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  4. <title>Shorpy Old Photos | Framed Prints - Comments</title>
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  6. <description>Comments</description>
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  9. <title>Eponymy</title>
  10. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27384#comment-234535</link>
  11. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27384&quot;&gt;Coal Goes to War: 1942&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  12.  
  13. &lt;p&gt;The subject is coal-related and the photographer&#039;s name is coal-related&lt;/p&gt;
  14. </description>
  15. <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:29:37 -0400</pubDate>
  16. <dc:creator>gwad</dc:creator>
  17. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234535 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  20. <title>The graffiti</title>
  21. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27384#comment-234533</link>
  22. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27384&quot;&gt;Coal Goes to War: 1942&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  23.  
  24. &lt;p&gt;An absence of them on the wagons is deafening. &lt;/p&gt;
  25. </description>
  26. <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 08:38:32 -0400</pubDate>
  27. <dc:creator>mwelch</dc:creator>
  28. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234533 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  30. <item>
  31. <title>Well, now I&#039;m disappointed</title>
  32. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27383#comment-234522</link>
  33. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27383&quot;&gt;Knotty in Nyack: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  34.  
  35. &lt;p&gt;Twice, this room has been touted as a playroom.  But the bookcases make it look more like a library, except, there are no lamps next to the chairs to read by.  Where&#039;s a table and chairs suitable for playing chess, checkers, backgammon, poker, bridge, Monopoly, or Scrabble? Where&#039;s the pool table?  I like the slate floor, but the only thing this room is set up for is conversation, charades, or taking turns flipping playing cards into a hat while you drink too much.&lt;/p&gt;
  36. &lt;p&gt;Even the pheasant can&#039;t make this a game room (joke). &lt;/p&gt;
  37. </description>
  38. <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:23:14 -0400</pubDate>
  39. <dc:creator>Doug Floor Plan</dc:creator>
  40. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234522 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  43. <title>A low bar</title>
  44. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382#comment-234521</link>
  45. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382&quot;&gt;Basement Bar: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  46.  
  47. &lt;p&gt;I once owned a house with a similar setup in the basement. Behind the bar, the previous owners had pasted the labels from dozens of bottles they had enjoyed. While you might expect someone to collect labels from bottles of fancy wine, those folks had collected only identical labels from bottles of Gilbey&#039;s gin. I suspect they found some humor in their many Gilbey&#039;s labels. &lt;/p&gt;
  48. </description>
  49. <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
  50. <dc:creator>Sewickley</dc:creator>
  51. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234521 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  53. <item>
  54. <title>I spy the handhold </title>
  55. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382#comment-234520</link>
  56. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382&quot;&gt;Basement Bar: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  57.  
  58. &lt;p&gt;... for the getting behind the bar section, on the left. Takes a slim bartender to navigate that channel though. Very skillful carpenters ...&lt;/p&gt;
  59. </description>
  60. <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:37:00 -0400</pubDate>
  61. <dc:creator>pennsylvaniaproud</dc:creator>
  62. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234520 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
  63. </item>
  64. <item>
  65. <title>Household bars</title>
  66. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382#comment-234511</link>
  67. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382&quot;&gt;Basement Bar: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  68.  
  69. &lt;p&gt;I was cabinet maker to a custom house builder for some years. Whenever the client wanted to include a bar, it ended up just as tacky as this one. Seems that they mistake useful space for a spot to add a crowded, ugly and seldom utilized part of a room, where something far more appreciated could be. And, when time to sell the manse arrives, lots of folks have no desire to acquire.&lt;/p&gt;
  70. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;[Judging by those scuff marks, I&#039;d say this part of the room was utilized. - Dave]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  71. &lt;p&gt;well, it may be used, and so scuffed, it remains tacky.&lt;/p&gt;
  72. </description>
  73. <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:13:52 -0400</pubDate>
  74. <dc:creator>damspot</dc:creator>
  75. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234511 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  78. <title>No Current Interior Photos</title>
  79. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382#comment-234518</link>
  80. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382&quot;&gt;Basement Bar: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  81.  
