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  2. Black-and-white Revival architecture - Wikipedia

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    Lockwood's black-and-white building at Chester Cross. The Black-and-white Revival was a mid-19th-century architectural movement that revived historical vernacular elements with timber framing. The wooden framing is painted black and the panels between the frames are painted white. The style was part of a wider Tudor Revival in 19th-century ...

  3. Black and white bungalow - Wikipedia

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    Burkill Hall in Singapore Botanic Gardens, the oldest surviving 19th century Anglo-Malay Plantation building, forerunner to the black and white bungalow. In Malaysia and Singapore, bungalows such as these were built from the 19th century until World War II for the wealthy expatriate families, the leading commercial firm as well as the Public Works Department and the British Armed Forces. [2]

  4. Robert R. Blacker House - Wikipedia

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    This house was a lavish project for the Greene brothers, costing in excess of US$100,000.00 ($3.37 million today). Everything for the house was custom designed, down to the teak escutcheon plates of the upstairs mahogany panel doors to the linen closets with their ebony cloud adorned keys.

  5. Rent party - Wikipedia

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    A rent party (sometimes called a house party) is a social occasion where tenants hire a musician or band to play and pass the hat to raise money to pay their rent, originating in Harlem during the 1920s. These parties were a means for Black tenants to eat, dance, and get away from everyday hardship and discrimination.

  6. Black and White - Wikipedia

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    Black and White Motorways Ltd, a major British motor coach company from 1926 to 1976, when it was absorbed into the National Bus Company (UK) Black and white village , term for villages of a particular architectural style

  7. Nude swimming in US indoor pools - Wikipedia

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    In some cities segregation was maintained by violence against black swimmers who attempted to enter pools. [41] Prior to the 1960s, the YMCA built separate facilities in black and white neighborhoods. [42] [43]: 580 The first black YMCA with a pool was the Twelfth Street YMCA in Washington, DC which was completed in 1912. [44]

  8. Hanna–Honeycomb House - Wikipedia

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    Begun in 1937 and expanded over 25 years, this is the first and best example of Wright's innovative hexagonal design. [2] A Usonian home patterned after the honeycomb of a bee, the 3,570 square foot house incorporates six-sided figures with 120-degree angles in its plan, in its numerous tiled terraces, and even in built-in furnishings.

  9. File:Alamo Rent a Car (logo).svg - Wikipedia

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    The following other wikis use this file: Usage on de.wikipedia.org Alamo Rent A Car; Usage on fa.wikipedia.org آلامو رنت کار; Usage on id.wikipedia.org