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- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
- Great shot
- Westerly Breeze
- For the men, a trapeze
- Tickled
- Sense of loneliness ...
- 2 cents
- Charm City
- What an Outrage
- Brighton Park
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Leafy Lobby: 1957
August 13, 1957. "Tamarack Lodge, Greenfield Park, New York. Lobby to fountain." Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
Silicate Ceiling
Being 1957, I'll bet that the ceiling is sprayed with an asbestos-containing material for sound- and fire-proofing.
Not snooty yet
So, it wasn't "concierge" yet, but "Superintendent of Service" back then.
Spinning Ashtrays
Those floor model ashtrays look as if they are the classic 1950s "spinning" versions. As kids, we always liked to play with these things, which had an arrangement to dump the ashes. We would see how fast we could get the plate spinning, until an adult called out: "Stop playing with that thing!" For those who missed them the first time around, this video will explain it all.
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