Avenida São João, São Paulo, Brasil

Avenida São João, São Paulo, Brasil
São Paulo - SP
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Avenida São João sentido Vale do Anhangabaú, esquina com a Rua Formosa. Na imagem vemos o belíssimo prédio da Delegacia Fiscal com o badalado Cinema Central em 1920.

Praça do Patriarca e Viaduto do Chá, 1925, São Paulo, Brasil

Praça do Patriarca e Viaduto do Chá, 1925, São Paulo, Brasil
São Paulo - SP
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Praça do Patriarca, Viaduto do Chá, o terceiro Palacete Prates (Hotel). Dá para ver o Mappin ao fundo. Nesse palacete funcionou o Grand Hotel de la Rotisserie Sportman e foi demolido dando lugar ao Edifício Matarazzo, hoje, sede da Prefeitura de São Paulo.

O edifício Matarazzo, na Praça do Patriarca, é, inegavelmente, hoje, um ícone da cidade, mas, vendo esta imagem, imagino o quanto teríamos ganho, em termos de história, de beleza, e de elegância, com a manutenção do terceiro (e dos outros dois também) palacete Prates. Era um prédio imponente, de uma bela arquitetura, própria do tempo em que o prédio foi construído, e, mantido, perpetuaria em SP a marca de um tempo.

Stoewer Grief 1938, Alemanha

Stoewer Grief 1938, Alemanha
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Stoewer Arkona 1938, Alemanha

Stoewer Arkona 1938, Alemanha
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Entrada do Quartel da Luz, São Paulo, Brasil

Entrada do Quartel da Luz, São Paulo, Brasil
São Paulo - SP
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Palácio Legislativo, Montevidéu, Uruguai

Palácio Legislativo, Montevidéu, Uruguai
Montevidéu - Uruguai
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Palácio do Governo, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil

Palácio do Governo, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
Recife - PE
Fotografia - Cartão Postal

Stoewer, Alemanha

Stoewer, Alemanha
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Stoewer Greif Limousine V8 1934, Alemanha

Stoewer Greif Limousine V8 1934, Alemanha
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Stoewer Sedina 1938, Alemanha

Stoewer Sedina 1938, Alemanha
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Stoewer was a German automobile manufacturer before World War II whose headquarters were in Stettin (Now Szczecin, Poland).

The first company was founded by the Stoewer brothers, Emil (lived 1873 - 1942) and Bernhard (1875 - 1937) in 1896 for manufacturing sewing machines in Stettin.

In 1899, the Stoewer brothers founded the firm Gebrüder Stoewer, Fabrik für Motorfahrzeugen and started to produce automobiles. Their first automobile was the Grosser Motorwagen (Large Motor Car), with 6.5 hp (4.8 kW) and 17 km/h (11 mph) maximum speed.

In 1908 Stoewers constructed Stoewer G4. This model was immensely successful - 1070 cars were built. In 1910, Stoewer cars were built under licence by Mathis of Strassburg. In 1916, the family-owned company was transformed into a limited company under the name of Stoewer-Werke AG, vormals Gebrüder Stoewer.

In the mid-20s a new class of cars was introduced: the D-Types included D3, D9 and D10 with four-cylinder engines, as well as D5, D6 and D12 with six cylinders. Something special was the 1921 D7with a proprietary six-cylinder aero engine with 120 hp (89 kW). Of the fifty "D10" made, the only survivor is in Melbourne, Australia in original condition. It was on display at the 2014 MotorClassica.

In 1928 the company started to build S8 and G14 models with eight-cylinder engines. At the beginning of the 1930s Stoewers delivered their highlights: G15 Gigant, M12 Marschall and P20 Repräsentant, each with eight-cylinder engines, with 60 to 120 hp (45 to 90 kW) and 130 km/h (81 mph) maximum speed. The production of these cars had to be cancelled after 2,500 vehicles being produced due to worldwide economic troubles. In 1931 Stoewer constructed one of the first cars with front-wheel drive at all, class V5 25 hp (19 kW), 80 km/h (50 mph) maximum speed. The model named Greif Junior was built under the licence of Tatra. Its afterdecessor V8 Greif was the last car being constructed by Mr Stoewer itself, class Arkona and Sedina were the last civilian cars produced by the company.

In 1936 Stoewer factory developed the light off-road car (le.E.Pkw, leichter geländegängiger Einheits-PKW) for the Wehrmacht, a versatile four-wheel drive car, initially equipped (to 1940) with four-wheel steering. Due to capacity-problems the cars had also been produced at BMW-Factory Eisenach as BMW 325 and by Hanomag in Hanover as Type 20 B. Together the three manufacturers made a total of ca. 13.000 units. Stoewer was one of several German companies that exploited slave labour during WW II and had its own camp for prisoners. After World War II, the Red Army seized the remaining production facilities, dismantled the factory and sent the equipment to the Soviet Union. The company subsequently ceased to exist.