Le 21 août 1887, le Chemin de fer nogentais (CFN) ouvrit 11,6 km de voie de tramway entre Vincennes et Ville-Évrard (Neuilly-sur-Marne) en passant par Pont de Mulhouse et La Maltournée (Neuilly-Plaisance). La voie ferrée fut modifiée le 27 décembre 1888, avec un embranchement de Nogent-sur-Marne (Pont de Mulhouse) vers Bry-sur-Marne, et une seconde voie le 1er décembre 1894 de La Maltournée à Rosny-sous-Bois. En 1892, la ligne fut prolongée de Vincennes à Paris (Porte de Vincennes). En 1900, le Nogentais électrifia par lignes aériennes ses voies et créa de nouvelles lignes ayant leur terminus au métro, à Porte de Vincennes.]

Société des chemins de fer nogentais (Nogent-sur-Marne - París, Francia). Coches de dos pisos de 1900 con la inscripción "Traction électrique système Thomson-Houston". BTH Photo.

Société des chemins de fer nogentais (Nogent-sur-Marne - París, França). Cotxes de dos pisos de 1900 amb la inscripció "Traction électrique système Thomson-Houston". BTH Photo.

Société des chemins de fer nogentais (Nogent-sur-Marne - Parigi, Francia). Vetture a due piani del 1900 con la scritta "Traction électrique système Thomson-Houston". BTH Photo.

From Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transit, London, Vol. 51, No. 602 (February 1988), p. 47.
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G.M.B. (Gran Metropolitano de Barcelona). Billete de Diagonal, 35 céntimos

G.M.B. (Gran Metropolitano de Barcelona). Billete núm. 22229 de Diagonal, 35 céntimos.
[La empresa G.M.B. fue constituida el 23.05.1921 para la construcción del Gran Metro de Barcelona, la primera línea de metro de la ciudad, cuyo primer tramo, entre las plazas de Cataluña y Lesseps, se inauguró el 30.12.1924; esta empresa fue municipalizada en 1957, y en 1961 se fusionó con el Ferrocarril Metropolitano de Barcelona (Metro Transversal), el actual Ferrocarril Metropolità de Barcelona].

G.M.B. (Gran Metropolitano de Barcelona). Bitllet núm. 22229 de Diagonal, 35 cèntims.
[L'empresa G.M.B. fou constituïda el 23.05.1921 per a la construcción del Gran Metro de Barcelona, la primera línía de metro de la ciutat, el primer tram de la qual, entre les places de Cataluya i Lesseps, s'inaugurà el 30.12.1924; aquesta empresa va ser municipalitzada l'any 1957, i el 1961 es fusionà amb el Ferrocarril Metropolitano de Barcelona (Metro Transversal), l'actual Ferrocarril Metropolità de Barcelona].

G.M.B. (Gran Metropolitano de Barcelona, Spain). Vintage ticket Nº 22229 of Diagonal station,
35 cents.

G.M.B. (Gran Metropolitano de Barcelona, Espagne). Vieux billet Nº 22229 de la station de Diagonal, 35 centimes.

G.M.B. (Gran Metropolitano de Barcelona, Espagne). Vecchio biglietto Nº 22229 della stazione di Diagonal, 35 centesimi.

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Gràcies a Jordi M.

Traditionsbahn Radebeul Ost - Radeburg. 100 Jahre sächsische IV K (1892-1992)

Traditionsbahn Radebeul Ost - Radeburg. 100 Jahre sächsische IV K [1892-1921] (1892-1992). Foto: Kay-Torsten Zimmermann, 27.08.1983. Postkart Bufe-Fachbuchzentrum, München, Bf 107.

Traditional train from Radebeul Ost to Radeburg (Germany). 100 years of the Sächsische IV K locomotive [1892-1921] (1892-1992). Photo: Kay-Torsten Zimmermann, 27.08.1983. Postcard by Bufe-Fachbuchzentrum, Munich, Bf 107.

Tren tradicional de Radebeul Ost a Radeburg (Alemania). Centenario de la locomotora Sächsische IV K [1892-1921] (1892-1992). Foto: Kay-Torsten Zimmermann, 27.08.1983. Tarjeta postal de Bufe-Fachbuchzentrum, Múnich, Bf 107.

Tren tradicional de Radebeul Ost a Radeburg (Alemanya). Centenari de la locomotora Sächsische IV K [1892-1921] (1892-1992). Foto: Kay-Torsten Zimmermann, 27.08.1983. Targeta postal de Bufe-Fachbuchzentrum, Munic, Bf 107.

Train traditionnel de Radebeul Ost à Radeburg (Allemagne). 100 ans de la locomotive Sächsische IV K [1892-1921] (1892-1992). Photo: Kay-Torsten Zimmermann, 27.08.1983. Carte postale de Bufe-Fachbuchzentrum, Múnich, Bf 107.

Treno tradizionale da Radebeul Ost a Radeburg (Germania). Centenario della locomotiva Sächsische IV K [1892-1921] (1892-1992). Foto: Kay-Torsten Zimmermann, 27.08.1983. Cartolina di Bufe-Fachbuchzentrum, Monaco di B., Bf 107.

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