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Something for Everyone: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 3:51am.
Washington, D.C., circa 1924. "Ford Motor Co. -- Fred Haas, Rhode Island Avenue N.E." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Attired to a T
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 1:31pm.
The fellow loading the truck is wearing a necktie, not a T-shirt with some crude phrase on it. I'm not much for dressing up, but a certain level is nice.
I'd like to get a can of their varnish.
Build to Endure??
Submitted by slr in tx on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 2:34pm.
C'mon people- you'll never compete in the 21st century with a notion like that!
Lots of familiar names here
Submitted by Born40YearsTooLate on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:40pm.
from Mazda Edison, to Certain-Teed, to Wearever. Hardware stores like Haas' still exist, but now they're the exception, rather than the rule.
I have a Christmas light bulb (a white one) marked "GE MAZDA" that I got many years ago, along with some old decorations, from a now-departed friend. It's a prized possession.
Bypassed byway
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:08pm.
Rhode Island Avenue is an extension of Route 1. So this was once a well-traveled road north. Perhaps this accounts for the decline seen here.
Mazda Edison
Submitted by Bob in new orleans on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:03pm.
"Not the name of a thing, but the mark of a service."
More than you'd ever want to know about Mazda Edison lamps.
The more things change etc.
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 11:11am.
Walmart 1.0
Haas Has It
Submitted by GeezerNYC on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 9:42am.
And if they don't, you probably don't need it.
Let's do the time warp
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 9:24am.
Oh, for a hundred dollars and five minutes in that place! Sigh.
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