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The zouave soldier portrayed on the front of Zig-Zag products is colloquially known as the "Zig-Zag man". The choice of a member of this French North African regiment as a Zig-Zag icon originates from a folk story about an incident in the battle of Sevastopol. When the soldier's clay pipe was destroyed by a bullet, he attempted to roll his ...
Four-story structure built in 1922 for jewelry manufacturer; later housed Clifton's Cafeteria: 385: Title Insurance & Trust Company Building and Annex: 419–433 S. Spring St. Spring Street Financial District: Two buildings designed by The Parkinsons; the main building is known for its restrained Zig-Zag Moderne style and Art Deco lobby 398
Superior Oil Company Building Claud W. Beelman (1884 – January 30, 1963), sometimes known as Claude Beelman , was an American architect who designed many examples of Beaux-Arts , Art Deco , and Streamline Moderne style buildings.
Herman Hiss & Company, 905 Washington Avenue. A two-story masonry commercial building with a Modernistic design with zig-zag ornamentation. United States Post Office, Court House and Custom House, 1000 Washington Avenue. A monumental rectangular three-story masonry building constructed in 1931–32. The Bay City Times Building, 311 Fifth Street.
Notably, one of her zig-zag sewing machines is now on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. [12] This was considered one of her most important inventions and revolutionized the way that commercial sewing was done for over half of a century.
Edward Mason Eggleston (22 November 1882 – 14 January 1941) was an American painter who specialized in calendar portraits of women, fashionable and fantastic. He was also a well known commercial illustrator doing work for companies such as the Fisk Tire Company, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Great Lakes Exposition.
In prehistory the area was widely settled by Kung peoples, the so-called Khoikhoi or San, Hottentot or Bushmen people, who were hunter gatherers.They often lived in caves and made various artworks, including beading from shells for personal decoration, incising designs on ostrich shells and utilitarian objects such as clay water straws and also on the cave walls themselves.
Zig and Zag may refer to: Zig and Zag (Australian performers), Jack Perry and Doug McKenzie, a clown duo who appeared on Australian television from 1957 to 1969; Zig and Zag (puppets), Irish puppet duo that made their television début on RTÉ's The Den in 1987; Zig and Zag, animated TV series featuring the puppets