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3 unusual facts about Souvenir


Keepsake

Souvenir, a (small) item that reminds a person of a specific event or time

The Matador Club

The space was a dance hall, with hardwood floors, a stage, and numerous items of country music memorabilia, such as antlers, cowboy boots, and records.

The Pork Butcher

A short novel which eschews character development for paradoxical dialogue and plot twist, it is one of Hughes' most successful, having been filmed as Souvenir.


.257 Roberts

Japanese Type 38 Arisaka rifles brought to the United States as wartime souvenirs were sometimes converted by rechambering to utilize more readily available .257 Roberts cartridge cases because commercially produced 6.5x50mm Arisaka cartridges were scarce prior to distribution by Norma Projektilfabrik A/S.

Alles wird gut

The fact, that pieces of Berlin Wall (torn down in 1989) became popular souvenirs is referenced in the line "Mit einem Stein in der Hand als Souvenir von der Mauer in Berlin/Klopfen wir an die Hintertür vom neuen Paradies" (With a stone in the hand as a souvenir from the wall in Berlin/We're knocking on the backdoor of the new paradise).

Andy Sears

In 2011 he released a limited edition CD of work in progress, Souvenir to coincide with a European Tour as support to Pendragon.

Antonio Pasin

In 1933 he commissioned a 45-foot art-deco statue of a boy riding a wagon above a mini 25-cent souvenir wagon store at the Chicago World's Fair.

Bob Stillman

One of his songs, "Long Hard Day", was featured in Urban Cowboy; he was a standby for the role of Cosmé McMoon in Souvenir.

Champlevé

The Staffordshire Moorlands Pan is a 2nd-century trulla with large enamel roundels in four colours of enamel, commissioned by or for Draco, a soldier, possibly a Greek, as a souvenir of his service on Hadrian's Wall.

Dead letter office

In The Simpsons episode "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday", Springfield Elementary School visits their local Post Office and are treated to a piece of undeliverable mail from the dead letter office as a souvenir.

Denham, Western Australia

There is a Crisis centre, two Churches, a unit of the Red Cross, Returned Services League (R.S.L.), plus the normal amenities / facilities / social organisations to be found in any small Australian rural town; for example, two grocery shops, hardware, laundromat, hairdressing salon, two hotels, three caravan parks, various types of holiday accommodation, butcher, tourist and souvenir shops.

El Alcaraván Airport

Although this terminal only operates domestic flights between Bogotá and Bucaramanga is classified as an international airport because it has an emigration department, DIAN, airport police, hangars, commercial offices, modules, boarding and debarcation zone, gas station, waiting room and additionally there are many facilities for the passengers such as restaurants, cafeterias and souvenir stores.

Eric Rosse

During the making of Lisa Marie's album he also produced Kristy Thirsk's debut Souvenir.

Frank Schoonover

In 1918 and 1919, he produced a series of paintings along with Gayle Porter Hoskins illustrating the American forces in the First World War for a series of souvenir prints published in the Ladies Home Journal.

Gunong

The gunong is one of many bladed weapons portrayed in the "Weapons of Moroland" plaque that has become a common souvenir item and pop culture icon in the Philippines.

Guy Lyon Playfair

In his first book, The Unknown Power (first published as The Flying Cow by Souvenir Press Ltd., U.K. 1975) he brings a wide reading in the literature of psychical research to bear on Brazilian paranormal phenomena, including those events connected with Francisco Candido 'Chico' Xavier, Zé Arigó and others.

Harvey Girls

Harvey Girls, employees of Harvey House lunch rooms, restaurants, souvenir shops, and hotels

Hex sign

Jacob Zook of Paradise, Pennsylvania claimed to have originated the modern mountable sign in 1942, based on traditional designs, to be sold in souvenir gift shops to tourists along the Lincoln Highway.

Hey Kid, Catch!

In the 1983 Newhart episode "A View from the Bench", where Dick Loudon is expelled from Boston Garden's seating section to the tunnel for a Celtics game, where an exhausted player is offered a "cold drink" from Loudon and turns back shouting "Hey, kid" as he tosses Newhart his basketball shoes as a souvenir.

Ibrahim Khan Gardi

Trained to the French discipline as commandant de la qarde to Bussy, Ibrahim Gardi bore the title, or nickname, of "Khan," a souvenir of his professional origin or title.

