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- Tough Guys
- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- 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)
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White Tower: 1941
October 1941. "White Tower hamburger stand, the popular place in Amsterdam, New York." View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by John Collier.
Johnny Rockets
Looks like a spitting image of the retro chain Johnny Rockets, except they're getting a bit more than 5 cents for a burger these days.
Kellogg's Pep!
I like that the bowl stands ready to serve the Kellogg's cereal, behind the waitress's head. That's… charming.
Bait and Switch
The exterior sign lures you with 5 cent hamburgers, but once inside you learn they are actually 9 cents. Still want to buy a bagful?
[Look again. The sign inside says Hamburgers 5¢. - Dave]
Tidy whitey, almost
Wow, at first glance, impeccable, clean and gleam until one notices the floor, but I'll still have a piece of pie for ten cents.
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