11,700 Free Photos from John Margolies' Archive of Americana Architecture

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by gslin • 7 days ago

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grg0• 7 days ago

The really should build the brown donut hole and the pink hot dog next to each other.

sleepyguy• 3 days ago

I used to drive by that gas station everyday, It was located at the bottom of Windermere and the Lakeshore area. They had saved it and moved it from what I remember but I could be wrong. Thre were a few more gas stations like that in Toronto. There was one on Bloor just before you got to High Park.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Gas_Stations

BaseBaal• 3 days ago

Cool pics. Direct link to the archive: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=mrg&st=gallery

Lio• 2 days ago

I love this. It's been a while since I've been back to visit America but as a European I always find this style of architecture very aspirational.

I particularly like proper prefabricated dinners. It's like visiting a David Lynch film and you get pancakes and coffee.

11,700 Free Photos from John Margolies' Archive of Americana Architecture

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