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| x Roaring Twenties |
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Roaring Twenties is a phrase used to describe the 1920s, principally in North America, that emphasizes the period's social, artistic, and cultural dynamism. 'Normalcy' returned to politics in the wake of World War I, jazz music blossomed, the...
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| x American Prints between the Wars |
The works reflect the experiences of the times, ranging from postwar recollections and the exuberance of the 1920s to the despair of the Great Depression. The exhibition features works from the Museum’s collection, including many recent...
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| x Alfa Romeo 6C |
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The Alfa Romeo 6C name was used on road, race and sports cars made between 1925–1954 by Alfa Romeo. 6C refers to a straight 6 engine. Bodies to these cars were made by coachbuilders such as James Young, Zagato, Touring, Castagna, and Pininfarina....
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| x Ace |
The Ace was an American-assembled car made in Ypsilanti, Michigan by Apex Motor Corp., which emphasized "square" coachwork lines. It was built between 1920 and 1922, and used Continental and Herschell-Spillman six-cylinder engines, as well as a Gray...
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| x Peugeot Type 125 |
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The Peugeot Type 125 was a midrange car from Peugeot produced in 1910. In less than a year of production, 150 units were built at their Audincourt factory. The car was billed as sporty; top speed from the 1.1 L engine was 50 kilometres per hour (31...
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| x Alfa Romeo 20/30 HP |
Alfa Romeo Torpedo 20/30 HP is considered to be first Alfa Romeo named car after A.L.F.A. brand, some sources says it is Alfa Romeo G1. 20/30 HP had 4250 cc sidevalve straight-4 engine and it produced 67 bhp. Car was meant to upper class and price...
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| x Austin 16 |
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The Austin 16 was a British car made by the Austin Motor Company between 1927 and 1936. The "16" name was re-used in the post war Austin 16 hp.
The car was introduced as a medium saloon in 1927 sitting above the 7 and 12 hp (9 kW) models but smaller...
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| x Studebaker President |
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The Studebaker President was the premier automobile model manufactured by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana (USA) during the 1926 to 1942 model years. The nameplate was reintroduced in 1955 and used until the end of the 1958 model...
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| x Rolls-Royce Phantom I |
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The Phantom was Rolls-Royce's replacement for the original Silver Ghost.
Like the famed Ghost, the Phantom was constructed both in the United Kingdom and United States, with the US model trailing the UK by one year on introduction and two in...
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| x Bentley 3 Litre |
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The 3 Litre was the sports car that put Bentley on the automotive map. It was a large car compared to the tiny, lightweight Bugattis then dominating racing, but its innovative technology and strength made up for its weight. The 4000 lb (1800 kg) car...
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| x Renault Reinastella |
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The Renault Reinastella is an automobile created by the French car maker Renault. The original Reinastella was a luxury-class car manufactured between 1929 and 1933.
The original Reinastella was the first of Renault's Stella series, high-end luxury...
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| x Rumpler |
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The Rumpler Tropfenwagen ("Rumpler drop car", named after its shape) was a car developed by Austrian engineer Edmund Rumpler.
Rumpler, born in Vienna, was a designer of aircraft when on the 1921's Berlin car show he introduced the Tropfenwagen. It...
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| x Morris Minor |
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The Morris Minor was produced by the Morris Motor Company in two versions. From 1928 to 1932 the cars had an 847 cc single overhead camshaft engine. This was then replaced by a more conventional side-valve unit of the same capacity until production...
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| x Triumph 13/35 |
The Triumph 13/35 or 12.8 was a car manufactured from 1924 to 1926 by the Triumph Motor Company in the UK.
It was powered by a four cylinder 1872 cc engine of 72 mm bore and 115 mm stroke with single Zenith carburettor which produced 36 bhp.
It was...
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| x Coats Steam Car |
The Coats Steam Car was an American steam automobile produced from 1921 until 1923 first in Columbus and later in Bowling Green, Ohio.
Few of the cars, tourers designed by George A. Coats, were built. They featured a three-cylinder steam engine...
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| x Triumph Super 7 |
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The Triumph Super 7 was a car manufactured from 1927 to 1934 by the Triumph Motor Company. It was produced as a response to the success of the Austin 7 and was Triumph's first car to be made in large numbers. In 1933 the name was changed to the...
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| x Austin 12 hp |
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The Austin 12/4 was introduced by the Austin Motor Company in 1921. It was the second of Herbert Austin's post World War I models and was in many ways a scaled-down version of the 20/4, introduced in 1919. (The letters 'HP' in its name defined its...
