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The End of Civilization

The scene at the bar tonight: Me: I’ll have a Manhattan. Let’s try it with Stranahan’s. [A nice, local “frontier” whiskey] Bartender: Sure. Bartender tentatively fills an old fashioned with the whiskey and then thumbs through his copy of Mr. Boston…. Ok, now he knows what he’s doing—he looks confident and starts hunting for the vermouth. He looks right at it with unseeing eyes, gives up...

‘Buildings on West 35th Street’ Sherril Schell (American, 1877 – 1964) c. 1930-32. Gelatin silver print, Image and sheet: 8 x 6 5/16 inches
Exhibition: ‘Skyscrapers: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs of the Early Twentieth Century’ at the Philadelphia Museum of Art « Art Blart

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