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Edison Electric Car ~ 1913
Posted on 25 October 2012 | No CommentsElectric cars are nothing new on the scene. The Edison Electric car didn’t have a lot of range, but it provided a quiet ride while the charge in the batteries... -
Riding the Rails with Grandma
Posted on 24 October 2012 | No CommentsUrban residents fill their homes with exercise equipment in an effort to keep the pounds off and stay in good physical shape. In days gone by, most of the nation... -
Fixin’ A Flat
Posted on 20 October 2012 | No CommentsIt seems like I spent half my free time and most of my paper route earnings fixing flat tires on my old Schwinn. Even puncture-proof tubes had a very limited... -
Deported From Colorado ~ Do Not Return
Posted on 12 October 2012 | No Comments1906 found miners in Colorado battling for unionization of the work force and all of the attendant issues common to that effort. By early June, 1906, Colorado State officials had... -
1850 ~ Gold Pens ~ 500,000 Sold Annually
Posted on 8 October 2012 | No CommentsWe know that pens and pencils were the only reasonable way to write and create records in 1850, but did you know that at least one manufacturer, Bard, Brothers &... -
Machine Gun Corps ~ WWI ~ Gaza
Posted on 29 September 2012 | No CommentsThe machine gun corps protect the line in the Gaza during World War I. -
Bicycle Ambulance ~ WWII ~ Britain
Posted on 28 September 2012 | No CommentsIn the exigencies of war, combined with the loss or diversion of industrial manufacturing, unique vehicles and pieces of equipment arrived on the war torn streets of England during World... -
History of Macon, Georgia ~ 1823-1923
Posted on 21 September 2012 | No CommentsTown history books are favorites of genealogists. They are full of the history and stories about the towns where our ancestors lived, loved and died. The book History of Macon,... -
Early 1900’s ~ The Detroit Electric Car
Posted on 19 September 2012 | No CommentsWe read of the flood of ‘new’ vehicles on the market today. Many of them are 100^ electric powered, shunning petroleum as a source for their energy. Is the technology... -
The Abacus Salesman
Posted on 14 September 2012 | No CommentsBack before there were jobs for young folks in fast food restaurants, the youth in our ancestral families almost always had to find work to contribute the sustenance of the...
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