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Founding and early years of Dodge
After the founding of the Dodge Brothers Company by Horace and John Dodge in 1900, the Detroit-based company quickly found work producing precision engine and chassis components for the city’s burgeoning number of automobile firms. Chief among these customers were the established Olds Motor Vehicle Company and the then-new Ford Motor Company. Dodge Brothers enjoyed much success in this field, but the brothers' growing wish to build complete vehicles was exemplified by John Dodge's 1913 exclamation that he was "tired of being carried around in Henry Ford's vest pocket."
By 1914, Horace had found a solution by creating the new four-cylinder Dodge Model 30. Marketed as a slightly more upscale competitor to the ubiquitous Ford Model T, it pioneered or made standard many features later taken for granted: all-steel body construction (the vast majority of cars worldwide still used wood-framing under steel panels, though Stoneleigh and BSA used steel bodies as early as 1911); 12-volt electrical system (6-volt systems would remain the norm until the 1950s); 35 horsepower (versus the Model T's 20), and sliding-gear transmission (the best-selling Model T would retain an antiquated planetary design until its demise in 1927). As a result of this, and the brothers' well-earned reputation for quality through the parts they made for other successful vehicles, Dodge Brothers cars were ranked at second place for U.S. sales as early as 1916. That same year, Henry Ford decided to stop paying stock dividends to finance the construction of his new River Rouge complex. This led the Dodges to file suit to protect their annual stock earnings of approximately one million dollars, in turn, leading Ford to buy out his shareholders; the Dodges were paid some US$25 million.
Also in 1916, Dodge Brothers vehicles won acclaim for durability while in service with the U.S. Army's Pancho Villa Expedition into Mexico. One notable instance was in May when the 6th Infantry received a reported sighting of Julio Cardenas, one of Villa's most trusted subordinates. Lt. George S. Patton led ten soldiers and two civilian guides in three Dodge Model 30 touring cars to conduct a raid at a ranch house in San Miguelito, Sonora. During the ensuing firefight the party killed three men, of whom one was identified as Cardenas. Patton's men tied the bodies to the hoods of the Dodges, returning to headquarters in Dublán and an excited reception from US newspapermen.
Death of the Dodge brothers, Sale to Chrysler
Dodge Brothers cars continued to rank second place in American sales in 1920. However, the same year, tragedy struck as John Dodge was felled by pneumonia in January. His brother Horace then died of cirrhosis in December of the same year (reportedly out of grief at the loss of his brother, with whom he was very close). With the loss of both founders, the Dodge Brothers Company passed into the hands of the brothers' widows, who promoted long-time employee Frederick Haynes to the company presidency. During this time, the Model 30 was evolved to become the new Series 116 (though it retained the same basic construction and engineering features). However, throughout the 1920s Dodge gradually lost its ranking as the third best-selling automobile manufacturer, slipping down to 7th in the U.S. market.
Dodge Brothers emerged as a leading builder of light trucks. They also entered into an agreement whereby they marketed trucks built by Graham Brothers of Evansville, Indiana. The three Graham brothers would later produce Graham-Paige and Graham automobiles.
Stagnation in development was becoming apparent, however, and the public responded by dropping Dodge Brothers to fifth place in the industry by 1925. That year, the Dodge Brothers company was sold by the widows to the well-known investment group Dillon, Read & Co. for no less than US$146 million (at the time, the largest cash transaction in history).
Dillon, Read & Co. offered non-voting stock on the market in the new Dodge Brothers, Inc., firm, and along with the sale of bonds was able to raise $160 million, reaping a $14 million (net) profit. All voting stock was retained by Dillon, Read. Frederick Haynes remained as company head until E.G. Wilmer was named board chairman in November, 1926. Wilmer was a banker with no auto experience and Haynes remained as president. Changes to the car, save for superficial things like trim levels and colors, remained minimal until 1927, when the new Senior six-cylinder line was introduced. The former four-cylinder line was kept on, but renamed the Fast Four line until it was dropped in favor of two lighter six-cylinder models (the Standard Six and Victory Six) for 1928.
On October 1, 1925, Dodge Brothers, Inc., acquired a 51% interest in Graham Brothers, Inc., for $13 million and the remaining 49% on May 1, 1926. The three Graham brothers, Robert, Joseph and Ray, assumed management positions in Dodge Brothers before departing early in 1927.
Despite all this, Dodge Brothers’ sales had already dropped to seventh place in the industry by 1927, and Dillon, Read began looking for someone to take over the company on a more permanent basis. Eventually Dodge was sold to Chrysler Corporation in 1928.
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El Campanar Municipal és un dels símbols identitaris més estimats de Gant. Construït entre el 1313 i el 1380, exhibeix ufanós els seus noranta-un metres d’alçada que el fan el campanar d’espadanya més alt de Bèlgica. De fet, des del 1442, gràcies a la seva privilegiada altària, es va fer servir com a torre de guaita. Un altre dels usos que se li ha donat a la monumental construcció ha estat el de la custòdia dels furs i privilegis municipals. Al capdamunt del pinacle que corona el campanar, un meravellós drac daurat vetlla, des del 1377, per la ciutat.
