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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#OnThisDay Oct 7 1935: Amelia Earhart speaks at Women's City Club in St. Paul. Formed in 1921, the club valued social, cultural, and intellectual pursuits, hosting other famous speakers such as Gertrude Stein and TS Eliot. The fine building was designed in 1931 by St. Paul architect Magnus Jemne.

publicity photo of Emelia Earhart, 1935.

the 4 story warm stone building, curvy yet bold and looking like a ship from the 1930s, was designed in 1931 by St. Paul architect Magnus Jemne. It's among the earliest examples of Streamline Moderne architecture in the United States.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🚌 Streamline Moderne Daily: curves, chrome and porthole windows twice a day. Diners, bus depots, theaters and terminals of the Streamline era, with the story behind each. The full story follows in the thread. Public-domain photos, credited. Automated by JD Media, LLC.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

📷 More photos: 2–4: Jet Lowe (public domain). All via Wikimedia Commons.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

📜 Canada Dry's popularity as a mixer began during Prohibition, when its flavor helped mask the taste of homemade liquor. By 1930 it was the world's best-selling ginger ale. (Sources: Wikipedia, Canada Dry; photo record)

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Canada Dry Bottling Plant, Silver Spring Canada Dry Bottling Plant, Silver Spring, Md., was run by Silver Spring Ginger Ale Co.; photographed in 2003. 📷 Lowe, Jet (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons #ArtDeco #architecture

Low, flat-roofed Streamline Moderne building with a rounded corner and horizontal window bands, topped by a large neon sign reading CANADA DRY, with a construction crane and rooftop puddles in the foreground.

Curving terrazzo spiral staircase seen from above, lit by tall glass-block windows in the entryway rotunda.

Terrazzo staircase with curved metal balustrade against glazed brick wall, leading up from the entryway lobby.

Glass block curtain wall rising above a glass entrance door in the rounded lobby vestibule.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

📷 More photos: 2–4: Ammodramus (CC0). All via Wikimedia Commons.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

📜 The Hulls built the Central after being denied permission to expand Ely's Capital Theater, which had opened in 1916. (Sources: Wikipedia, Central Theater; photo record)

At a glance, Central Theater, Ely: Architect: Hull, Percy and Warren; Style: Art Deco; Location: 145 W. 15th St., Ely, Nevada; Built: 1939–1941; Historic listing: August 05, 1993. Source: Wikipedia, Central Theater.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Central Theater, Ely The Art Deco Central Theater in Ely, Nevada was built 1939–1941 by Percy and Warren Hull, photographed here at its east-end entrance. 📷 Ammodramus (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons #ArtDeco #architecture

A tan brick Art Deco theater building with a tall vertical neon sign reading CENTRAL, a light blue curved marquee listing matinee showtimes, two round porthole-style entrance doors, and mountains in the background under a cloudy sky.

East end entrance doors of the Central Theater in Ely, Nevada, with art deco oval glass panels under the marquee.

Close-up of one art deco double door at Central Theater entrance, wood with white inlay, oval glass panes, chrome handles and red frame.

Close-up of the vertical CENTRAL neon sign tower rising above the pastel blue marquee of the Central Theater in Ely, Nevada.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📷 More photos: 2: Jack Boucher (public domain); 3–4: Jack E. Boucher (public domain). All via Wikimedia Commons.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📜 The bathhouse's solarium, completed in 1933, was expected to be the largest in the world at the time. (Sources: Wikipedia, Jacob Riis Park; photo record)

At a glance, Jacob Riis Park Bathhouse, East Tower: Architect: John L. Plock, Gilmore D. Clarke, Aymar Embury II, Clinton Loyd,…; Style: Art Deco, Moorish; Location: Queens, New York City, New York, United States; Built: 1932; Historic listing: June 17, 1981. Source: Wikipedia, Jacob Riis Park.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Jacob Riis Park Bathhouse, East Tower Jacob Riis Park's Art Deco bathhouse opened in 1932, designed by architect John L. Plock; this is its east tower, photographed in 1990. 📷 Jack Boucher (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons #ArtDeco #architecture

An octagonal brick tower with a stone and tile-patterned base, small grille windows, a narrow balcony, and a door at ground level, photographed against a clear blue sky from a rooftop.

