Author: MMISI

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craftmanship

Craftmanship

The Handwerkervereinshaus is a brick building complex in Berlin.

The elaborately designed double portal is decorated with coloured terracottas and vaulted in the shape of a barrel, bears the brick inscription ‘Berliner Handwerker Verein’ above the green and white decoration, and a medallion with a symbolic handshake above the central supporting column.

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Eternal Life

This is a publicity photo for the production start-up for the Mercedes 300 SEL (W109) passenger car at the Sindelfingen plant in March 1966. The 300 SEL differs from the SE (W108) by its standard air suspension and a 100 mm longer wheelbase.

The feeling of perfection is further emphasized by Germany’s flagship airline, Lufthansa and the brand new Boeing 727-100 aircraft which was registered in June 1964. Lufthansa was the third customer to order and the first in Europe. This specific aircraft (D-ABIH, Wiesbaden) was returned to Boeing in May 1975, with over 24,000 flight hours.

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In Hot Pursuit

A handsome lead (Jean-Paul Belmondo) who can actually act, a beautiful woman (Françoise Dorléac, sister to Catherine Deneuve) who is pretty much crazy, and a villain (Jean Servais) who is charming in Philippe de Broca’s […]

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Anatomy

Left paradrop door of the Kawasaki C-2 mid-size, twin-turbofan engine, long range, high speed military transport aircraft developed and manufactured by Kawasaki Aerospace Company. The plane is deployed by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). […]

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Akita

Tokyo’s Shibuya station with the Hachiko statue in the late 1930s. The small bronze Hachiko statue may not appear particularly impressive however, it is still Shibuya’s main meeting point. The original statue sculpted by Teru […]