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My publisher made a nice little video essay on my work, “Leah Frances — Lunch Poems.” Check it out if you like. Happy New Year!

My publisher made a nice little video essay on my work, “Leah Frances — Lunch Poems.” Check it out at the link! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8NrDJqHJMc

Holiday Shipping Deadline! If you are interested in supporting an artist by buying my book as a Christmas gift, the USA shipping deadline is December 15th. Check out the book here: https://aliensinresidence.co/products/lunch-poems

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The Elizaville Diner on the eve of the midterm elections, 2022. I'm proud that my new photo book, “Lunch Poems,” is now available in a limited quantity at the bookstore at MoMA PS1. If you're in New York and you'd like to save on shipping, you can pick it up there! If you’re outside NYC, the link to purchase it online is here. We ship worldwide. Thanks for your support! 

My new book “Lunch Poems” is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase HERE! Thanks so much for your support.  Sadly, I hadn't realized that Jaison’s Department Store in McKeesport, Pennsylvania was demolished  in January, 2022. Founded in 1926 by the Balter family, Jaison’s was a high-end clothing store that eventually grew to include locations in Braddock, Greengate Mall, Monroeville Mall, South Hills Village Mall, Southland Shopping Center, and  Century III Mall. Jaison’s was one of the anchors of the Downtown McKeesport business district, but it went into decline following layoffs at U.S. Steel’s National Works, and the plant’s eventual closure. The McKeesport store closed in 1985. It became a bingo hall in 1991.

Lancers Diner, Horsham, Pennsylvania 👉🏻 My new book "Lunch Poems" is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase HERE! Thanks so much for your support. 

My 2nd photo book, Lunch Poems, published by Aliens in Residence, is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase HERE! Thanks so much for your support. 

Thanks to Lomography for featuring work from my upcoming book! You can read the article here.

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Long weekend vibes… Broadway Wines & Liquors; Astoria, New York © Leah Frances Follow me on Instagram! New book coming Fall 2022

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A 1951 Comac Diner in Laurel, Maryland.

Just a handful of the prints I’m selling Sunday, June 26th, in my “flat file clean out” at 683 Walnut Street, Easton PA, 11am-5pm. Come find me at the DJ table beside Black & Blue. Nice local discounts, some one-off prints and of course, no shipping fees!

1) Jahn's Family Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlor, Jackson Heights, Queens

2) A Chevrolet, an Oldsmobile and some nice light in Jackson Heights, Queens

3) Charlie's Pizza & Sub Shop of Pottsville, Pennsylvania

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1) The Silver Skillet Restaurant - Southern Cooking Since 1956. 

2) Near Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta 3) The first Waffle House – opened on Labor Day weekend in 1955 in Avondale Estates, Georgia.

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Summer Roads

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1) The 1957 Crossroads Diner went up for auction on eBay in 2019 and sold after 76 bids for $70,400. It was located on US Highway 46, just outside of Belvidere in Warren County.

2) From the Sopranos, the famous Pizzaland — shown in Tony’s drive in the opening scene, right from the beginning of the series

3) House with “The Last Supper” lead glass window and a permanently-parked Cutlass LS.  Prints available: leah-frances.com/prints © Leah Frances New book coming Fall 2022. 

1) The GoodFellas Diner, Maspeth, Queens (Rest in Peace, Ray Liotta). 2) Colonial Bowling center, the last candlepin bowling lanes in Worcester, MA, closed in May, 2020 after 60 years. Candlepin bowling was invented in Worcester in 1881. 

3) Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac, Ridgewood, Queens  Prints available: leah-frances.com/prints © Leah Frances

Larksville, PA, Quakertown, PA, and Hackensack, NJ

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Five storefronts in Pennsylvania.  1) Yocco's, originally established in 1922 at its former center city Allentown location. From the 1970s to the 2000s, five new Yocco's restaurants were opened. Yocco's is currently run by Gary Iacocca, the third generation owner.   2) Sign shop, McKeesport, PA, established 1948 (permanently closed) 3) Linda’s, near McKeesport, PA (information needed)

4) Manns Drug Store, White Oak, Pennsylvania (permanently closed). Four generations of the Manns family worked at Manns Drug Store, which was opened in 1926 by Walter Manns Sr., and his brother. Manns Drug Store was re-built in 1964, when Dave Manns was 14 years old.

“It was so ultra-modern when we built it 55 years ago. The diamonds that have our name in them --- that was revolutionary.  I remember the day my dad got them. We waited until it got dark and went up on the hill and turned around to look at the new sign for the first time - we were just so thrilled and excited to see it.” 5) Gilbert’s Shoes, Philadelphia, PA. Now a collectively-run, not-for-profit, community center.

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