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An Abandoned Amusement Park re-opened until Halloween

Photos by Robert Hogue

West Virginia’s abandoned Lake Shawnee Amusement Park shut down back in 1966 and has laid in ruins ever since. Many believe Lake Shawnee to be horribly cursed. The park was built upon the site of a desecrated Native American burial ground, and was the location of a brutal massacre of settlers. This week it opens for tours.

Found on Roadtrippers.

The Making of a Coca Cola Neon sign, 1954

Documenting the design and build of the brand’s first neon sign for Piccadilly Circus, in 1954, found on the Creative Review

“His hands cant hit what his eyes cant see.” – Muhammed Ali

Found here

A list of actual reasons for admission into the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum from the late 1800s.

Found on This isn’t Happiness

The Real Rosie Riviter

Geraldine Hoff Doyle, was a 17 years (in 1942) while she was working at the American Broach & Machine Co. when a photographer snapped a pic of her on the job. That image used by J. Howard Miller for the now iconic ‘We Can Do It!’ poster, released during World War II. Because the “We Can Do It!” poster was created for an internal Westinghouse project, it did not become widely known until the 1980s, when it began to be used by advocates of women’s equality in the workplace. Doyle did not know she may have been the model for “We Can Do It!” until 1984, when she came across an article in Modern Maturity magazine which linked a photo of her to the poster, which she had not seen before.