Close perspective view of the octagonal brick east tower with stone-trimmed balcony and lattice windows, seen from the west.

Elevation view of the brick west tower with carved stone balcony, lattice windows, and patterned brickwork above the Women's Bath House entrance.

Perspective view of the octagonal brick west tower rising above the bathhouse roofline, seen from the southwest under a clear sky.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📷 More photos: 2–4: Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United Stat (CC0). All via Wikimedia Commons.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📜 The station was designed to be a prototype for similar stations across the Great Lakes, but World War II meant those plans were never carried out. (Sources: Wikipedia, Coast Guard Station Grand Haven; photo record)

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Old Cleveland Coast Guard Station Built in 1940 on Whiskey Island, this Art Moderne Coast Guard station was designed by J. Milton Dyer, architect of Cleveland City Hall. 📷 Warren LeMay from Cincinnati (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons #ArtDeco #architecture

A white Art Moderne building with a cylindrical, curved observation tower topped by a dark roof and porthole-like window, flanked by a flat-roofed wing with rows of windows, set against a clear blue sky with a tree in the courtyard.

White Art Deco Coast Guard station building with round tower and curved saucer-shaped observation cap against blue sky

Close-up of the Art Deco tower with curved balcony observation deck atop the Cleveland Coast Guard station, viewed from below

Curved ribbon window with black metal mullions set into the rounded white stucco wall of the Coast Guard station

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

📷 More photos: 2–4: w_lemay (CC0). All via Wikimedia Commons.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

📜 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, the former movie house now serves as a mixed use venue for special events and concerts. (Sources: Wikipedia, Twentieth Century Theatre; photo record)

At a glance, 20th Century Theater, Cincinnati: Architect: F & W Construction and Fred W. Stritzel; Style: Moderne; Location: 3021 Madison Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio; Historic listing: August 26, 1993. Source: Wikipedia, Twentieth Century Theatre.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

20th Century Theater, Cincinnati Twentieth Century Theater in Oakley, Cincinnati, was built in 1941 as a deluxe neighborhood movie theater. 📷 w_lemay (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons

A tall red vertical tower reading '20TH CENTURY' tops a curving, scalloped marquee with a corrugated metal awning above it, set against a bright blue sky with white clouds; the marquee reads 'JAN 26' and 'AJA'.

Art Deco tower of the 20th Century Theater seen from below, with '20th Century' lettering and modern glass building reflected behind it against a blue sky with clouds

Close-up of the theater's rounded corner pilaster with maroon ceramic tile and a blank silver poster case under the marquee canopy

Curved marquee underside with cream paneling and recessed lights above the theater's tan and blue tiled entrance with glass doors and red carpet

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

📷 More photos: 2–4: Carol M. Highsmith (public domain). All via Wikimedia Commons.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

📜 The Baker Building, once a clothing store, is called the best-preserved Art Moderne building in Erie, with its curved glass-block corner barely altered after decades of use. (Sources: Wikipedia, Erie Federal Courthouse; photo record)

At a glance, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania: Architect: Rudolph Stanley-Brown, Louis A. Simon; Style: Moderne; Location: 617 State Street; Built: 1937; Owner: General Services Administration; Historic listing: January 22, 1993. Source: Wikipedia, Erie Federal Courthouse.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania 📷 Carol M. Highsmith (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons

A tan stone government building with a curved glass-walled corner entrance at a street intersection, flanked by trees and traffic signals under a clear blue sky.

Wood-paneled courtroom with red carpet aisle, pew-style benches, judge's bench, and seal on the wall at the Erie Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse.

