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- Coal and Gravel Delivery
- RE: Two ears, etc.
- A little quieter these days
- 1100 2nd Street SW
- Shedshrinkflation
- The Long Shed ...
- Trestle
- Pass to the right
- Who's on Second?
- 2nd story story
- Did they get to eat it?
- Two ears, etc.
- I Miss The Smell
- What is that?
- Sauced
- Whose?
- Mrs. Landis
- The location today
- Not the marrying kind
- No kisses in Lititz
- That plate at the near end of the table --
- Poor kid
- Freedom from Want
- Did Mrs. Landis
- Wait. a. minute. here --
- Mrs. Landis
- Shades of Belushi
- Cranberry ... the condiment and the color
- The old man
- Plumbing?
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Law & Order: 1932
Washington, D.C., 1932. "Metropolitan police officer on motorcycle." Keeping the peace in the gashouse district. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
Harley Davidson
The bike is a V series Harley Davidson, a 74 cubic inch flathead. 1932 was the third year of production for the V
Mechanicals Plus
Foot clutch and hand shift AND a manual magneto advance on the left hand grip! Try taking off from a stop sign going up hill, or down shifting going downhill around a corner. Oh, and don't forget to retard the advance when you go to start it up. The kick pedal kicks you back!
The bike
It appears to be a flathead, but I don't know what make it is. The Harley and Indian of the day were V-Twins but this doesn't appear to be a V configuration.
Protector of the Bonus Army?
That looks like 1932 D.C. Police Chief, Pelham Glassford. Glassford was chief during the Bonus Army encampment in Washington. He was a friend of the veterans and things were generally peaceful when he was in control. Ultimately the army took over and MacArthur burned sent in tanks and burned the veterans out.
Here's Glassford on the sameame motorcycle driving through one of the Bonus Army camps, http://www.authentichistory.com/1930-1939/1-hoover/2-bonusarmy/
From that same site, "Police Chief Pelham Glassford, himself a decorated WWI general, sympathized with his fellow vets. He toured the camp almost daily, organized medical care, provided building materials, solicited local merchants for food donations, and even contributed $773 out of his own pocket for provisions."
Mechanicals
Foot clutch and hand shift. Today's bikers would have to learn all over.
This can't be
Wow, this looks like the same dude that gave me a ticket three years ago!
You looking at me?
What a great expression on that police officer.
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