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Kodak Portra 400
Canon EOS 30
Canon 50mm f/1.4

This was exported to America where it was purchased by New York Double Deck Tours.

Happy Wall Wednesday!

...first I would like to apologize for the damage to this paper commercial...

...yes I admit, when I had sold my space Lego due to my age at the time, but almost like when the pirates were released I snook in to the store and bought a space police set with a portable prison with a Blacktron prisoner...

Yes it is hard to stop by a complete cold turkey!!!

Peace and Noise!

/ MushroomBrain addicted to plastic

One of the adverts to be found in the second edition of the Corporation's Official Handbook to Dublin, published in 1930. Itw as issued by the German radio and electronics company Telefunken, a company formed in Berlin in 1903 jointly by the electrical giants Siemens & Halske and AEG - Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft AG. It shows the new Telefunken 40 radio receiver and Arcophon loudspeaker.

The advert notes that the agents for the Free State were Siemens Schuckert (Ireland) Ltd. Siemens, one of the world's oldest electrical concerns, had merged parts of its business with Schuckert in 1903; in later post-WW2 years the company effectively re-merged with the other surviving Siemens undertakings to create the modern Siemens AG. Siemens Schuckert (Ireland) Ltd. were, at the time of the advert, a hugely influential company in the new State; it was their German electrical engineering and equipment that underpinned Irish engineers and construction works on the massive Shannon Hydro-Electric Scheme. It is fair to say that, unsurprisingly, the new State chose to look away from traditional British suppliers for such investment at the time.

The advert itself is German designed. It was produced by "Trias", Atelier Trias, the Berlin based advertising agency led by designer Rolf Frey. They are recalled for their modernist designs for often 'modern' clients and so such a commission, one of many for Telefunken, would have been 'spot on' with its layout and use of modern typefaces.

One of the adverts to be found in the second edition of the Corporation's Official Handbook to Dublin, published in 1930. What could be as Dublin as Guinness? This stylish advert for visits to the brewery was issued by the brewing company of Arthur Guinness Son & Co. Ltd. and their St. James's Gate Brewery.

One of the adverts to be found in the second edition of the Corporation's Official Handbook to Dublin, published in 1930. The ESB - the state owned Electricity Supply Board - had not long been formed by legislation in 1927 and whose main tasks were to start to seriously develop and extend the use of electricity across the then Free State and to best exploit the massive Shannon hydroelectric scheme and the associated generating station at Ardnacrusha whose full generating capacity of 85MW was, by 1934, able to cope with the State's entire electrical demand.

In Dublin, like many major towns and cities, electricity was first provided by a private company whose supply began in the city in 1880. Amidst a fragmented system Dublin Corporation decided to take their legal right to set up a municipally controlled undertaking in 1892 with a small generating station in the city centre in Fleet Street. By 1901 growth had outstripped capacity and a new, larger power station at Pigeon House was constructed that first supplied power in 1903. The Dublin Corporation Electricity Department was, like other smaller undertakings in the county and across the country, acquired by the ESB after its formation. DCED had a showroom in Grafton Street from where the growing domestic market in electrical 'gadgets' was serviced and that this advert promotes; the deliberate targeting of a new technology at women as 'housewives' was seen as being very important by the industry. DECD's main offices were in Fleet Street but I am uncertain as to when this St. Stephen's Green showroom was opened by the ESB or when the Grafton St. branch closed.

so I am Back in Malmö in Sweden, on Monday I will reboot my Swedish art-production :) until then enjoy this weekend with this old LEGO ad!!!

Optare MetroRider MR15 - Optare B31F

New to City of Cardiff Transport ( 125 ) during February-1995 . Joining this Operator on a date I am unaware of .

M125KBO is at the Union Street / Argyle Street junction in Glasgow City Centre , heading for Busby on Route 66 .

From my purchased print collection , exact date of shot unknown ,

“Are you reducing tooth decay with Amm-i-dent ammoniated Tooth Paste? I’ve survived Spartacus, boxing rings, and Hollywood contracts… but cavities? That’s where I draw the line. Listen, kid… we can do this the easy way or the hard way. Are you reducing tooth decay or not? Don’t lie to me. I can smell non ammoniated toothpaste from across the room.”

The ad has that “earnest celebrity stares into your soul” quality. It practically writes its own comedy. Ammoniated toothpaste was simply toothpaste with ammonia compounds added to help neutralize mouth acids – a mid-century dental fad that sounded far more scientific than it actually was. And nothing says ‘fresh breath’ like a hint of household cleaner.

ORWO Wolfen NC500
Canon EOS 30
Canon 28mm f/1.8