Robert Gage and His Ideal Mother, 1930s Boarding House Interior, Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Posted by on January 31, 2012 · 2 Comments 

Filed under Architectural History, Arkansas, Built Environment, Colonial Revival, Historic Context, Historical Humanity, History, Interior, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Residential Architecture, Style Section..., Texas · Tagged with 1930s Interiors, Arkansas History, Artists, , Early 20th Century Interior, Fort Smith AK, Historic Interiors, Period Rooms, Robert Gage Antiques, Robert Gage Artist, Robert Gage Austin Texas

Late 19th Century Wall Street, New York, New York

Posted by on January 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

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Paint Shop or Salvage Yard?…Recessed, Urban Wood-Frame Building, Location Unknown

Posted by on January 25, 2012 · 1 Comment 

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Saturday Evening Post Electrical Safety Advertisement: Perhaps the Behavior, As the Style Is Not What is Wrong in this Picture???

Posted by on January 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

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The Short-Lived, But Magnificent Gothic Revival Mansion of John Dorsey, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Posted by on January 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

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The Largest Lights, The Biggest Bulbs, Aeronautical Advancement at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia

Posted by on January 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

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A Well-Kept and Planted Wood-Frame House in Belton, Texas

Posted by on January 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

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We Even Quarantined The Constructing Quartermaster at Reedy Island, Delaware…

Posted by on January 16, 2012 · 1 Comment 

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An X-rated Photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater Interior

Posted by on January 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

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Very Bad Porch

Posted by on January 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Filed under Absurd Mansard, Built Environment, Folk Culture, Folk Louse (alteration/reuse-gone-wrong), Historic Preservation, Italianate, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Pennsyltucky, Residential Architecture, Style Section... · Tagged with , bad porch, Closed in porch, , Historic Buildings, Home Depot Doors, mistreatment of historic properties, , porch enclosures, Ugly Buildings, Ugly Doors, ugly houses, Wood Frame Buildings