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- The joys of unit banking
- Different Building
- Those windows
- "The Lodge"
- Same building?
- Still there in 1955
- Not Loafing
- A Collection of Fascinating Stuff
- Makes Sense To Me
- JAckson-2159
- View from the other side
- Coal & Ice
- Truck ID
- It's All About Efficiency
- Coal & Ice
- Staying with the hod theme:
- Busy
- ICE
- Fresh wrapped coal?
- Size Matters
- A practical recommendation
- No coke machine
- The coalyard
- Wrapped packages
- The apartments survived, Best Coal did not.
- Remember Tim Finnegan?
- One lump or two?
- Baffling signage
- Similar, but different
- Budget Remodel
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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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