Showing posts with label London. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London. Show all posts

Monday, November 22, 2021

Creator: Bob Gill, 1931–2021

Robert Charles Gill
January 17, 1931, Brooklyn, New York – November 9, 2021, Brooklyn, New York

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Robert Gill
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1931
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Grandson
Home in 1940: New York, Kings, New York
Street: 1324 Carroll Street
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: New York, Kings, New York
Residence in 1935: New York
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Sheet Number: 1B
Attended School or College: Yes
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 3rd grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Name/Age
Morris Gothelf, 67
Freida Gill, 39
Robert Gill, 9












New York Passenger List
Name: Robert Gill
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York
Departure Port: Southampton, England
Arrival Date: February 15, 1954
Arrival Port: New York, New York
Ship Name: Queen Elizabeth





















Graphic design: visual comparisons
Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Bob Gill
Reinhold Publishing Company, 1964



















Bob Gill, right


Illustration: aspects and directions
Bob Gill & John Lewis
Reinhold Publishing Company, 1964



















Bob Gill, right


Kate Simon
Meridian Books, 1959
Drawings by Bob Gill


Further Reading
The New York Times, November 16, 2021


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Monday, February 11, 2013

Street Scene: Lee Ho Fook


L O N D O N
15-16 Gerrard Street, Chinatown
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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Street Scene: Fortune Cookie Day


September 13 is Fortune Cookie Day. (see 1 2
Here is a look at six businesses in cities
from sea to shining sea and across the pond.

S A N F R A N C I S C O
Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory
56 Ross Alley, Chinatown


 C H I C A G O 
Golden Dragon Fortune Cookies Co.
2323 South Archer Avenue


 O R L A N D O 
China Bowl Restaurant
movie lot at Disney-MGM Studios, 2007


 P H I L A D E L P H I A 
Lucky Chinese Cookie Factory
155 North 9th Street


 N E W Y O R K C I T Y 
Fortune Cookie
7604 13th Avenue, Brooklyn


 L O N D O N 
Fortune Cookie Chinese Buffet
27 Duke Street


(Next post on Monday: Ambigrams)

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Street Scene: The Charles Dickens House Museum


L O N D O N
48 Doughty Street (link)


February 7, 2012 is the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens.


(Next post on Thursday: Frank Frazetta's High School)