Word: citroens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...studio and his chateau are jammed full of canvases which he will not sell. Even so, Dealers Rosenberg, et al., have occasionally been so hard put to it to keep from being flooded with Picassos that a wit once suggested, as a solution, a tie-up with the Citroen (Ford of France) Motor Company: "A Picasso with every Citroen...
...Melting Pot. It was Success for Mr. & Mrs. Bedaux to disport themselves on the Riviera with a wealthy Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rogers, one of whose dashing friends was a Mrs. Simpson. By this time Science was being served in columns of newsprint by the Bedaux Expedition of French Citroen caterpillar cars to the subarctic regions of Canada...
...Yellow Cruise" is the acme of the travelogue. This pictorial account of the third Citroen-Haardt-Audouin-Dubreuil Asiatic Expedition is not content to edify with its splendid scenes of the exotic, but succeeds in giving to the collection a unity and a thrilling dramatic punch, involving both terror and beauty...
...days the "folded arms" strikes had spread to Fiat (automobiles), Citroen (automobiles), Farman (airplanes), De-woitine (airplanes) Rosengart (automobiles), Licorne (automobiles), Salmson (automobiles, airplane engines), Goodrich (tires), Alsthom (electrical equipment), Panhard (automobiles) and the Paris building trades workers...
...Eldest Abbe Patience did most. She starts the story from the very beginning, with the births of herself and her brothers. "But Papa had a good time before Johnny was born because he discovered how to stop all the traffic in Paris. He would take Mamma out in our Citroen and yell to the agents de police, 'femme enceinte,' which means, 'woman with child,' and the agent de police would stop all the trolley-cars and autos until Papa got by." This system broke down, however, the night the Abbes motored out to Le Bourget...