La méridienne ou La Sieste, d'Apres Millet.
(The Siesta (after Millet))
St Remi (France).
December 1889-January 1890
Oil on canvas(H. 0.73; L. 0.91 m)
Paris, Musée d'Orsay
The Siesta was painted while Van Gogh was interned in a mental asylum in Saint-Rémy de Provence. The composition is taken from a
drawing by Millet for Four Moments in the Day. To justify his act, Vincent told his brother Theo: "I am using another language,
that of colours, to translate the impressions of light and dark into black and white". Van Gogh often copied the works of Millet,
who he considered to be "a more modern painter than Manet". Remaining faithful to the original composition, even down to the still
life details in the foreground, Van Gogh nevertheless imposes his own style upon this restful scene which, for Millet, symbolized
rural France of the 1860's. This highly personal retranscription is achieved primarily by means of a chromatic construction based
on contrasting complementary colours: blue-violet, yellow-orange. Despite the peaceful nature of the subject, the picture radiates
Van Gogh's unique artistic intensity.
Foto van mejuffrouw Bolders uit de jaren 70. Foto is gemaakt door professioneel fotograaf Van Mechelen uit Steenbergen. Blik van herkenning?
Covers the Daihatsu Cab Van that was Sold in Belgium in the late 1970's or early 1980's??? As no Dates Printed on the Brochure.
Front Page of Brochure.
Model: ShangLe Van
Photo: Thomas Ohlsson Photography
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Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience. I took these photos with my Samsung phone at the show in Kensington Gardens London
La Pointe du Van est un promontoire rocheux situé à l'ouest du Cap Sizun. Elle constitue l'extrême ouest de la commune de Cleden Cap Sizun dans le département du Finistère en Bretagne.
KONINGEN BEATRIX departing from Hoek van Holland with the 1200 sailing to Harwich on Queens Day 1996.
Photo details
Colour Slide scan
Fuji 100ASA Film
Camera Canon EOS300
Lens Canon 28-90mm
a rarely shown drawing by Van Gogh of a crowd of poor people waiting their turn to buy a lottery ticket
Hier vlakbij de historische boerderij 'Jordaanshoeve' rijdt de trein door een prachtig tunneltje van bomen...
Its been hot in York for a couple of weeks. I sketched this view with some help from a couple of photographs, remembering how hot it was at the time.
The building behind was built in the late 18th century as a prison. Now it houses part of the Castle Museum
I see this van all the time as I drive by Echo Park Lake. In fact, I've taken photos of it on several occasions, but this was the first one I've been happy with.
Those windows are better than some of ones on our house.
Fourteenth in a series.
When you park on the grass verge and have a Clean Space van don't do it under a tree...my opinion is the same as the birds, the road is the place for vehicles.
Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience. I took these photos with my Samsung phone at the show in Kensington Gardens London
Huile sur toile, 73 x 92 cm, septembre 1889 (F 484 / JH 1771), Art Institute, Chicago.
Vincent van Gogh a choisi comme sujet sa chambre dans la Maison jaune et réalise cette peinture en octobre 1888 (actuellement au Van Gogh Museum d'Amsterdam), période pendant laquelle il attend la venue à Arles de Paul Gauguin avec qui il souhaitait fonder un cercle d'artistes.
L'objet dominant de la chambre est le lit qui, solide et simple, suggère la chaleur, le confort et la sécurité. La plupart des autres objets (chaises, coussins et tableaux, notamment les portraits du peintre Eugène Boch et de Paul-Eugène Milliet) sont représentés par paires. Cette représentation contribue à donner une impression de tranquillité, d'ordre et de paix.
Le tableau original ayant été abîmé, Vincent en réalisera une autre version en 1889 (celle se trouvant aujourd'hui à l'Institut d'Art de Chicago), sans toutefois chercher à faire une copie exacte du tableau de 1888. Encouragé par le résultat, il en composera une troisième version, plus petite, qu'il offrira en cadeau à sa sœur (celle du musée d'Orsay à Paris).
Une étude approfondie des lignes de fuite montre que l'artiste joue avec les règles traditionnelles de la perspective issues de la Renaissance. L'accent pictural est clairement mis sur la couleur, "une combinaison rigoureuse des surfaces colorées qui suppléent à l'instabilité de la perspective" (cf. Wikipédia).
Pour voir les versions 1 et 3 :
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Model: Jasmine
MUA: Zeke
Styling: Jasmine
AB800 in large softbox on boom arm camera right. softbox placed above and in front of model, tilted upwards so that the front of the box is not directly pointing at the model, no reflectors.
Brownish tone achieved in photoshop with a color balance adjustment layer.
Shot at F11 @ 1/125sec RAW
white balance mode on camera set to flash. Tamron 17-50mm 2.8 lens