  82. &lt;p&gt;I checked on Zillow.com, Trulia.com, and Realtor.com to see if there were any interior photos that would reveal the current state of the bar. There were none. However, Trulia tells us that recently, the price has dropped below $1 million to an unbelievably low $995k. &lt;/p&gt;
  83. &lt;p&gt;Don&#039;t hesitate! Act now! This deal won&#039;t last long! If you don&#039;t buy it, somebody else will! And so forth ...&lt;/p&gt;
  84. </description>
  85. <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:16:00 -0400</pubDate>
  86. <dc:creator>510Russ</dc:creator>
  87. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234518 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
  88. </item>
  89. <item>
  90. <title>Apparently the bar is still there!</title>
  91. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382#comment-234517</link>
  92. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382&quot;&gt;Basement Bar: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  93.  
  94. &lt;p&gt;Per Zillow: &quot;1940&#039;s original pub room for the best of parties.&quot;  At least it was still there as of 2010 when the 1879 house was last listed.&lt;/p&gt;
  95. </description>
  96. <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:56:05 -0400</pubDate>
  97. <dc:creator>DammitJim</dc:creator>
  98. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234517 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  100. <item>
  101. <title>Under the front door</title>
  102. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382#comment-234516</link>
  103. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382&quot;&gt;Basement Bar: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  104.  
  105. &lt;p&gt;Angus J supplied a photo of the front of 63 N Broadway.  I went to Streetview and, under the ground floor windows to the right, the basement still has glass block windows.  There are no basement windows to the left of the front door.  Assuming the rest of the basement windows don&#039;t need glass block privacy, that would put this rounded bar, which I like, directly under the front door.  I also like the festive stenciling and practical kickplate for a baseboard.&lt;/p&gt;
  106. &lt;p&gt;I count four small ashtrays on this small bar.  But something tells me this room smelled of cigars.&lt;/p&gt;
  107. </description>
  108. <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:21:37 -0400</pubDate>
  109. <dc:creator>Doug Floor Plan</dc:creator>
  110. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234516 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  113. <title>63 North Broadway</title>
  114. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382#comment-234515</link>
  115. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382&quot;&gt;Basement Bar: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  116.  
  117. &lt;p&gt;Dr. Kline&#039;s home was modest compared to other homes in Nyack.&lt;/p&gt;
  118. </description>
  119. <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 01:56:25 -0400</pubDate>
  120. <dc:creator>Angus J</dc:creator>
  121. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234515 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  123. <item>
  124. <title>Somebody help me</title>
  125. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27380#comment-234513</link>
  126. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27380&quot;&gt;The Hereafter: 1906&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  127.  
  128. &lt;p&gt;What is that thing which the woman in white is looking/laughing at? I refer to what appears to be an elephant trunk -- not attached to an elephant -- suspended between the two benches. BTW I am stone cold sober.&lt;/p&gt;
  129. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;[Is it a trunk? More likely a limb! It looks to me like part of a tree. - Dave]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  130. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align:center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/files/limb.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/files/limb.jpg&quot; width=&quot;550&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  131. </description>
  132. <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 20:37:00 -0400</pubDate>
  133. <dc:creator>JennyPennifer</dc:creator>
  134. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234513 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  137. <title>So it&#039;s you who this is being done to</title>
  138. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382#comment-234512</link>
  139. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382&quot;&gt;Basement Bar: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  140.  
  141. &lt;p&gt;The design immediately put me in mind of Susan Alexander Kane&#039;s bedroom at Xanadu. Before she walked out and Charles Foster &quot;Citizen&quot; Kane trashed it.&lt;/p&gt;
  142. </description>
  143. <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 20:31:01 -0400</pubDate>
  144. <dc:creator>JennyPennifer</dc:creator>
  145. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234512 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  147. <item>
  148. <title>I&#039;d be hereafter</title>
  149. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27380#comment-234510</link>
  150. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27380&quot;&gt;The Hereafter: 1906&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  151.  
  152. &lt;p&gt;... a ride on the little train just the other side of the messy log patch. Looks like a nice steamer, willing to tote a dozen or so happy kids around the park. And the name &quot;Hereafter&quot; reminds me of the old plug about what guys say to their date right after parking in the woods.&lt;/p&gt;
  153. </description>
  154. <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:19:00 -0400</pubDate>
  155. <dc:creator>damspot</dc:creator>
  156. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234510 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  158. <item>
  159. <title>Whirligig</title>
  160. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27380#comment-234509</link>
  161. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27380&quot;&gt;The Hereafter: 1906&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  162.  
