Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Image Not Available for Smoke rockets are ignited to show the pilots the wind direction.
Smoke rockets are ignited to show the pilots the wind direction.
Image Not Available for Smoke rockets are ignited to show the pilots the wind direction.

Smoke rockets are ignited to show the pilots the wind direction.

Creator Fritz Eschen (German, 1900 - 1954)
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 16.8 x 12.2 cm (6 5/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
    Object number2002/1975
    LocationNot currently on display

    We continue to research and update records in the AGO collection. If you see an error or have additional knowledge of this object, please send corrections and information to collectionsinfo@ago.ca. Each comment is read, but we cannot respond to every message.

    Image Not Available for Slurp your soup. Cough in the direction of your dinner companion with your mouth full.
    Slurp your soup. Cough in the direction of your dinner companion with your mouth full.
    Fritz Eschen
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Should an airplane not land, a red luminous rocket is shot by the air police.
    Should an airplane not land, a red luminous rocket is shot by the air police.
    Fritz Eschen
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for If it is a forced landing, a smoke bomb is placed into the ground.
    If it is a forced landing, a smoke bomb is placed into the ground.
    Fritz Eschen
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Queen of the Air. World famous pilot Elli Beinhorn (1907-2007), renowned for her courageous circum-aviation of the globe.
    Queen of the Air. World famous pilot Elli Beinhorn (1907-2007), renowned for her courageous circum-aviation of the globe.
    Fritz Eschen
    c. 1933
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for A figure awoken from the last century. The postillon before the entrance to the International Postage Stamp exhibit at Marmorhaus in Berlin.
    A figure awoken from the last century. The postillon before the entrance to the International Postage Stamp exhibit at Marmorhaus in Berlin.
    Fritz Eschen
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for An extinct occupation: the lamplighter.
    An extinct occupation: the lamplighter.
    Fritz Eschen
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for A member of the air police gives the final sign for the take-off.
    A member of the air police gives the final sign for the take-off.
    Fritz Eschen
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Getting meat stuck in your teeth is embarrassing, but how piquant to hunt out the small troublemaker with a cultivated forefinger and remove it in front of your dinner companion.
    Getting meat stuck in your teeth is embarrassing, but how piquant to hunt out the small troublemaker with a cultivated forefinger and remove it in front of your dinner companion.
    Fritz Eschen
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for If the weather is unfavourable, a red ball is raised into the air.
    If the weather is unfavourable, a red ball is raised into the air.
    Fritz Eschen
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for At the end of the meal, stroke the chin of your dinner companion while pouring your coffee.
    At the end of the meal, stroke the chin of your dinner companion while pouring your coffee.
    Fritz Eschen
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Emphasize statements using your fork and knife. Also, speak with your cigarette in your mouth.
    Emphasize statements using your fork and knife. Also, speak with your cigarette in your mouth.
    Fritz Eschen
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Ten thousand subjects in the drawer. Scholars try to rationalize science.
    Ten thousand subjects in the drawer. Scholars try to rationalize science.
    Fritz Eschen
    1930s
    Photograph
    Selection
    Open comparison Remove All 

    Add objects to your selection to compare them side by side.