History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

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Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative



Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative



1916. "U.S.S. Franklin, used as training ship. Admiral Farragut's flagship." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative

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Plenty of good photos and reading:

http://www.antiquengines.com/DEW_History.htm

 

http://lost-toronto.blogspot.com/2011_01_26_archive.html

 

http://www.rawsonplace.esmartdesign.com/notebook/324/notebook.htm

 

http://ptatransitauthority.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html

 

http://www.abitabout.com/Charles+Brady+King

 

http://missamerica1933.com/contestants/mo-marks.html

 

http://vintageobscura.com/?tag=women

 

Western Mass. weekend warriors. Around 1940.

 

BTW, one of the primary buildings of the King Motor Car Company still exists today as Prop Art Studios. For anyone looking for it here in Detroit, it is located at the corner of East Grand Blvd and Jefferson Avenue, right next to a Tim Horton's and very close to the bridge to Belle Isle.

http://www.detroitfunk.com/?p=3579

http://www.propartstudio.com/portfolio.php

 

The fishing was in the Kalix river that i live by. Many vilages by the river had a salmonfishing team they fished all summer and sold the
catch and splited the profit. It all ended in the late 50s-early 60s
beacuse then it was so litle salmon Both my faher and grand father
and probably the generations before that was in the fishing team

some times they got salmons in the 40-45 pound wheight

 

The Haparanda steamship that toured the coast and up the
rivers of northern Sweden

 

two mecanics with a 29-30 Buick i think

 

Early snowmobile

 

Volvo truck

 

Second LSE bridge over Beaver Creek, built 1913. The highway
bridge is now built on this spot. (Ralph Sayles photo)</TEXT2>



1907 postcard of original Lake Road bridge over Beaver Creek
at Poplar Grove. LSE tracks at bottom of photo. (Drew Penfield)</TEXT2>



Motorman's view westbound through undergrade in the 1930's.
(Dennis Lamont)



LSE locals and auto traffic on West Erie Ave. in 1937. The
interurban station is at left, Antler's hotel in background.
(Ray Ewers)



A 1922 White bus, purchased in 1925 to replace streetcar
service on East Erie after the tornado. (John A. Rehor)</TEXT2>



The Lorain Coliseum, at 2800 West Erie, just past stop 103,
was a regular stop for local LSE riders. (Dan Brady)</TEXT2>

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Nov. 15, 1906
A letter from American entrepreneur Carl Fisher appears in Motor Age magazine, touting the need for a 3- to 5-mile test track in America. Fisher states the idea &#8220;has been a hobby of mine for the past three years.&#8221;

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June 5, 1909
On this Saturday afternoon, the Speedway plays host to its first competitive event, the Aero Club of America&#8217;s U.S. National Balloon Championships, while construction of the 2.5-mile oval continues.



Aug. 19, 1909
The Speedway opened for three days of auto racing, the first automobile races in track history. The first auto race was a two-lap, 5-mile standing start "dash" won by Louis Schwitzer. Accidents in the initial events, however, convinced the management that a paved surface was necessary for the safety of drivers.



1910
Methodist Hospital's long time continuing relationship with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway harks back to the track&#8217;s earliest days, even before the first 500-mile race in 1911. Shown here in this 1910 photograph is the first motorized ambulance in Indianapolis (from the Flanner and Buchanan Mortuary) poised to speed patients to the Methodist Hospital. Standing beside the ambulance is the driver, John &#8220;Pat&#8221; Patterson, Dr. H.R. Allen and student nurses: Kitty Brewer, Jeanette Taylor, Wilma Entsminger and Marjorie Hunt. (Photo courtesy Mrs. John Tacoma, daughter of Mr. Patterson.)
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.&#8221; From Barney Oldfield: The Life and Times of America&#8217;s Legendary Speed King by William F. Nolan, p. 97

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Picture: The Brooklands Society Photo Archives

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