Top: This is a model of a theater in Pasco, Washington where my mother worked as a teenager in the 1930s. The movie billed, "My Favorite Brunette," was released in early April 1947, the exact month and year of the setting for my layout.
Second from Top: The Hillier Hotel (named in honor of one of my sons-in-law) is a model based on a hotel in Lewiston, Idaho.
Third from Top: The Gulf Harbor Methodist Church is based on a Lutheran church in Silverton, Oregon. Since I happen to be Methodist, I changed the denomination...modeler's license, I guess!
Fourth from Top: I modeled this Texaco station based on photos of a late-1930s station I found in a book on vintage gas stations. Emily's Fine Fashions, in the background, is named after one of my granddaughters.
Bottom: Another view of the Texaco station. I fashioned the gas pumps out of balsa wood blocks and styrene. The figures are from Artistta Associates S Scale offerings. The Lazy Susan Café is a joke on my wife, Susie, who is most definitely not lazy!
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