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Major Pipelines in Central Asia that lead to China
This map documents the major oil and gas pipelines in Central Asia that supply China with her unceasing demand for energy resources.
Narrative Guide
This schematic representation of the narrative movement of Nabokov's "A Guide to Berlin" shows the temporal complexity of the narrative. Each block (color-coded by the location) represents a small textual segment, in which the time of action was…
"Löwenbräu" Pub, Berlin, 1929
"Löwenbräu" Pub at Charlottenstrasse 50 in Berlin, where the narrator of the story "A Guide to Berlin" meets his friend
Warsaw 1939 - 1945, Page from Magazine
A page layout from Poland of Today
Copernicus Monument in Warsaw, 1946
The statue of Copernicus stand amidst the rubble of post-war Warsaw, with two boys sitting on its pedestal. Symbol of Poland's / scientific establishment's fame and resilience.
High-tension networks, electric grid, Poland 1946 - 1048
The importance of coal in the Silesian region cannot be under-estimated. One of its uses was for electricity generation, with the first generation of high-tension power lines planned as shown on the map.
Poland exports her coal
The greatest export in the years immediately after World War II in Poland was coal. Ships leave for various European destinations from the ports of Gdansk, Gdynia, and Szczecin.
The New Poland: Map of industries.
Designed by Pick S. of New York for the Library of the Polish Embassy. Besides illustrating, graphically, where various Polish industries are located and the destinations of Polish exports, various statistics about Poland demographics and how Polish…
A Cordial Reception (for American Scientists visiting Poland)
Illustrating an article entitled "American Scientists Visit Poland," the image / text was authored by Dr. Bronislaw Zawadzki, Assistant Professor of Physiology at the Medical School of Warsaw University. The trip was sponsored by UNRRA and arranged…