  163. &lt;p&gt;The merry-go-round swing thing in the center of photo.&lt;/p&gt;
  164. </description>
  165. <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:31:08 -0400</pubDate>
  166. <dc:creator>davidk</dc:creator>
  167. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234509 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  169. <item>
  170. <title>When I grow up</title>
  171. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382#comment-234508</link>
  172. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382&quot;&gt;Basement Bar: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  173.  
  174. &lt;p&gt;I always told myself I would get one of these for myself.  I’m in my seventh decade now and I still don’t have a basement bar.  Mind you, I don’t have a basement.&lt;/p&gt;
  175. </description>
  176. <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:27:00 -0400</pubDate>
  177. <dc:creator>davidk</dc:creator>
  178. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234508 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  180. <item>
  181. <title>Let Me In!</title>
  182. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382#comment-234507</link>
  183. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382&quot;&gt;Basement Bar: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  184.  
  185. &lt;p&gt;I&#039;m curious how the person pouring drinks gets behind the bar.  Do I spy a hinged section on the left?   &lt;/p&gt;
  186. &lt;p&gt;Dr. E. Hall Kline must have enjoyed entertaining.  Makes me curious what the rest of his residence is like.  &lt;/p&gt;
  187. </description>
  188. <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:23:00 -0400</pubDate>
  189. <dc:creator>wwwjim</dc:creator>
  190. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234507 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  192. <item>
  193. <title>Eat, Drink and Be Merry ... </title>
  194. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382#comment-234506</link>
  195. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382&quot;&gt;Basement Bar: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  196.  
  197. &lt;p&gt;... for tomorrow yada yada.&lt;/p&gt;
  198. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/1951/04/19/archives/surgeon-dies-golfing-dr-e-hall-kline-of-nyack-has-heart-attack-at.html&quot; title=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/1951/04/19/archives/surgeon-dies-golfing-dr-e-hall-kline-of-nyack-has-heart-attack-at.html&quot;&gt;https://www.nytimes.com/1951/04/19/archives/surgeon-dies-golfing-dr-e-ha...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  199. </description>
  200. <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 15:23:00 -0400</pubDate>
  201. <dc:creator>Steve Belcher</dc:creator>
  202. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234506 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  204. <item>
  205. <title>The surgeon, in retrospect, may have needed a surgeon</title>
  206. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382#comment-234505</link>
  207. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382&quot;&gt;Basement Bar: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  208.  
  209. &lt;p&gt;47 years old is too early to lose a well-respected surgeon to a heart attack.  And &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/1951/04/19/archives/surgeon-dies-golfing-dr-e-hall-kline-of-nyack-has-heart-attack-at.html&quot;&gt;on a golf course&lt;/a&gt;, no less. &lt;/p&gt;
  210. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;[He was also the Rockland County coroner. - Dave]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  211. </description>
  212. <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 14:23:00 -0400</pubDate>
  213. <dc:creator>jsmakbkr</dc:creator>
  214. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234505 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  216. <item>
  217. <title>A termite walks into a tavern</title>
  218. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382#comment-234504</link>
  219. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27382&quot;&gt;Basement Bar: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  220.  
  221. &lt;p&gt;And says, &quot;Where&#039;s the bartender?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
  222. </description>
  223. <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:57:00 -0400</pubDate>
  224. <dc:creator>bobzyerunkl</dc:creator>
  225. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234504 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  227. <item>
  228. <title>I&#039;LL GET IT</title>
  229. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27380#comment-234503</link>
  230. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27380&quot;&gt;The Hereafter: 1906&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  231.  
  232. &lt;p&gt; Apparently, the merry-go-round swing thing in the center of photo is stuck because someone is scaling up the side to locate the problem with a 1906 version of WD-40 aka lubricating oil. &lt;/p&gt;
  233. </description>
  234. <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 11:21:49 -0400</pubDate>
  235. <dc:creator>bobbyrhonea</dc:creator>
  236. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234503 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
  237. </item>
  238. <item>
  239. <title>A Hellish Experience?</title>
  240. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27380#comment-234502</link>
  241. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27380&quot;&gt;The Hereafter: 1906&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  242.  
