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Crippled Children's Auto Outing: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 4:25am.
"Auto Rides for Crippled Children," New York. May 25, 1908. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size | Zoom in.
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Insurance Patrol: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 4:25am.
"Auto Insurance Patrol" circa 1913 in New York City. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. What are they driving?
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Contraption From Hell: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 4:24am.
"Auto Street Cleaner" circa 1913 in New York City. (Hello, alternate side of the street parking.) View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
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The Motor Fire Engine: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 4:24am.
"Under the hood of the motor fire engine" with the New York Fire Department circa 1913. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. The truck seems to be a Robinson. What's the big bulby thing?
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Testing Fire Engines: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 4:23am.
"Testing Fire Engines" in New York City, September 1913. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Scouting Outing: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 07/08/2007 - 2:36pm.
"Boy Scouts as Bond Workers." June 4, 1917, across the street from Voss & Stern in New York. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, Geo. Grantham Bain Collection.
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Traffic Squad Parade: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 07/08/2007 - 2:14pm.
Traffic Squad Parade, November 5, 1908. Mayor George McClellan alighting from auto on the plaza at Union Square. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. "Max" McClellan, New York mayor from 1904 to 1909, was the son of Civil War general George B. McClellan.
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