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Green Cars: 1920

"Trew Motor Co. interior." Circa 1920, the Reo automobile showroom (and conservatory) in Joseph Trew's new three-story building at 14th and P Streets N.W. in Washington. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.

"Trew Motor Co. interior." Circa 1920, the Reo automobile showroom (and conservatory) in Joseph Trew's new three-story building at 14th and P Streets N.W. in Washington. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.

 

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Reo Speedwagon

When I was a teenager in the 60's, my best friend's dad had a Reo Speedwagon, mid-1920s but not sure. It had a straight four, not the later six they came out with. The two things I remember about it was it had exposed rocker arms above the engine head that were lubricated by drip cups. Before starting, a rocker valve was raised that opened the valve in the glass cups which "dripped" oil onto the rocker arms every few seconds. The other thing I remember was that the traditional H pattern of most floor shifts was mirror image. 1st was at the forward right, 2nd was back right, 3rd was left forward, etc. Made for fun shifting switching back & forth between the Reo and my VW.

Anti-theft Potted Plants

Man, they sure were nuts about ferns and palms in the teens and 20s, weren't they? They were almost as much a part of the era's style as were fringy lampshades and ugly hats on women. (The lampshades could be on lamps or women—you pick.)

Ransom Eli Olds

REO: Ransom Eli Olds. The Oldsmobile is also named after him. He, not Henry Ford, developed the first assembly line.

Trew Building

A 1923 Washington Post article says this building, then described as new, was at 1509 Fourteenth Street, the site of the present Studio Theater.

[Below, a 1920 article on the new building. - Dave]

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