The front bumper is a nice touch. That might have been added to make up for the lack of front brake shoes!
Hey @Witchhammer I couldn't find the original post, but I watched an Oregon Public Broadcasting program last night about Vanport (a picture of which you posted a while back) that was very interesting... I didn't know it, but Vanport was built by Henry J. Kaiser to house his workers and their families (approximately 44,000 residents at its peak) after the Portland Housing Authority refused to respond to federal requests for a housing program. Funding ($25 million) was provided by the Federal Government, just as they had done in other major war support cities. The entire city was built in a matter of months, using the prefab methods Kaiser used in shipbuilding. Vanport had everything families needed, and also was the only war time housing community in the country with a library. It had its own hospital, churches, and fire department. To his credit, he did not allow any discrimination, stating that since any ethnic group could build ships for the war effort, they could also live in Vanport. Everything was integrated, including the schools, which was rare at that time. Schools operated in two shifts per day, and many operations (grocery store, recreation facilities, etc) operated 24 hours per day, seven days, just like the shipyards. An amazing project and accomplishment. Thanks again for posting!
Here is a postcard for the "Silver Castle Lunch System, No. 13, West Tulsa, Oklahoma" on Route 66. The Silver Castle System was established in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1936, and by 1941 units had been built throughout Oklahoma and parts of Texas. At its pinnacle, the Silver Castle System chain had nine locations in Tulsa. Architect Ora Overholzer designed the Silver Castle System restaurant buildings in Tulsa, OK in the Streamline Moderne style — an Art Deco architectural style that emphasized simple curved forms and long horizontal lines.
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