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| x Ford Model A |
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The Ford Model A (1927–1931) was the second huge success for the Ford Motor Company, after its predecessor, the Model T. First produced on October 20, 1927, but not sold until December 2, it replaced the venerable Model T, which had been produced...
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| x Renault Vivastella |
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The Renault Vivastella (Type PG2) was a full-size automobile manufactured by Renault between 1929 and 1939.
Different versions of the car were produced throughout the thirties and were differentiated by engine size but always shorter that the...
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| x Renault Monasix |
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The Renault Monasix (Type RY) was an compact car or small family car automobile manufactured between 1927 to 1932 by Renault.
The car was considered a commercial failure mainly because the engine was too small for the car's length and weight, which...
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| x Fiat 520 |
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The Fiat 520 is a name of two different Fiat produced car in 1920s.
Fiat's entry in the luxury car market, the 520 "Superfiat" was equipped with a V12 engine of 6,805 cc producing a claimed 90 bhp. For several years in the early 1920s it was the...
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| x Alfa Romeo P2 |
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The Alfa Romeo P2 won the inaugural Automobile World Championship in 1925, taking victory in two of the four championship rounds when Antonio Ascari drove it in the European Grand Prix at Spa and Gastone Brilli-Peri won the Italian Grand Prix at...
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| x Alfa Romeo 20/30 HP ES Sport |
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Alfa Romeo 20/30 HP ES Sport was based on 1914 20/30 E model. S was added to emphasize the sportiness of the car. This car had electronic lights and electronic starter. Chassis was shortened from previous E model. This was the car that Enzo Ferrari...
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| x Alfa Romeo G1 |
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Alfa Romeo G1 was the first all-new design Alfa Romeo after A.L.F.A. brand. Giuseppe Merosi, while into a legal action against Nicola Romeo about the takeover conditions, designed at home the drawings for both the update of the prewar 24HP into the...
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| x MG 14/28 |
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The MG 14/28 Super Sports was the first car produced by the MG Car company and launched in 1924. It was replaced by the very similar 14/40 in 1927. They were built at first in small premises in Alfred Lane, Oxford moving in 1925 to a larger site...
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| x MG 14/40 |
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The MG 14/40 or 14/40 Mark IV was a car made by the MG Car company and launched in 1927. It was based on the contemporary Morris Oxford and was a development of the MG 14/28 and was built at Edmund Road, Cowley, Oxford where MG had moved in...
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| x Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A |
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The Isotta Fraschini 8A was a car manufactured by Isotta Fraschini, successor to the Tipo 8 model with a new 7.3 litre straight-eight engine to replace the 5.9 litre unit used in the previous model. This new engine could produce between 115-160 hp....
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| x Mercedes-Benz SSK |
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The Mercedes-Benz SSK is a roadster built by German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz between 1928 and 1932. Its name is an acronym of Super Sport Kurz, with the last word being the German for "short", a reference to the fact that the car was...
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| x Fiat 525 |
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The Fiat 525 is a passenger car produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Fiat between 1928 and 1931. The 525 was larger successor to the Fiat 512. The 525 was modified only after a year it was introduced and named as 525N. Sport variant 525 SS...
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| x Fiat 521 |
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The Fiat 521 is a passenger car produced by Fiat between 1928 and 1931. The 521 was derived from predecessor model (Fiat 520), it had a bigger engine and chassis. The 521 C was shorter variant of this car. This car was produced outside Italy, most...
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| x Lancia Dilambda |
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The Lancia Dilambda is a passenger car produced by Lancia between 1928 and 1935. The car was officially presented in Paris Motor Show in 1929. The car has 4 litre V8 engine with 24 degree V angle.
Three versions of the Dilambda were built:
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| x Lancia Dikappa |
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The Lancia Dikappa is a passenger car produced by Lancia between 1921 and 1922. Dikappa was a "sport" version of Kappa model, the straight-4 engine has overhead valves.
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| x Peugeot Type 190 |
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The Peugeot Type 190 S is a model of Peugeot produced between 1928 and 1931.
The Type 190 was launched in late 1928 and sold alongside the lightweight Peugeot 5CV (itself based on the Quadrilette), a best-seller of the 1920s, which it was intended...
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| x Peugeot Type 176 |
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The Peugeot Type 176 was a top of range car produced from 1925 to 1928 by the French automanufacturer Peugeot. The car has a four cylinder 2493 cc engine, which was more modern design than earlier and despite the low cylinder capacity, the car...
