in 1924, L.T. Shettler, the Rickenbacker car dealer in Los Angeles, demonstrated the effectiveness of the 4 wheel brakes on a new 1924 Rickenbacker C6 Touring sedan by driving the car down the 2nd street steps leading from hope street to third street at the west portal of the third street tunnel
"Miss Peggy Pender stands on the running board of a car with an armful of poinsettias as she looks of a field of the flowers which are grown by Paul Ecke. Located on Sunset Blvd. near Doheny in West Hollywood."
Happy 4th of July to all posters & viewers, to the posters, they much appreciated. i have to visit site daily & sometimes oftener. i threw in a pic keep it legal. mlight9
Orange Ca. 1964. Chapman/ Prospect, Michaels Market Above pic, Right most side of that hill, Chuck Norris built a House and lived right about there, to the right of the orange topped sign... Now thats some Trivia !
Back in the day, The Underwriters Insurance Co. Fire patrol trusted no one when it came to inspecting what they had insured, these gentlemen in bow ties took their jobs very seriously!
As a former rigger and machinery mover myself, I can totally appreciate this picture, rigging crews back then, did it with block and tackle and brute force tempered with leverage and knowing how to use a fulcrum and a Johnson bar and Duff Norton rail road jacks.
True Gentlemen craftsmen, proper ties, proper working attire, and taking pride in a hand made wooden propeller!
I vaguely remember the other Michael’s at Palmyra and Main. I wonder what the store is on the far end of the second Prospect Plaza picture. Hobby shop, toy store or liquor?
Back in 2003, out at the seaplane base on lake Winnebago outside of Oshkosh, I sold everyone of these I had printed!
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