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The History Box
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Images of the Past
New York City History #11 |
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Picture # 61 |
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The Franklin
Square Street Station, New York
side on the Brooklyn Bridge. |
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Credit: Wheels Across America by
Clarence P. Hornung; A.S. Barnes
and Company 1959 |
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Picture #62 |
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| First
Automobile Show held in Madison
Square Garden, New York, on
November 1-10, 1900. Sponsored by
the Automobile Club of America, it
exhibited 31 makes of cars
including 8 electrics, 8 steam
driven and 15 gasoline motors. |
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Credit: Wheels Across America by
Clarence P. Hornung; A.S. Barnes
and Company 1959 |
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Picture #63 |
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the turn of the century, scenes of
vehicular confusion with wagons,
carriages and horse-drawn street
cars, like this were seen in the
large cities, especially New York
City. |
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Credit: Wheels Across America by
Clarence P. Hornung; A.S. Barnes
and Company 1959 |
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Picture #64 |
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Manhattan Bridge
Plaza shows a typical traffic
snarl as commercial and passenger
vehicles honk horns impatiently. |
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Credit: Wheels Across America by
Clarence P. Hornung; A.S. Barnes
and Company 1959 |
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Picture #65 |
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Rambler, forerunner of Nash, in
1904 had a twin cylinder, 20 hp
engine and sold for $1,350. Its
top. windshield and picnic baskets
were extra. |
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Credit: Wheels Across America by
Clarence P. Hornung; A.S. Barnes
and Company 1959 |
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Picture #66 |
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One Of Many
Train Wrecks |
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Credit: Wheels Across America by
Clarence P. Hornung; A.S. Barnes
and Company 1959 |
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