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accordion playing pirates?! o_O

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The address is 1472 Broadway NYC and that currently is occupied by a H&M. So um, still pirates? I jest I jest, I know nada about H&M!! Had to go there, cuz um, I could! :)

Date: 2015-12-18 01:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] calzephyr77.livejournal.com
If I recall, these toys were pressed figures - like the chest of 100 army men. I'm having trouble finding a photo, but there's a certain truthiness to these ads :-)

Date: 2015-12-18 01:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lizardian.livejournal.com
Pirate Sitting on a Barrel Playing Accordion
Image

Date: 2015-12-19 02:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] calzephyr77.livejournal.com
Great find!!

Date: 2015-12-18 04:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sacramentalist.livejournal.com
They like to use concertinas to play their sea shanties.

Date: 2015-12-19 02:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] franklanguage.livejournal.com
Beat me to it.

By the way, that zone—New York 36, New York—is now the zip code 10036 and represents a large swath of midtown west/Hell's kitchen.
Edited Date: 2015-12-19 02:41 am (UTC)

Date: 2015-12-20 06:37 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] pronker
LOL at "goldbrickers'!

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