  243. &lt;p&gt;I have to wonder if that expensive $10,000 investment was profitable as time went on.&lt;/p&gt;
  244. </description>
  245. <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:03:43 -0400</pubDate>
  246. <dc:creator>ZebraMan</dc:creator>
  247. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234502 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  249. <item>
  250. <title>Less amusing now.</title>
  251. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27380#comment-234501</link>
  252. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27380&quot;&gt;The Hereafter: 1906&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  253.  
  254. &lt;p&gt;Pine Beach was located at Sewell’s Point in Norfolk.&lt;/p&gt;
  255. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://hamptonroadsnavalmuseum.blogspot.com/2015/11/pine-beach-hotel.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  256. &lt;p&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;356&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3pvsNRgraFOXtPflI_dK4AEvlS-94DFCdP8X6G3W4J96cByJ7K7zj9LXH2t1jQAChXSLBjPg1md6_l05dAD6GF02BEinOg6zcv5fCGutbj3poC2VpSYnEVhJXdKjTXyWi9Zej-gCwRxeB/s640/Pine+Beach+Hotel+Postcard.jpg&quot; width=&quot;766&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  257. &lt;p&gt;Pine Beach Hotel - The Hampton Roads Naval Museum Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  258. </description>
  259. <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:48:54 -0400</pubDate>
  260. <dc:creator>J W Wright</dc:creator>
  261. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234501 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
  262. </item>
  263. <item>
  264. <title>Entertainment through the decades</title>
  265. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27380#comment-234500</link>
  266. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27380&quot;&gt;The Hereafter: 1906&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  267.  
  268. &lt;p&gt;It&#039;s nice to see Oliver Hardy and Mary Martin making use of someone&#039;s time machine. But as for the Hereafter, it is easy for us to snicker at such a kitschy exhibit for the rubes, but our contemporary comic book movies and &quot;reality&quot; tv are just as stylized and phony. In fifty years this will be really obvious.&lt;/p&gt;
  269. </description>
  270. <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 00:05:00 -0400</pubDate>
  271. <dc:creator>notinfocus</dc:creator>
  272. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234500 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  274. <item>
  275. <title>Yes, they&#039;re related</title>
  276. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27379#comment-234498</link>
  277. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27379&quot;&gt;Vladeck Houses: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  278.  
  279. &lt;p&gt;U.S. Supreme Court scholar and law professor Stephen I. Vladeck (author of &quot;The Shadow Docket,&quot; among other works) is a great-grandson of labor leader Baruch Charney Vladeck, the namesake of the Vladeck Houses. &lt;/p&gt;
  280. </description>
  281. <pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2024 21:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
  282. <dc:creator>jsmakbkr</dc:creator>
  283. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234498 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  285. <item>
  286. <title>The good news</title>
  287. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27379#comment-234499</link>
  288. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27379&quot;&gt;Vladeck Houses: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  289.  
  290. &lt;p&gt;... is that the public housing authority didn&#039;t waste much money on architects, apparently. The scary thing is that when one looks at the other public housing buildings nearby, the Vladeck Homes look positively beautiful in comparison.  &lt;/p&gt;
  291. </description>
  292. <pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2024 21:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
  293. <dc:creator>Bert Perry</dc:creator>
  294. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234499 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
  295. </item>
  296. <item>
  297. <title>Grewsome Objects</title>
  298. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27380#comment-234497</link>
  299. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27380&quot;&gt;The Hereafter: 1906&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  300.  
