Dies Gallery

Carcel and his Lamp

BERTRAND GUILLAUME CARCEL, French clockmaker, in 1800 demonstrates his oil lamp which incorporates wheels and pistons. It's a good lamp, but he dies in poverty

© Mary Evans Picture Library

1750, 1800, 1812, Bertrand, Carcel, Circa, Clockmaker, Demonstrates, Dies, French, Good, Guillaume, Historical, History, Incorporates, Lamp, Oil, Pistons, Poverty, Wheels

Willst Du dies? Vereinigung zur Bekamphung des Bolschewismus

Willst Du dies? Vereinigung zur Bekamphung des Bolschewismus. Poster shows a grieving woman clutching a child and infant; next to her stands an evil-looking man holding a blood-soaked knife. In the background a mass of people with weapons and a house in flames. Text: Is this what you want? Association to Fight Bolshevism. Date 1919. Willst Du dies? Vereinigung zur Bekamphung des Bolschewismus. Poster shows a grieving woman clutching a child and infant; next to her stands an evil-looking man holding a blood-soaked knife. In the background a mass of people with weapons and a house in flames. Text: Is this what you want? Association to Fight Bolshevism. Date 1919

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