The CAB Ride

Just some musings and electronic gatherings of an ink-stained wretch turned social media junkie. As JADAL says: No trees were destroyed in the sending of this organic message. I do concede, however, a significant number of electrons may have been inconvenienced.

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Music typewriter from 1936.

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What an innovation this was in its time... #vintage #typewriter #music

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Maisema / Landscape

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Looks like an audio track. #vintage #pencils #curation #editor

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Typology of Mallard brand pencils. Fred’s pencil collection.

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Wonderful collection of Mallard brand pencils. They had a wonderful sense of humor as well as purpose. #pencils #vintage #USmade 

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Yaa Gyasi at Brooklyn Public Library, 6/13/16

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Perfectly said.

[doubledaybooks]

Me, trying to flirt.

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John, didjya see this?

[cityofbostonarchives]

Adams Square, 1906, Transit Department photo collection (Collection #8300.002)

This work is in the public domain and free of known copyright restrictions. Please attribute to City of Boston Archives.

For more photos from this collection, click here

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And we lost this for City Hall.

[smithsonianlibrariesarchives]

“rollicking Irish song” from 1917 in honor of #StPatricksDay. From our Bella C. Landauer Sheet Music Collection. View the whole thing here: s.si.edu/1FjthLl #sheetmusic #vintage #irish #aviation http://ift.tt/1BMvKv0

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Says, I too.

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Hilarious.

[houghtonlib]

New on the Houghton Library Blog, early 20th century sheet music featuring male impersonators. 

Sheet Music 273 and 280

Houghton Library, Harvard University

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Wow, who knew?

[wetheurban]

Creative Fashion Illustrations, Edgar Artis

Armenian fashion illustrator Edgar Artis has set some high dress standards with these amazing sketches he creates using stylized paper cut outs and everyday objects.

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Wow! Just wow!

[mybooksonline]

Boston, Irish

Acclaimed Boston photographer Bill Brett returns with Boston, Irish, a collection of more than 260 black-and-white photographs of the people and the city he loves. It is his most personal book yet. Building on his four previous books, Boston, Irish turns the lens on Bill’s own community, the city’s Irish Americans. Dedicated to his mother, Mary Ann Brett, Boston, Irish chronicles and crystallizes…

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Updated edition available

[boston]

‘Boston, Inspirational Women’

- Father-and-daughter photographers Bill Brett and Kerry Brett compiled more than 125 black-and-white portraits of women with Boston ties for their book “Boston, Inspirational Women." 

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You had ONE job! #SuperHeroFail #captainamerica #hawkeye #ChristmasShoppingWithFanboys

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Things are looking amazing at @americanrep for the #Comet tech. Can't believe that's the #Loeb #theater

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Bonus library drop box sign on Instagram

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Reblogging for the 5th pic

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Hahahaha ha!

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National Doughnut Day at the (soon to open) @sidecardoughnuts in #SantaMonica #sidecardoughnuts #sidecarselfie #freedonuts

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When your friends' #books are on the same shelf in a @barnesandnoble in #SantaMonica #BlackMass #MasterThieves @publicaffairsbooks