Friday, March 18, 2016

Mercury Woodie Station Wagon Car Images, 1950

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Although Ford Motor Company’s new 1949 station wagons provided both fashion and utility, competitors were hard at work on new features of their own. The all-steel Plymouth Suburban, while only a six-seater, had a folding rear seat that converted in just seconds to a flat load area. General Motors had embraced the all metal idiom but hedged their bets; GM wagons were available in metal with Di-Noc decoration, or real wood, albeit more an accent than real structure.
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Friday, March 11, 2016

Saidpur Rail Station, Bangladesh

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Saidpur Rail Station, Bangladesh

Saidpur Rail Station, Bangladesh

Saidpur Rail Station, Bangladesh

Saidpur Rail Station, Bangladesh

 Syedpur is best known for its railway workshop. In 1870, the Assam-Bengal railway set up its largest workshop in Syedpur and many Biharis or Urdu-speakers came to work there. The city has many schools and colleges both for boys and girls. Before 1971, more than two-thirds of the population was Urdu-speaking.

During war of 1971 and after, much of Syedpur was destroyed. The railway workshop which once employed more than 12,000 workers now has about 2,500 employees and is on the verge of extinction. Syedpur is the only place where some Urdu is still taught in certain schools but its wealthier Bihari population have left for Pakistan.

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