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America was supposed to be Art Deco - a thread of 10 iconic Art Deco designs 🧵

1. "Mercury" - a streamliner passenger train which operated between 1936 and 1959 Image
2. The Eastern Columbia Building, Los Angeles (1930) Image
3. The Guardians of Traffic, Hope Memorial Bridge, Cleveland (1932) Image
4. The Phantom Corsair - concept car (1938) Image
5. The Niagara Mohawk Building, Syracuse (1932) Image
6. The "Neo-Mayan" Art Deco lobby of 450 Sutter Street, San Francisco (1929) Image
7. "Man Controlling Trade" - sculpture by Michael Lantz, Washington, D.C. (1942) Image
8. The Spirit Guardians at the Liberty Memorial, Kansas City (1926) Image
9. The Paramount Theatre, Oakland (1931) Image
10. The Winged Figures of the Republic, Hoover Dam, Nevada (1936) Image
Bonus: The soaring eagles of the Chrysler Building, New York City (1930) Image
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