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Lion Mascaron on National Guard Armory – Cairo – Illinois

Lion Mascaron on National Guard Armory - Cairo - Illinois

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A stone lion face (Mascaron) prominently displayed on a building facade, featuring detailed facial features and the lion’s mane. The building presents a classic architectural design with red brickwork surrounding the lion. The building, a former National Guard Armory built in 1931, is located in Cairo, Illinois, a Midwestern town that sits at the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. The building exhibits classical elements of the Art Deco Architectural style. 16×9 Aspect Ratio.

Historic Bowman Field – Louisville – Kentucky

Historic Bowman Field - Louisville - Kentucky

Bowman Field was established in 1919, as Kentucky’s first commercial airport. It remains the oldest civilian airport in the state and is the oldest continually operating commercial airfield in North America. It was founded by Abram H. Bowman an aviation enthusiast. The land upon which Bowman Field is built, was owned prior to World War I, by German Baron Klaus von Zedtwitz but seized by the U.S. government during the war, under the Alien Property Act.

Notable events at the aiport during its long history, include the landing of Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927, and the use of the hangers, and airfield as the base of Pussy Galore’s Flying Circus for the James Bond film Goldfinger in 1963

The airport terminal, the center piece of Bowman Field (and the Bowman Field Historic District), was built in 1929, and is an example of Art Deco architecture, and more specifically the aerodynamic Streamline Moderne style.

Yaquina Bay Bridge – Newport – Oregon

Yaquina Bay Bridge - Newport - Oregon

A view of the Yaquina Bay Bridge along Oregon’s Pacific Coast, near the town of Newport. The bridge, which has elements of Art Deco, Art Moderne and Gothic design, was constructed in 1934. The bridge is one of eleven designed by Conde McCullough, along US Route 101, Oregon’s Coast Highway.