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Fight for Her; Come with the Irish Canadian Rangers

90 x 58 cm
artist: Hal Ross Perrigard (1891-1960) after James McNeil Whistler
printer: Harris Lithographing Co. Limited, Toronto, Ontario

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trixietreats: Andrew Loomis (by oldcarguy41)

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trixietreats:

Andrew Loomis (by oldcarguy41)

(via POUR 15 MINUTES D’AMOUR: Quand les...

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Pneumatik par Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, 1926

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Four Bits (by paul.malon) Anonymous artist; 1917

Four Bits (by paul.malon)
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Four Bits (by paul.malon)

Anonymous artist; 1917

I visited the Central Terminal in 2009 and was blown away by the scale and potential of the abandoned railway terminal. Built too late and in the wrong part of town to capitalise on the railway boom it stands a forlorn beauty.

It was only after my visit that I found out about the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation who have control over the building. So I was very pleased to see that they recently released a master plan for the restoration and adaptive re-use of this magnificant building.

Furthermore, it was great to come across this report from yesterday's Buffalo News that includes a look at the interior, which didn't look as bad as I expected.

I'll post some more of my photos tomorrow.

See my prints and t-shirts at www.redbubble.com/people/dct66
and tees and other giftware at www.zazzle.com/davidt66*.

liquidnight:

Subway Tunnel Workers
Archive photo from the...

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liquidnight:

Subway Tunnel Workers

Archive photo from the Transportation Museum of New York City, housed in an old unused subway station (the old Court Street station) in Brooklyn.

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nickdrake:

Jodie Foster….

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nickdrake:

Jodie Foster….

yarissey: 1950 Gibson BR9 amp (price tag says $8.55!)

yarissey:

1950 Gibson BR9 amp (price tag says $8.55!): "

yarissey:

1950 Gibson BR9 amp (price tag says $8.55!)

hollyhocksandtulips: Esther Williams

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hollyhocksandtulips:

Esther Williams

Futurized! (by paul.malon) 1952

Futurized! (by paul.malon)
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Futurized! (by paul.malon)

1952

liquidnight: Looking down a subway tunnel which has been...

liquidnight:

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liquidnight:

Looking down a subway tunnel which has been converted into an air raid shelter.

West End, London, 1940-1941

From the Library of Congress

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adski-kafeteri2: Atelier Manassé

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Atelier Manassé

The Zippomobile

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As a child, Zippo inventor George G. Blaisdell was fond of productmobiles like the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile and Life Savers Pep-O-Mint car. Blaisdell founded the Zippo Manufacturing Company in the town of Bradford, Pennsylvania in 1932, naming the company “Zippo” as a more modern sounding alternative to the word zipper. During WWII the U.S. Government commissioned Zippo’s entire production to be distributed to GIs, which had the benefit of introducing the company and its windproof lighters to hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of Americans, thereby making Zippo a household name. It was this new found popularity that propelled Blaisdell in 1947 to convert a Chrysler Saratoga into the Zippomobile.

After its introduction in the late 1940s, the Zippo Car went far and wide on a promotional tour visiting every state in the Union. Eventually business at Zippo was so good — and management so preoccupied — that the Zippo Car fell out of favor, was abandoned and subsequently lost. In 1982 the company launched a search to find the car for the company’s 50th anniversary. Zippo even went so far as running advertisements in Pittsburgh (its last known location) to try to track down the lost Zippomobile. But the search was all for naught. While the original car could not be found and restored, in 1998 Zippo did reproduce the 1947 Zippo Car which can still be found at events today. You can read the full history of the 1947 Zippo Car here.

Zep Diner

Zep Diner: "The Zep Diner in Los Angeles, California was part of the airship craze of the 1920′s and 1930′s.
The Graf Zeppelin visited Los Angeles during its 1929 Round-the-World flight, and the most famous American dirigible was the U.S.S. Los Angeles.

The Zep Diner was located at 515 W. Florence Avenue in Los Angeles, near the intersection with S. Figueroa. The location is now the parking lot of a McDonald’s.

Source: Airships.net