Our guess is that nowadays this would not be considered a good way of keeping baby safe.
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Cunard Line's RMS 'Franconia' (1910) in the dry dock
This 18,150 grt liner was launched in July 1910, but only lasted 6 years before being sunk by a U-Boat in October 1916 in the Mediterranean during WW1. This is probably a construction photo. More info
German steam train art, late 1940
Produced for the cover of the 1941 Deutsche Reichsbahn calendar. Obviously a large tank loco is pushing in the foreground, but too indistinct to tell what is meant to be depicted.
Sunday, March 28, 2021
Handley Page H.P. 42 at Cala, Palestine, December 1936
"G-AAUE, production number 42/2, was named after the Roman emperor Hadrian. Hadrian's first flight was on 24 June 1931. On the outbreak of the Second World War, Hadrian was impressed into No. 261 Squadron RAF as AS982, at RAF Odiham. On 6 December 1940, Hadrian was torn loose from its moorings at Doncaster Airport in a gale, cartwheeled, and ended up inverted on a railway track next to the airport. The aircraft was too badly damaged to be worth repairing. The aircraft made a brief appearance in the 1936 movie Song of Freedom starring Paul Robeson." (Wikipedia)
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Friday, March 26, 2021
1949 Ford V8 Pilot (Australia)
'English styling' was seen as a plus although why isn't clear, as the American Fords were by then an advance of the pre-war style this is based on.
news from Lloyd's List on the Suez Canal blockage
(thanks to Mike Pryce)
Thursday 25 March 2021 Lloyd’s List