Life before the iron curtain

URBAN-CONSTANTA · #1 Posted **Dec 7, 2015, 1:29 PM**

Eastern Europe - poor, undeveloped ex commie countries. But have you ever wondered how was life in those countries before the iron curtain?

Let's find out.

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*most of my pictures will be from Romania, feel free to post historical pictures and/or today images wth historical sites/buildings from eastern europe.

Let's start with FORD Motor Company.

Between WW1 and WW2 Romania produced Ford cars and busses.

Ford Factory near Bucharest, Romania

Ford cars and showrooms in Constanta, Romania. Dumitru St. Dumitriu, born in Constanta was in that time the CEO of Ford for the Balkans.

sources: auto.ro | auto-retro-passion.ro

URBAN-CONSTANTA · #2 Posted **Dec 13, 2015, 11:40 AM**

Roma, Corcovado, Megali Hellas, Themistocles and King Alexander connected Constanta (Romania) to New York.

here we have ROMA in the port of Constanta

URBAN-CONSTANTA · #3 Posted **Dec 19, 2015, 3:48 PM**

taxi station near the Casino in Mamaia Resort, Constanta City, Romania
curtosy: Arch. Radu Cornescu

URBAN-CONSTANTA · #4 Posted **Dec 30, 2015, 5:38 PM**

Ecsarhu (exarcu) building. A beautiful apartment building demolished by the communists

foto: curtosy to architect Radu Cornescu