White marble bust of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in an arched niche with terracotta walls, library lobby of the Erie Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse.

Modern glass-front entrance pavilion flanked by older stone wings, flagpole with American flag in foreground, at the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

📷 More photos: 2: Michael Grindstaff of Sacramento, CA, edited (public domain); 3: Carol M. Highsmith (public domain); 4: Don Tateishi (public domain). All via Wikimedia Commons.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

📜 1,000 homing pigeons were released at the 1935 dedication to spread the news of the bridge's opening across California. (Sources: Wikipedia, Tower Bridge (Sacramento, California); photo record)

At a glance, Tower Bridge, Sacramento: Architect: Alfred Eichler; Style: Span Drive Type; Height: 160 ft. Source: Wikipedia, Tower Bridge (Sacramento, California).

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tower Bridge, Sacramento This vertical lift bridge over the Sacramento River opened in 1935, linking Sacramento and West Sacramento in Streamline Moderne style. 📷 Carol M. Highsmith (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons

Two tall gold-lit lift towers of a bridge rise against a deep blue dusk sky, connected by a lighted steel truss roadway over a river, with reflections visible in the dark water below.

Golden-lit Tower Bridge towers and gold truss span over the Sacramento River at dusk, boats moored beneath, with reflections on the water.

Sacramento's Tower Bridge illuminated at twilight, its twin gold towers and deck glowing above the river with a deep blue sky backdrop.

Aerial view looking down Capitol Mall toward the white Tower Bridge towers spanning the Sacramento River, with city and river valley beyond.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

📷 More photos: 2–3: John Margolies (public domain); 4: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0218.ph… (public domain). All via Wikimedia Commons.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

📜 Derrah shaped the plant like a ship, with portholes, a catwalk, and a bridge, by remodeling five existing industrial buildings into one Art Deco landmark. (Sources: Wikipedia, Coca-Cola Building (Los Angeles); photo record)

At a glance, Coca-Cola Bottling Company: Architect: Robert V. Derrah; Style: Streamline Moderne; Location: 1200-1334 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, California; Built: 1939. Source: Wikipedia, Coca-Cola Building (Los Angeles).

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Coca-Cola Bottling Company This Streamline Moderne plant at 1334 South Central Ave, built 1939 by Robert V. Derrah, bottled Coca-Cola in Los Angeles. 📷 www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0218.ph… (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons

Black and white photograph of a long, streamlined white building with curved corners, round porthole windows, horizontal banding, and a Coca-Cola sign atop a central tower, photographed from a street corner.

Streamline Moderne Coca-Cola Bottling building shaped like a ship, red superstructure sign, porthole windows along white hull, street corner view

Diagonal view of the ship-shaped Coca-Cola Bottling building with red bridge sign, rows of portholes, street lamps and power lines in foreground

Black and white detail of the building's ship bridge deck, portholes, railings and arched door, flanked by two small trees

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📷 More photos: 2–4: Cbaile19 (CC0). All via Wikimedia Commons.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📜 When finished, it was the nation's third-largest airport and its only hard-surface one, and early aviators Harold Gatty and Wiley Post called it the finest airport they'd ever seen. (Sources: Wikipedia, Allegheny County Airport; photo record)

At a glance, Allegheny County Airport Terminal: Location: West Mifflin, Pennsylvania; Opened: 1931; Owner: Allegheny County Airport Authority. Source: Wikipedia, Allegheny County Airport.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Allegheny County Airport Terminal Built in 1931 by Stanley L. Roush with 1936 Art Deco additions by Henry Hornbostel, this terminal outside Pittsburgh was photographed here in June 2020. 📷 Cbaile19 (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons

A white Streamline Moderne airport terminal building with a central control tower, horizontal dark banding, rounded corners, and an American flag, with trees in the foreground.

