Favorites of 2011: The Rajah Lounge at the Kapok Tree Inn - Madeira Beach, Florida

Favorites of 2011: The Rajah Lounge at the Kapok Tree Inn - Madeira Beach, Florida, a photo by What Makes The Pie Shops Tick? on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
The Rajah Lounge is richly furnished in fabrics and metalware imported from India.
5501 Duhme Rd.,
Madeira Beach, Fla.

Best of 2011: Mapparium - Western Hempishere at The Christian SciencePublishing Society - Boston, Massachusetts

Mapparium - Western Hempishere
The Christian Science Publishing Society Boston, Massachusetts

Best of 2011: Jumping Double

Photo by Glen Fishback

From the December 1950 issue of Popular Photography magazine.

Best of 2011: Skylark Restaurant - San Jose, California

521 West Santa Clara Street
San Jose, California
Open 24 Hours a Day.

Best of 2011: The Visitors Reception Area at Hershey ChocolateCorporation - Hershey, Pennsylvania

"Chocolate Town, U.S.A."
Visitors reception center at Hershey Chocolate Corporation, world's largest chocolate and cocoa plant. Educational displays depict the origin of raw materials and manufacturing processes of chocolate products.

Best of 2011: Museum of Science and Industry - Chicago, Illinois

Throughout the rest of the week I will be posting my favorite images from my flickr photostream. Hopefully uou enjoying these old gems as much as I do.

ARTHRITIS
The crippling and painful effects of arthritis are dramatized in this exhibit from the Illinois Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation. Also presented is the current status of man's fight against the disease, as well as many quack remedies confiscated by the government.

Postcards of Lloyd Center - Portland, Oregon (Part Two)

Another installment of postcards from the Lloyd Center mall in Portland, Oregon. See last week's post for a description. This week will feature more of the shops in the mall and other things around the mall complex.

'Tis the 7up Season

'Tis the 7up Season, a photo by What Makes The Pie Shops Tick? on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
A cardboard insert from 1983 for 12 packs of 7up. Pick up plenty for the Holidays!

1969 Robertson's Department Store Catalog

For all those last-minute, 1969 shoppers we have a catalog from Robertson's Department Store in South Bend, Indiana