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- Look! Up in the sky --
- A bit of wrinkling
- Interesting vantage point
- The original owners wanted a shallower draft
- Wrong lessons learned ??
- That Sinking Feeling
- The sinking of the SS Eastland
- Family Tragedy
- Dirigibles were grossly overrated.
- Media event
- Wrong Airship
- I don't think that's the Akron
- This is the ZR-3 USS Los Angeles, not ZR-4 USS Akron
- USS Los Angeles!
- Old Money, meet New Money
- I'm doubly impressed
- Flying aircraft carriers
- Non-flammable, but deadly nonetheless
- Sad and deadly ending
- Almost Memorial
- Hellø Bodø
- Open Air Ship's Wheel
- Yes -- bananas!
- Yes, we have no ...
- WHAT Bananas?
- Sidewheeler ID
- Ship's Wheel
- The banana boat is Norwegian
- Mr Tallyman
- Norway?
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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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