  301. &lt;p&gt;THE DAILY PRESS, Newport News, Va., June 21, 1906&lt;/p&gt;
  302. &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&quot;HEREAFTER&quot; AT PINE BEACH&lt;/h3&gt;
  303. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Local Amusement Company Offers&lt;br /&gt;
  304. Weird St. Louis Attraction&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  305. &lt;p&gt;&quot;Hereafter,&quot; a spectacular show which created a sensation on the Pike at the St. Louis exposition, has been put in at Pine Beach by the Newport News Amusement Corporation at a cost of $10,000 and will be ready for public exhibition tomorrow afternoon and night.&lt;/p&gt;
  306. &lt;p&gt;The contract for constructing this expensive amusement enterprise was awarded to Austin, Bradwell and McClennan of New York, the firm which put in the St. Louis show. Mr. McClennan was manager of Luna Park at Coney Island for two seasons, and has created such shows as &quot;The Johnstown Flood&quot; and &quot;Over and Under the Sea.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
  307. &lt;p&gt;&quot;Hereafter&quot; is under the general management of Messrs. Clinedinst and Ballard, of this city.&lt;/p&gt;
  308. &lt;p&gt;The show is a very weird one but it has never failed to attract immense crowds wherever exhibited. Entering the first chamber of the great building erected for this show, the spectators are ushered into the chamber of horrors, the walls of which are lined with coffins and decorated with grinning skulls and other grewsome objects. This is an exact reproduction of the famous Cabaret de la Mort, or the Cabinet [sic] of Death, in Paris. The lecturer invites some person in the crowd to enter one of the upright coffins and he is immediately transformed into a skeleton. His spirit invites the spectators to accompany him to the under world and together they descend a bottomless pit, finally crossing the river Styx and finishing in Hades. The electrical effects used are most vivid and greatly add to the impressiveness of the scene.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  309. </description>
  310. <pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2024 19:33:00 -0400</pubDate>
  311. <dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
  312. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234497 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  315. <title>Dang kids</title>
  316. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27366#comment-234493</link>
  317. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27366&quot;&gt;The Hump Master: 1942&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  318.  
  319. &lt;p&gt;The chalked words &quot;Conductor Only&quot; suggests that someone in the past was playing around with the controls who shouldn&#039;t have.&lt;/p&gt;
  320. </description>
  321. <pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2024 13:23:42 -0400</pubDate>
  322. <dc:creator>JAE</dc:creator>
  323. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234493 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  325. <item>
  326. <title>What he *actually* does</title>
  327. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27366#comment-234491</link>
  328. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27366&quot;&gt;The Hump Master: 1942&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  329.  
  330. &lt;p&gt;The hump master does not control the retarders -- they are controlled from a tower where the speed of the cars can be observed; or, in more sophisticated systems, by radar equipment to measure the speed of the cars and automatically make adjustments.&lt;/p&gt;
  331. &lt;p&gt;This person controls the speed of the switching engine pushing the cars over the &quot;hump.&quot; It would be hard for a retarder to &quot;back&quot; cars!&lt;/p&gt;
  332. </description>
  333. <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:38:00 -0400</pubDate>
  334. <dc:creator>signalman</dc:creator>
  335. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234491 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  337. <item>
  338. <title>Goodbye: Casement Windows</title>
  339. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27379#comment-234489</link>
  340. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27379&quot;&gt;Vladeck Houses: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  341.  
  342. &lt;p&gt;Hello: Window air conditioners&lt;/p&gt;
  343. </description>
  344. <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 16:40:53 -0400</pubDate>
  345. <dc:creator>Angus J</dc:creator>
  346. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234489 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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  349. <title>Scammel Street has been repurposed</title>
  350. <link>https://www.shorpy.com/node/27379#comment-234488</link>
  351. <description>&lt;p&gt;In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shorpy.com/node/27379&quot;&gt;Vladeck Houses: 1941&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  352.  
  353. &lt;p&gt;... And the bridge view is now blocked.&lt;/p&gt;
  354. &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=&quot;https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!4v1711135572178!6m8!1m7!1sz82vxauUN1prRNpum8oRCA!2m2!1d40.7132404249062!2d-73.98375812390232!3f84.03653967094505!4f2.028141047369729!5f3.325193203789971&quot; width=&quot;766&quot; height=&quot;380&quot; style=&quot;border:0;&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer-when-downgrade&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  355. </description>
  356. <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:27:00 -0400</pubDate>
  357. <dc:creator>kozel</dc:creator>
  358. <guid isPermaLink="false">comment 234488 at https://www.shorpy.com</guid>
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