Is It Really DOG FOOD?

This vintage 1943 advertisement, found on R1 car 381, seems like an innocent ad for dog food. There are so many references to this being for dogs.

• The emphasis on the word Dog on the bag
• The drawing of a dog on the bag
• The word DOG on the bowl
• The dog apparently eating from the bowl
• The tag line, Give your Dog his daily vitamins
• The expanded name, Gaines Complete Dog Food

Then, there's something startling in the first bullet point: Used by U. S. Army.

Don't tell me they were feeding Dog Food to those soldiers!

How Far Is It to the LIRR?

At the Vernon-Jackson station in Long Island City, you have these signs. One says that it's only 2 blocks to the LIRR. The other says it's 3 blocks to the LIRR. So which is it? It's actually two short blocks (from 50th Avenue to Borden Avenue), followed by a long block, that's about the length of two-and-a-half blocks (from Vernon Boulevard to 5th Street). You can see the neighborhood in the map below.


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