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Sider and Appels: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/26/2008 - 12:49am.
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October 1935. "A cider and apple stand on the Lee Highway, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein.
Appels and Oranges
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 5:30pm.
OK, it cracks me up that on the left we have Appels and Sider and on the right it's spelled correctly.
Comment s'appelle t'elle?
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 02/28/2008 - 12:20am.
Comment s'appelle t'elle? Mais surment, elle s'appelle "appel".
Appel Sider
Submitted by Rob on Tue, 02/26/2008 - 9:26am.
Speaking of fermentation, you know there was a distilled version of cider somewhere close by.
Appel Sider
Submitted by Miguel de Luis on Tue, 02/26/2008 - 7:52am.
Actually that spelling makes much more sense.
Appel Sider
Submitted by Dewey on Tue, 02/26/2008 - 2:36am.
This photo brought to mind an old limerick (slightly modified):
A girl from Virginia's east side
Ate a mess of green appels and died.
While her friends all lamented,
The appels fermented,
And made sider inside her inside.
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