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Lisbon tramcar, 1920s

In by Silvio DellʼAcqua

Lisbon, a electric tramcar in the “Rossio” Square (officially named “Praça de D. Pedro IV”) between 1920 and 1928; one can see the car number (423) on the side. This is one of the so–called elèctricos, that was the electric powered cars built by Brill of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). By the end of the 19th century the elèctricos began to replace the americànos (i.e. the american–built …

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Ashgabat Hotel, early 70s

In by Silvio DellʼAcqua

Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan, in a early 70s picture. A GAZ-21 Volga (1962 model) passes next to  the “Ashgabat” Hotel, built in 1969 in a modernist/brutalist style by drawings of Soviet architets A. Akhmedov, F. Aliyev, V. Vysotin, V. Kutomov. (photo: © 1975 Novosti news agency, Moscow – personal collection)

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GAZ–24 Volga, 1971 soviet stamp

In by Silvio DellʼAcqua

A Soviet postage stamp (10 kopeks) depicting the GAZ–2401 Volga, nicknamed “Barja” (barge), an executive car produced between 1970 and 1985 by GAZ plant in Nižnij Novgorod, Russia. (Matsievsky/Commons)

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Moskvitch 412, 1971 Soviet stamp

In by Silvio DellʼAcqua

A 1971 Soviet postage stamp depicting a 1967 Moskvitch 412 small car, produced by Russian AZLK in Moscow (it was the automobile factory owned by the Komsomol.) (Matsievsky/Commons)