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Car Collector magazine was not wrong when Dayton, Ohio’s America’s Packard Museum was picked as one of the “Top Ten” Auto Museums in The United States. This museum, located inside the 1917 original Packard dealership building, boasts as the “largest public collection of Packard automobiles and memorabilia anywhere in the…
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Syrian craftsmen created a room with walnut paneled walls that frame a series of elaborate painted doorways, cupboards and shuttered windows. The decoration is typical of the Ottoman decorative style, featuring flowering vases and pedestal bowls full of fruits, highlighted against a gilt pattern of stylized leaves and blossoms. These…
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I was fascinated at the different old logos, slogans, and posters from various airlines that were posted at the San Diego Air and Space Museum. So I took photos of them. Here they are… Northeast Airlines “Making Neighborhood of the Northeast” Trans-Texas Airways “Route of the Starliners” Chicago & Southern…
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Superman and Batman. Spiderman, Hulk, and Iron Man. Armed with alter egos and special powers, superheroes fight for “truth and justice” especially when they are challenged by super villains Lex Luthor, The Joker, Dr. Doom, and the Green Goblin. And then there are monsters — feared and struggling to conform…
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Here are five ancient masks that date back to the early and late 19th and early 20th century. Shoulder Mask aka d’mba Made of wood and metal Late 19th century The d’mba and shoulder mask represents an abstraction of the ideal female role in society. She is the universal mother…
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