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A few nice Forum images I found:

Roman Forum


Image by MarcelGermain
Rome (Italy).

A walk through the Roman Forum is really a walk through history… a unique experience!

The Roman Forum is located between the Palatine hill and the Capitoline hill. It is the central area around which the ancient Roman civilization developed. Citizens referred to the location as the "Forum Magnum" or just the "Forum".

The oldest and most important structures of the ancient city are located in the forum. It served as a city square and central hub where the people of Rome gathered for justice and faith. The forum was also the economic hub of the city and considered to be the center of the Republic and Empire.

[Texts adapted from Wikipedia]

Caixa Forum Stairs


Image by felipe_gabaldon
Escaleras interiores del edificio Caixa Forum.
Interior stairs of the Caixa Forum building.

A few nice News images I found:

Subscription to Daily Illus. News [Geo. Grantham Bain] (LOC)


Image by The Library of Congress
Bain News Service,, publisher.

Subscription to Daily Illus. News [Geo. Grantham Bain]

[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09413

Call Number: LC-B2- 2225-12

Fake Brands (Weird News No. 4)


Image by Chuck “Caveman” Coker
These are some of the fake brands that can be found at a new shopping mall in Nanjing, China. Maybe you’ll see Rnoald McDnoald there.

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Fake Brands Shopping Centre Set to Open in China

By Hannah Wood

Monday, January 1, 2009

China has confirmed itself as the ‘king of counterfeiters’ with the building of a new shopping centre dedicated to fake brands.

Some of the brand impostors at the mall in Nanjing, east of Shanghai, include a McDonalds look-a-like burger bar called McDnoald’s, a Starbucks-style coffee shop called Bucksstar Coffee, and a wannabe Pizza Hut called Pizza Huh.

City bosses are under pressure to ban the soon-to-be opened mall after pictures of the fake stores were leaked, causing uproar amongst angry consumers who feared they’d be ripped off.

"Not every shopper is brand conscious so a lot of people will walk into these stores thinking they are getting the real thing," said an angry shopper in a local newspaper.

"The whole idea of this mall is plain dishonest.

"Some fakes are done light-heartedly to be funny, but these stores look so much like the real thing people are going to feel cheated," the shopper added.

This may be the first ‘fakes only’ mall but copycat brands are rife around the world.

Source: Wood, Hannah. "Fake Brands Shopping Centre Set to Open in China." Mirror UK. 1 Jan. 2009. <http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/01/05/fake-brands-shopping-centre-set-to-open-in-china-pictures-115875-21018152/>

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A few nice Health images I found:

Houses which have been condemned by the Board of Health but are still occupied by Negro migratory workers, Belle Glade, Fla. (LOC)


Image by The Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post,, 1910-1990,, photographer.

Houses which have been condemned by the Board of Health but are still occupied by Negro migratory workers, Belle Glade, Fla.

1941 Jan.

1 slide : color.

Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
African Americans–Structures
Cabins
Migrant laborers
United States–Florida–Belle Glade

Format: Slides–Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Collection 11671-12 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34398

Call Number: LC-USF35-175

Building of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C. (LOC)


Image by The Library of Congress
Building of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C.

[ca. 1943]

1 transparency : color.

Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945
Government facilities
United States–District of Columbia–Washington (D.C.)

Format: Transparencies–Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Collection 12002-68 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35456

Call Number: LC-USW36-745