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Chalmers Castle: 1937
1937. Charleston, South Carolina. "Old Armory, 8 Chalmers Street. Original structure dates to 1851. Deutschen Feuer Kompagnie ... Market" by the time this picture was taken. 1872 "Chalmers Castle," as Dave strikingly calls this building, has been designed by ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/26/2014 - 7:09pm -

1937. Charleston, South Carolina. "Old Armory, 8 Chalmers Street. Original structure dates to 1851. Deutschen Feuer Kompagnie until merged with city fire department, then Engine House No. 1 by 1881; Carolina Light Infantry armory until 1907; then Good Samaritan Hall and Embry Mission. Abuts Old Slave Market." 8x10 acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size. Of course it's still thereThey don't tend to demolish old buildings in Charleston. [Maybe they don't demolish, but they do decrenellate. -Dave] Decrenellate indeedI suspect the architecture took a back seat to safety, given the massive crack already in it by 1937. Or it decrenallated itself. I confessI had to look it up. That's why I haunt Shorpy--to learn stuff. Gas fixtureIs that what the metal hooked pipe over the front door is? What is it used for today? Slave marketThe bldg. to the immediate right of Charmers Castle seems to read "Old Slave Market". Am I reading that correctly? [Now try the caption. -tterrace] Slave marketYes that's an Old Slave Market. It's now a museum. Technically it was an auction house that sold anything that came off a ship including slaves. It was renamed "Old Slave Market" by the time this picture was taken. 1872"Chalmers Castle," as Dave strikingly calls this building, has been designed by Architect Edward C. Jones, read more about the Charleston Historic and Former Firehouses. As the structure dates to 1851, I wonder why 1872 is the date that is to be seen on the building. I cannot relate the year to the years mentioned in the caption (by Frances Benjamin Johnston, I suppose) either. Apart from that, I tried to find out what sign and text are written on the gable, they are perhaps related to the year 1872? But, as the picture is taken in 1937, I suppose they all have something to do with the African American charitable organizations "Good Samaritan Hall" or the "Embry Mission," who were the most recent users of the building until then. (The Gallery, Charleston, F.B. Johnston)
Automobile Row: 1918
San Francisco circa 1918. "Chalmers Model 6-30 roadster facing N.W. corner Van Ness Avenue and Sutter ... with the two tone paint and wire wheels is just past the Chalmers? Upstaged Lots to love in this shot. Well-dressed businessman ... like a 1918 or 1919 Stutz Bearcat or Bearcat S. 1917 Chalmers Speedster A sporty little rig indeed! Especially for 1917. Re: ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/14/2016 - 12:52pm -