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| x Opel Laubfrosch |
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The Opel 4 PS, popularly known as the Opel Laubfrosch (Opel Treefrog), is a small two seater car introduced by the then family owned auto maker Opel, early in 1924. Subsequently, various versions of the little Laubfrosch were produced until it was...
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| x Hillman 14 |
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The Hillman 14 was a medium sized car introduced by the Hillman Motor Car Co Ltd in 1925 continuing in production until 1930. Some cars were still being sold new into 1931. During this time it was the main product of the company.
In the early 1920s...
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| x Renault Monastella |
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The Renault Monastella (Type RY1) was an compact luxury car or executive car automobile manufactured between 1929 to 1933 by Renault more luxury that its similar size Renault Monasix.
The Monastella was a more luxury version of the Monasix (car...
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| x Lovell House |
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The Lovell House or Lovell Health House is a modern residence designed and built by Richard Neutra between 1927-29. The home, located at 4616 Dundee Drive in Los Angeles, California, was built for the physician and naturopath Philip Lovell. It is...
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| x Ennis House |
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The Ennis House is a building located in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA, south of Griffith Park. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Charles and Mabel Ennis in 1923, and built in 1924.
Following "La Miniatura" ...
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| x Villa Savoye |
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The Villa Savoye is considered by many to be the seminal work of the Swiss architect Le Corbusier. Situated at Poissy, outside of Paris, it is one of the most recognisable architectural presentations of the International Style. Construction was...
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| x Villa Jeanneret |
Villa Jeanneret is a building designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in 1925. It is located at 8 square du Docteur-Blanche, XVIe arrondissement, Paris, France.
The Villa Jeanneret was commissioned by Le Corbusier's brother, Albert Jeanneret,...
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| x PacBell Building |
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The PacBell Building or 140 New Montgomery Street in San Francisco's South of Market district is a Neo-Gothic, 435 feet (133 m) office tower located close to the St. Regis Museum Tower and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The 26-floor...
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| x Palmolive Building |
The Palmolive Building, formerly the Playboy Building, is a 37 story Art Deco building at 919 N. Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Built by Holabird & Root, it was completed in 1929 and was home to Colgate-Palmolive-Peet. A beacon was added in 1930 and...
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| x New York Life Insurance Building |
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The New York Life Insurance Building, New York is the headquarters of the New York Life Insurance Company. It was designed in 1926 by Cass Gilbert, designer of the landmark Woolworth Building; the massive building rises forty stories to its...
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| x Russ Building |
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The Russ Building is a Neo-Gothic office tower located in San Francisco's Financial District. The 133 meter (435 feet) building was completed in 1927 and had 32 floors as well as the city's first indoor parking garage. The building was the tallest...
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| x Chicago Temple Building |
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The Chicago Temple Building is a 173 meter (568 foot) tall skyscraper church located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is home to the congregation of the First United Methodist Church of Chicago. It was completed in 1924 and has 23 floors...
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| x Chanin Building |
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The Chanin Building is a brick and terra cotta skyscraper located at 122 East 42nd Street, at the corner of Lexington Avenue, in Manhattan. Built by Irwin S. Chanin in 1929, it is 56 stories high, reaching 197.8 metres (649 ft) excluding the spire...
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| x Chrysler Building |
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The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan in the Turtle Bay area at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Standing at 319 metres (1,047 ft), it was the world's tallest...
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| x Lincoln Building |
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The Lincoln Building (now known as One Grand Central Place) is an office building located on 60 East 42nd Street in New York City, opposite Grand Central Terminal. It was completed in 1930. The architect was James Edwin Ruthvin Carpenter. It is 673...
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| x 40 Wall Street |
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40 Wall Street is a 70-story skyscraper located in New York City. Originally known as the Bank of Manhattan Trust building, it was later known by its street address when its founding tenant merged to form the Chase Manhattan Bank and today is known...
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| x Shell Building |
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From the Shell Building Site:"When the 28-story Shell Building was developed in 1930, it was one of the tallest office structures in San Francisco. Today, it remains one of the city’s most distinctive business addresses. Winner of the...
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| x McAllister Tower Apartments | ||
| x Mercantile Building | ||
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| x Hunter-Dulin Building | ||
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| x Commercial Union Assurance Building | ||
| x John Golden Theatre |
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The John Golden Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 252 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in midtown-Manhattan. Designed in a Moorish style along with the adjacent Royale Theatre by architect Herbert J. Krapp for Irwin Chanin, it...
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