Isabelle Breitman

She made her directoral debut in 2001 with Se souvenir des belles choses, for which she won a César Award for Best Debut.

Jean-Pierre Cassel

In 2007, Cassel appeared in dual roles (as Père Lucien and the Lourdes souvenir vendor) in Julian Schnabel's film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

Joseph Merk

In 1836 Friedrich August Kummer dedicated his Souvenir de la Suisse, Concertino for cello and orchestra, Op. 30, to Joseph Merk.

Kosuke Fukudome

In April 2008, a souvenir stand selling unlicensed Cubs apparel sold a t-shirt bearing the Cubs cartoon bear wearing over-sized Harry Caray-style glasses encircled by the phrase "Horry Kow" (an Engrish play on Caray's "Holy Cow!" catchphrase) in cartoonish Asian script below.

Lawry Lewin

Lewin is a friend of the actor and writer John Finnemore and since 2011 has acted as part of the regular ensemble in John Finnemore's 'Souvenir Programme', a sketch show for BBC Radio 4 alongside Carrie Quinlan, Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Simon Kane.

Le souvenir de ce jour

"Le Souvenir de ce jour" (English: "The Memory of This Day") is a 2004 song recorded by the French artist Jenifer Bartoli.

Léon Bazin

Louis Bouquet created a painting named Souvenir du Musée des Colonies that depicts the men who worked on the Palais de la Porte Dorée: Laprade and Bazin, Bouquet himself, the sculptor Alfred Janniot and the interior decorator Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann.

Live from Nowhere, Volume 1

Initially planned as a souvenir of the 2005 Taft Theatre concert, technical problems with the 2005 recording resulted in the disc becoming a compilation of songs from the 2004 show at the venue, and two unspecified performances from 2005, showcasing the band just prior to the release of Drunkard's Prayer as well as towards the end of that album's subsequent tour.

Maple Leaf Village

It boasted a multi-screen movie theatre, numerous attractions (through the years: That's Incredible! museum and the Elvis Presley Museum were here), countless souvenir and apparel stores, Lillie Langtry's tavern and club and, in later years, the first locale for the Canadian comedy cabaret, Yuk-Yuk's.

Mirador del Río

The location was created in 1974 by the local artist César Manrique in his typical style, consisting of a balustraded cafe, a souvenir shop and a platform on its top which are integrated in the lava rock.

Nobel Museum

During 2011 the souvenir shop collabrated with the artist Artan Mansouri who made paintings that symbolized Alfred Nobels life.

Official Films

In addition to cartoons, Official also offered a number of sports films, newsreels, and specialties including a souvenir film of the 1939 New York World's Fair (which remained available until around 1980) and "The Broadway Handicap," a home-movie-board-game combination with a horse-racing theme.

Panama–Pacific International Exposition

Numismatist Farran Zerbe supervised the creation of a series of commemorative medals, an award medal, a souvenir medal, and diplomas.

Port Erin railway station

Housed in a former bus garage the Port Erin Railway Museum was opened in 1975 and houses a number of exhibits charting the history of the railway from its beginnings to the present day; prior to its opening the goods shed (which today houses the associated souvenir shop and entrance hall) had acted as locomotive shed for several years, whilst two out of service locomotives (Nos.

Shot glass

Shot glasses decorated with a wide variety of toasts, advertisements and humorous pictures are popular souvenirs and collectibles.

Souvenir de Porto Rico

Souvenir de Porto Rico, Op. 31, is a musical composition for piano by American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk written from 1857 during a tour in Puerto Rico.

Souvenir of Their Visit to America

Souvenir of Their Visit to America was the first of three Beatles EPs released in the United States and the only one released by Vee-Jay Records (catalogue number VJEP 1-903.) The EP featured four songs that had previously been released by Vee-Jay on the Introducing... The Beatles album.

Steam Incorporated

In addition, Steam Inc. have a number of 50-foot and 56-foot steel-clad passenger carriages, one of which has been converted for use as a buffet/souvenir car.

Tisdale, Saskatchewan

Due to the likely and obvious alternate meaning, industrial metal band Ministry named their 1988 album The Land of Rape and Honey after seeing the motto on a Tisdale souvenir mug.


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