San Francisco circa 1918. "Chalmers Model 6-30 roadster facing N.W. corner Van Ness Avenue and Sutter Street." Note the Velie showroom at the intersection. 5x7 inch glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size. Interesting photo.Anybody have any idea what make the auto with the two tone paint and wire wheels is just past the Chalmers? UpstagedLots to love in this shot. Well-dressed businessman utilizing practical aspects of his smart-looking roadster oblivious to fire hydrant he is blocking and to the really eye-catching wire-wheeled speedster next in line. Havin' a ballThe fire hydrant at right was manufactured by the local San Francisco foundry M. Greenberg & Sons. First installed in SF in the 1880s, these "California ball type" hydrants featured distinctive balls for firefighters to hitch their horse-drawn fire trucks. These hydrants are made of cast iron and basically bomb-proof; many are still in use around the City today. SpeedsterI believe the car next in line is a Vauxhall, can not determine the Model. The Car in QuestionIt looks like a 1918 or 1919 Stutz Bearcat or Bearcat S. 1917 Chalmers SpeedsterA sporty little rig indeed! Especially for 1917. Re: Gushing about hydrantsAnd there it is! LuminaryThese cars were photographed in front of the Chalmers dealership, run by Indiana-born Luman (Lou) Hiram Rose (1881-1968), at 1230-1236 Van Ness Avenue. I believe he is the man shown here based on another photo I found of him. A photo of the front of his Chalmers enterprise is below (note the fire hydrant). Rose had been involved in selling automobiles for a dozen years by 1918. In 1906 he incorporated the Rose Automobile Company with several partners in Spokane, Washington, and he built a 100-foot-square garage in which to sell the Mitchell and National marques. Two years later this had become the Dulmage-Rose Automobile Co., where Haynes, Pennsylvania, and E.M.F. cars were sold. By 1911 Rose had become the regional E.M.F. assistant sales manager. Around 1913 he moved to San Francisco to work for the Lozier Automobile Co. as its West Coast representative. Circa 1915 Rose became the Chalmers agent for all of northern California. He took Chalmers sales from just 68 cars sold throughout the state in that year to over a million dollars in business by the close of 1916. When Chalmers and Maxwell merged in the early 1920s, he then began to market the Maxwell. Unfortunately, when Walter Chrysler took over Maxwell, which by then had already taken over Chalmers, Rose appears to have either lost his sales territory or he sold out. After moving to Los Angeles he became a real estate agent in Beverly Hills, retiring in 1952 whereupon he moved to Carmel. Rose died in 1968 at a convalescent hospital in Monterey after a long illness. He was married to Mae Merrill for over 50 years and they had two sons. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
The Auto Show: 1917
... D.C., auto show. March 3-10, 1917." A display of Chalmers and National cars. National Photo Co. Collection glass negative. ... Garage The first person who lived in my house bought a Chalmers in 1917 from the Union Garage, which started as a place where the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/12/2011 - 12:05pm -

"Washington, D.C., auto show. March 3-10, 1917." A display of Chalmers and National cars. National Photo Co. Collection glass negative. View full size. Big cars in D.C.In these pictures of Washington, one thing that stands out to my eyes is the preponderance of BIG and expensive cars. Caddies, Packards, Pierces. Very few Fords in sight. In contemporary pics from other cities, even prosperous oil towns in Oklahoma, the only cars visible are Ford T's with perhaps an occasional Dodge. Auto Shows Auto shows prior to WWII were a different venue than we've gotten used to in these past 60 years. Because there were very few purpose-built exhibit halls anywhere in the country, auto shows were usually held in industrial loft buildings similar to the one shown in the photo. Consequently, exhibit promoters had to do their best to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse with the sort of decorations shown. On very rare occasions, well-connected promoters could wangle permission to use a high ceilinged downtown armory. [The Washington Automobile Show was held on the third and fourth floors of the Union Building downtown. There was an orchestra and dancing. - Dave] Union GarageThe first person who lived in my house bought a Chalmers in 1917 from the Union Garage, which started as a place where the smaller automakers could get together to sell their cars and not have to spend big bucks on building their own showrooms. I believe that Ford used space there. The Union Garage as such didn't last long, though the building was still standing in the 60's. Today, the lot is covered by the Verizon Center. The Army Air Corps used part of the building during WWI, but moved out quickly as the air was too foul from all the exhaust. [Below, the Union Garage in 1915. In July 1917 the building was taken over by Semmes Motor Co., which sold Dodge and Hudson cars as well as Wilcox and Vim trucks. - Dave] Granny's ChalmersI once asked my paternal grandmother what the first car she remembered riding in was and she told me it was her father's 1917 Chalmers! My great-grandfather was a well-to-do man in a small town in North Carolina. (He distilled and bottled legal liquor). My grandmother told me that a salesman brought the car out to their house and sold it to him and someone came out to pick up the salesman. She said that eventually her older brother, Sanford, "destroyed the thing and drove it right off its frame!" Spoken ForInteresting that both these cars have a sign on the windshield stating that they've already been sold. Wonder if this is the same Chalmers that manufactured tractors under the 'Allison Chalmers' name? [You're thinking of Allis-Chalmers. - Dave] (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Natl Photo)
Miss Maxwell: 1922
San Francisco circa 1922. "Misses Maxwell and Chalmers." Carrying (or wearing) the banner for two car brands not long for ... negative. View full size. I'll take Miss Chalmers ... She's the bee's knees. Oh, you kid! Hot fashion Those ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/16/2015 - 1:08pm -

