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Metropolis, 1926
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Vickers-Wolseley, 1926
The Wolseley-Vickers wheel-cum-track car was a prototype passenger car with a tracked undercarriage. Though was practically no need for the Wolseley-Vickers hybrid vehicle for civilian use, military customers were interested in it as a “staff vehicle.”
Posters of Metropolis, 1926
Making Metropolis, 1926
Various imagery and sketches showing how Fritz Lang’s Metropolis came into being.
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Miss Mend, 1926
Miss Mend is a 1926 Soviet spy film, originally realized in three parts, directed by and starring Boris Barnet and Fyodor Otsep. It is loosely based on the books by Marietta Shaginyan. The story follows the adventures of three reporters who try to stop a biological attack on the USSR by powerful Western businessmen. (Wikipedia)
Bootlegger’s Map, 1926
Bootlegger’s Map of the United States “Honi soit qui mal y pints”.
Published in 1926 during prohibition, the map includes many “place” names and plays on words that captures the humor and mood of the era.
The map was originally created by Edward Gerstall McCandlish, staff cartoonist for the Washington Post.