What did Harley Brinsfield do that paved the way for Subway?
Harley Brinsfield Harley Brinsfield hosted "The Harley Show, Music out of Baltimore" on WBAL and later on WFBR from about 1952 to sometime in the 1970s. With his second wife, Arlene Levy Brinsfield, he opened Harley Submarine Sandwich Shops, which, largely due to the publicity generated by his show, became one of the first and largest local fast food franchises pre-dating both McDonald's and Subway by many years.
Mercury (train) Mercury was the name used by the New York Central Railroad for a family of daytime streamliner passenger trains operating between midwestern cities. The "Mercury" train sets were designed by the noted industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss, and are considered a prime example of Art Deco design. The success of the "Mercury" led to Dreyfuss getting the commission for the 1938 redesign of the NYC's flagship, the "20th Century Limited", perhaps the most famous train in America.