Tuesday, March 15, 2016

USING RESEARCH TO CREATE A SENSE OF TIME AND PLACE (PHOTOS)

The Liberty Theatre movie marquee displays a film that was released in April 1947.
 
 


At the Gulf Harbor depot, the flagpole displays a 48-star flag and the Texas state flag.  Automobiles of 1940s vintage are parked nearby.

 
Billboards from the era advertise 1947 Mercury automobiles and Chesterfield cigarettes.



The shed on Pier 1 gives a sense of the location through a sign and the era by displaying a 48-star flag.



 Stop signs in 1947 were black on yellow.  Correct vintage autos are parked nearby.


 
 
On the layout room wall is an April 1947 calendar page I created for the fictional Texas Coast Railroad, an "off layout" line that interchanges with the Gulf Harbor Terminal Railway.
 

Vintage advertisements from an April 1947 National Geographic are displayed on the layout room wall.


I also created an April 1947 calendar page for the GHT.  The telephone number, PA-6-5000, is taken from the title of a Glenn Miller recording.


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