The Kakala

She is rusting away in a dock in Tacoma now, but once upon a time the Kalakala was renowned as the first aerodynamic art deco ferry in the world. The Washington State Ferry, built on the hull of another ship that burned down, plied the waters of Puget Sound from 1935 until 1967. The Kalakala's five decks had room for 2,000 passengers. The ferry boasted her own eight-piece orchestra, whose music was piped throughout the ship for dancing. About 30 million passengers rode the ship during her lifetime in Seattle. The streamlined design was built for speed. The vessel was powered by a 3,000 horsepower diesel engine and reached a maximum velocity of 18 knots (33 km/h or 21 mph).

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Kalakala now

After her retirement the ferry served as a shrimp and crab processing ship in Alaska for more than 30 years. In 1998 it was bought by a group of artists and moved to Seattle. The money to restore her was never found, however, and the vessel - criticised as an eyesore - was auctioned, sold again and moved several times. The present owner said earlier this year that the ship might be converted to a ferry running on wind and solar power.
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YouTube - Kalakala Newsreel Clips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lGA_x31yJU&feature=player_embedded#at=40

par zvlastnych promo autobusov od GM:

The GM Futurliners were a group of stylized buses designed in the 1940s by Harley Earl for General Motors. They were used in GM's Parade of Progress, which traveled the United States exhibiting new cars and technology. The Futurliners were used from 1940 to 1941 and again from 1953 to 1956. A total of 12 were built, and 9 were still known to exist as of 2007.
Each Futurliner displayed modern advances in science and technology such as jet engines, stereophonic sound, microwave ovens, television and many other modern innovations of the time.
The Parade of Progress was halted by World War II. The vehicles were refurbished by GM and the Parade resumed in 1953-only to be discontinued permanently in 1956 as a victim to one of the very technologies the Futurliners had featured: television.

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pro pripomenuti jeden velmi znamy cesky film ve stylu art deco
http://www.csfd.cz/film/6677-amerika/

a kdo by shanel sperky, zkuste se podivat take na aukro, napr
http://aukro.cz/secesni-strasova-broz-art-deco-i1447357388.html
http://aukro.cz/retizek-s-priveskem-art-deco-i1448140862.html
atd

a co se šperků týče, jak tu někdo psal... doporučuju koukat se ve starožitnictvích, někdy je možné sehnat kousky za neuvěřitelné ceny, pokud teda netoužíte po diamantech ;)

já mám čerstvě "lidový" stříbrný art deco prstýnek,
docela dost podobný tomuhle z Christies (se safírem a diamanty, vydraženo za 3000 liber):

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za pěkných 250 Kč:-)
jen má tu jednu stranu trochu hnutou nebo už možná špatně vyrobenou, ale historie z něj přímo dýchá a akvamarínové sklíčko je bez poskvrny.

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a další (nejen) art deco fashion:
1920s Fashion, Styles from the Twenties, Pictures of 1920's Fashion
http://www.1920s-fashions.co.uk/

Flickr: The Art Deco Pool
http://www.flickr.com/groups/art-deco/pool/