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FOLK ART: FUNCTIONAL SHIFT
MANY OLD RAILROAD DEPOTS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED FOR USE AS
RESTAURANTS, SHOPS AND OFFICES.
Submitter comment:
A CLOSE-BY EXAMPLE IS THE FORMER MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD IN
ANN ARBOR. IT IS NOW THE GANDY DANCER RESTAURANT.
Where learned: UNITED STATES
James Callow Keyword(s): ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Color Design ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Public Building |
FOLK ART: FUNCTIONAL SHIFT
OLD RAILROAD LANTERNS ARE OFTEN COVERTED FOR USE AS TABLE LAMPS.
Where learned: UNITED STATES
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Color Design |
FOLK ART: FUNCTIONAL SHIFT
RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVE BUILDER'S PLATES ARE USED AS WALL
DECORATIONS BY RAILROAD LOVERS (RAILFANS) OR MODEL RAILROADERS.
Submitter comment:
A BUILDER'S PLATE IS A CAST METAL PLATE FASTENED TO THE LOCOMOTIVE
WHICH LISTS ITS MANUFACTURER, SERIAL NUMBER AND DATE OF MANUFACTURE.
Where learned: UNITED STATES
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Color Design |
Date learned: 00001960'S
I learned to fly in Amelia Earhart's day-- when women were not
supposed to fly. I took the airplane up into the air with no
problem. When I landed, the instructor kissed me-- he was so happy
I had landed safely.
Submitter comment:
Lillian is 86 years old; she was a woman before her time as
she was growing up. I would have liked to know her when she still
remembered everything she had done in her life; now her memory has
faded badly. She only has 3 stories which she tells you over and
over again, and 4 or 5 phrases which she constantly says. This
story is one of the stories. Her husband told me she had lunch
with Amelia Earhart many, many years ago at a woman's club meeting.
I thought this fact would be appropriate for this little story.
Where learned: UNITED STATES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |