Italian postcard by Casa Editrice Ballerini & Fratini, Firenze (B.F.F.), no. 446. Photo: Paramount. Publicity still for Why Worry (Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, 1923). American actor, comedian, director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer Harold Lloyd (1893-1971) is best known for his silent comedies. He ranks alongside Charlie Chaplin and Read More →
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Read More →The McAlpin Hotel, just finished, is the hotel in the world, occupying an entire block on Broadway between 33rd and 34th Streets. It is 25 stories high with 3 sub-basements, contains 1620 rooms, all outside. 1100 baths and 1800 telephones. Total cost $13,500,000. Mailed from New York, New York to Read More →
You can see why, in later years and when the various lines of the old BRT were merged into the MBTA they adopted "The T" as a snappier name! BRT attempting to cover all bases in the title here, and this diagram excluded the traditional streetcar and ‘bus lines that Read More →
A rather fine cut-away view acroos Boston’s Park Street station with the Common, Park St Church and the State House in the background. The city’s example of placing its streetcar (tramway) system into sub-surface subways was an early example of what many cities found useful in the 20th century and Read More →
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