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  2. Our Gang filmography - Wikipedia

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    Jean Darling and Johnny Downs also appear, respectively playing Curly Locks and Little Boy Blue. Southern Exposure (April 6, 1935) - a Hal Roach Charley Chase short subject. "Alfalfa" Switzer makes a cameo appearance. Here Comes the Band (August 30, 1935) - a musical comedy feature starring Ted Lewis, and costarring "Spanky" McFarland.

  3. John Stanley Coombe Beard - Wikipedia

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    Former New Palladium, Shepherd's Bush, photographed in 2008 when it was an Australian-themed pub Former Capitol Cinema, Forest Hill Former Forum Cinema, Ealing, in 2006 John Stanley Coombe Beard FRIBA (17 July 1890 – 1970), [1] known professionally as J. Stanley Beard, was an English architect known for designing many cinemas in and around London.

  4. Planned obsolescence - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Manufacturers may make replacement parts either unavailable or so expensive that they make the product uneconomic to repair. For example, Canon and some HP inkjet printers incorporate a replaceable print head which eventually fails. However, the high cost of a replacement forces the owner to scrap the entire device. [27]

  5. SS Kroonland - Wikipedia

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    Kroonland passes through the Pedro Miguel Locks of the Panama Canal on 23 October 1923. It was the liner's first voyage on the New York – San Francisco route after an absence of eight years. In contrast to her time on the North Atlantic, Kroonland encountered few weather or mechanical delays on the coast-to-coast route.

  6. Seattle - Wikipedia

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    Seattle (/ s i ˈ æ t əl / ⓘ see-AT-əl) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.With a population of 755,078 in 2023, [3] it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States.

  7. Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania (/ ˌ p ɛ n s ɪ l ˈ v eɪ n i ə / ⓘ PEN-sil-VAY-nee-ə, lit. ' Penn's forest country '), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania [b] (Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsilfaani), [7] is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

  8. Edmund Burke - Wikipedia

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    Rockingham's unexpected death in July 1782 and replacement with Shelburne as Prime Minister put an end to his administration after only a few months, but Burke did manage to introduce two Acts. The Paymaster General Act 1782 ended the post as a lucrative sinecure. Previously, Paymasters had been able to draw on money from HM Treasury at their ...

  9. List of Chinese inventions - Wikipedia

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    This sub-section is about paper making; for the writing material first used in ancient Egypt, see papyrus.. Paper: Although it is recorded that the Han dynasty (202 BC – AD 220) court eunuch Cai Lun (50 AD – AD 121) invented the pulp papermaking process and established the use of new materials used in making paper, ancient padding and wrapping paper artifacts dating from the 2nd century BC ...