Front facade of Allegheny County Airport terminal, white Art Deco building with control tower, flag, and circular fountain under cloudy sky

Wide view of Allegheny County Airport terminal's Art Deco white facade with black zigzag trim, control tower, and American flag

Angled view of Allegheny County Airport terminal showing control tower with antennas, white building, trees, and parking lot

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📷 More photos: 2–4: w_lemay (CC0). All via Wikimedia Commons.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📜 An experimental Raymond Loewy-designed bus, the GX-1, was exhibited to the public at the station's 1948 opening as part of Greyhound's $20 million terminal-building campaign. (Sources: Wikipedia, Greyhound Bus Station (Cleveland); photo record)

At a glance, Cleveland Greyhound Terminal: Architect: William Strudwick Arrasmith; Style: Streamline Moderne; Opened: April 1, 1948; Owner: Playhouse Square. Source: Wikipedia, Greyhound Bus Station (Cleveland).

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Cleveland Greyhound Terminal Built 1948 in Streamline Moderne style by William Strudwick Arrasmith, this Cleveland terminal served Greyhound its entire existence until sale in 2023. 📷 w_lemay (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons

A Streamline Moderne bus station with curved corners, horizontal aluminum trim bands, ribbon windows, and a tall vertical blade sign reading 'Greyhound' with a clock, photographed under a clear blue sky with cars parked along the curb.

Low-angle view of the Greyhound terminal's tall Streamline Moderne sign tower with vertical neon lettering and clock, against a clear blue sky.

Street-level view of the Cleveland Greyhound terminal facade, showing the curved limestone building with blue glass block trim and the tall illuminated sign tower above the entrance.

Curved corner of the Greyhound terminal building with large steel-framed windows and black tile base, sign tower visible in the background.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🚌 Streamline Moderne Daily: curves, chrome and porthole windows three times a day. Diners, bus depots, theaters and terminals of the Streamline era, with the story behind each. The full story follows in the thread. Public-domain photos, credited. Automated by JD Media, LLC.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

📷 More photos: 2: Carol M. Highsmith (public domain). All via Wikimedia Commons.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

📜 At its 1935 dedication, 1,000 homing pigeons were released to carry news of the bridge across California. (Sources: Wikipedia, Tower Bridge (Sacramento, California); photo record)

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Tower Bridge, Sacramento This vertical lift bridge over the Sacramento River linking Sacramento to West Sacramento opened in 1935, blending engineering with Streamline Moderne design. 📷 Carol M. Highsmith (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons

Daytime view of the gold-colored Tower Bridge with its tall vertical lift towers and steel truss span against a clear blue sky, reflected in the Sacramento River below.

Aerial view of Sacramento's golden Tower Bridge spanning the Sacramento River, connecting downtown to West Sacramento, with the city skyline in the background.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Greyhound Bus Station in Huntington, West Virginia is a Streamline Moderne building photographed by Carol M. Highsmith on 7 May 2015.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📜 In 1937, Huntington became the first city in West Virginia to switch its entire transportation system to gasoline-powered buses. (Wikipedia: Huntington, West Virginia)

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Greyhound Bus Station, Huntington, West Virginia This Streamline Moderne-style Greyhound Bus Station in Huntington, West Virginia was photographed by Carol M. Highsmith on 7 May 2015. 📷 Carol M. Highsmith (public domain), Wikimedia Commons · history: Wikipedia

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚌 Streamline Moderne Daily: curves, chrome and porthole windows every evening. Diners, bus depots, theaters and terminals of the Streamline era, with the story behind each. The full story follows in the thread. Public-domain photos, credited. Automated by JD Media, LLC.

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Streamline Moderne Daily @streamlinedaily.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What this is: Curves, chrome and porthole windows every evening: the diners, bus depots, theaters and terminals of the Streamline era, with the story behind each. Public-domain photos, credited. Cadence: One photo every evening, with its history and an at-a-glance card in the thread. Automated

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