shrine to a dude, who even knows

Frank Lloyd Wright’s plan to turn Ellis Island into “casual, inspired living, minus the usual big-city clamour.” July 30, 1961.

scifiseries:

Frank Lloyd Wright’s plan to turn Ellis Island into “casual, inspired living, minus the usual big-city clamour.” July 30, 1961.

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Saturday Night Fever, Leah Frances

nevver:

Saturday Night Fever, Leah Frances

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Benjamin Franklin and Colonel Sanders are the two most American men to have ever lived.

dietmountainmadewka:

bloodandhedonism:

Benjamin Franklin and Colonel Sanders are the two most American men to have ever lived.

“It was during this period that Sanders was involved in a shootout with Matt Stewart, a local competitor, over the repainting of a sign directing traffic to his station. Stewart killed a Shell official who was with Sanders and was convicted of murder, eliminating Sanders’ competition.”

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Don Featherstone, Creator of the Plastic Lawn Flamingos, 1957

eldritchcuddlernonsense:

coolkidsofhistory:

Don Featherstone, Creator of the Plastic Lawn Flamingos, 1957

He looks exactly as you would picture the creator of plastic lawn flamingos to look.

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