The above steel-paneled style Signal Gas station opened in the St. John’s area of Portland in 1939 and lasted until the late 1970s when the station was sold and
became a florist shop and its entire metal skin covered with plywood siding. In 2002,
a new owner removed the plywood, finding the metal siding largely intact. repaired
the original steel windows and its neon sign was restored. The service bay was converted into a kitchen and service counter and the waiting area into a dining
room. Antique gas pumps matching the originals were installed and the building’s
original color scheme was restored. Pizza is now being served from the old station
at 8302 North Lombard Street at North Charleston Ave.
 

Neptune, the 8th planet from the sun

 

German observatory astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle (above) 
discovered the planet Neptune. He was assisted by Urbain Jean
Joseph Le Verrier (below) a French mathematician who specialized
in celestial mechanics. Neptune was named by Le Verrier after the
Roman mythological god of the sea.

Urbain Le Verrier

Mickey Rooney (Joseph Yule, Jr.) has been working as a performer
since he was a child. He was a superstar as a teenager for the films
in which he played Andy Hardy, and has one of the longest careers
of any actor to date spanning 90 years actively making films in ten
decades (1920s to 2010s).

1941