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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #25 on: January 14, 2012, 04:30:15 AM »
No connection to Loewy that I am aware of.
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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #26 on: January 14, 2012, 04:35:10 AM »
Similar case with W.Teague?

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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #27 on: January 14, 2012, 04:52:19 AM »
"L" was not done by Willie Teague, Ohio State football offensive tackle / tight end (1970 - 1972).

Also not by Walter Dorwin Teague
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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #28 on: January 14, 2012, 04:59:41 AM »
Norman Bel Geddes?

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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #29 on: January 14, 2012, 05:04:43 AM »
A less well-known industrial designer penned "L"
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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #30 on: January 16, 2012, 12:21:09 PM »
Brooke Stevens?

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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #31 on: January 16, 2012, 12:32:03 PM »
No sir
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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #32 on: January 25, 2012, 11:13:47 AM »
Prof. A.M. Low?

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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #33 on: February 04, 2012, 01:53:06 AM »
Or Martial & Scull?

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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #34 on: February 04, 2012, 03:42:57 AM »
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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #35 on: April 09, 2012, 02:40:49 PM »
Laurent Durieux?

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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #36 on: April 09, 2012, 04:31:44 PM »
I'll post a reply by early tomorrow, my time.
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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #37 on: April 10, 2012, 03:57:58 AM »
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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #38 on: April 22, 2012, 08:01:41 AM »
I'm sure the designer of "L" didn't work in a vacuum.  ;)
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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #39 on: April 24, 2012, 08:41:03 PM »
Lurelle Guild?

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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #40 on: April 25, 2012, 03:53:17 AM »
Ah-ha! Lurelle Guild, perhaps best-known for his work on Electolux vacuum cleaners, drew ____________'s  ___________ "___________ _____________".

Locked for you.
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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #41 on: April 25, 2012, 04:05:15 AM »
Sorry, but I have seen it yet! ;)

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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #42 on: April 25, 2012, 04:07:41 AM »
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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #43 on: April 25, 2012, 04:30:35 AM »
"Pony Express" was the name of the vehicle...wait...

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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #44 on: April 25, 2012, 04:43:07 AM »
Keep channeling that psychic energy!
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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #45 on: April 25, 2012, 04:47:34 AM »
I lost the rest I'm afraid..  :-[
Was it a Timken Axles ad?

more likely it was an article about a future America, but I can't find it on the internet...

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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #46 on: April 25, 2012, 05:14:33 AM »
You've solved this one to my satisfaction. Well done!

All: I've left some other juicy clues in other long-unsolved puzzles.

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Re: Days of Future Passed II
« Reply #47 on: September 16, 2012, 06:02:57 AM »
"B"   =   General Motors "Auto-control" / This Week Magazine. November 19, 1961 / Ray B.

Popular Science also ran a short piece about this one:
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