At the site of the Moscow gas plant in the Basmanny District. Moscow, Russia, 1927. On October 16, seven balloons participating in the third all-Union aeronautical tests were launched at the Moscow gas plant in the presence of a mass of spectators. Author / Photographer: b Source: Magazine “Spark”, No. 44 (240). October 30, 1927 (via http://www.pastvu.com) Shooting direction: south
Dancer Marguerite Acarin, known as Akarova in Mazurka (Chopin) in 1923. Costume design by Marcel-Louis Baugniet and Akarova herself. Unknown photographer. | src CIVA Brussels Fonds Akarova