San Francisco circa 1922. "Misses Maxwell and Chalmers." Carrying (or wearing) the banner for two car brands not long for this world, and whose assets would form the basis of the Chrysler Corporation. 5x7 glass negative. View full size. I'll take Miss Chalmers ...She's the bee's knees. Oh, you kid! Hot fashionThose rolled stockings have a caught-with-your-pants-down look to them. What in the world were they thinking? The newsies at the far right add a pleasant Rockwellian touch. Rolled Stockings In the '20s vs. Leg-Warmers Of The '80sI used to be utterly perplexed at the fashion of rolled stockings. It went against everything I knew about stockings. My great-grandmother, in her 70s (when I was a teenager), used to wear her stockings that way and I couldn't understand why she did that (she turned 25 in 1920). Besides being all wrong about how stockings were supposed to be worn, they looked very uncomfortable, given that a tightly rolled rubberband was how she kept them up. But in the 1920s, rolled stockings made them feel pretty, daring, sexy, and fashionable. It was only in the last few years that I (now 60) finally "got it". Just think back to the 1980s and leg-warmers. The way they were worn as a fashion statement looked silly to me, and I didn't think they were even remotely sexy. Just the opposite; I thought it made the legs look fatter than they actually were. Aside from not wanting my legs to look fat, I never wore them because I thought they looked stupid and served no practical purpose, like jeans that are bought already deliberately ripped, faded or made victims of chemical spills. Yet women bought and wore leg-warmers proudly on a daily basis, all bunched down around the calves, which did little to keep the legs warm. But it made them feel pretty, daring, sexy, and fashionable. Now I finally "get" how the rolled stockings fashion trend of the 1920s was perceived by the women of that time. The rolled stockings were to the 1920s what the legwarmers were to the 1980s. Ah ooo ga! The Maxwell radiator emblem had red/white stripes with blue on top, me's thinkin' that their name tags are switched (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Pretty Girls, San Francisco, W. Stanley)
Nomobile: 1920
... and fire refugee tents (click to enlarge). Chalmers? Windshield looks like this earlier Shorpy photo found here . ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/18/2017 - 11:59pm -

        UPDATE: Resident pantomath tterrace puts us at Jefferson Square Park, while Shorpy member 426hemi identifies the car as a 1922 Winton Six Model 40. Well done! The place: San Francisco circa 1920. The tires: Goodrich Silvertown Cords. That's about all we can say about this 5x7 glass plate, whose negative sleeve is devoid of any caption information. We leave it to you to fill in the blanks. View full size. Maybe Winton, but which model.This car has been the subject of discussion on the aaca forum pages. It would seem to be a Winton but the car in the picture submitted by 426hemi is larger. It has 34 hood louvres vs 30 on the mystery car. Note also the hood is obviously longer as you can see the second handle. I have several references which mention Winton and none agree re which model is which and in which years there were two wheelbase lengths. [The photo below of a Winton Six, model unknown, was added by me. Comparing it to the large photo proves nothing, other than to show that both cars are Winton Sixes. - Dave] Jefferson SquareThis is at Jefferson Square Park, previously seen here, in which you can see the Fortmann Mansion, used as the McKittrick Hotel in "Vertigo." Below, the imposing edifice farther up Eddy St. in the current shot is seen in this 1906 photo when the park was filled with post-earthquake and fire refugee tents (click to enlarge). Chalmers?Windshield looks like this earlier Shorpy photo found here. [Both vehicles are open touring cars with "California tops" -- aftermarket accessories that would be poor clues as to the make of the car. - Dave] Vehicle isA Paige. [A Paige of this vintage would have angled hood louvers, as well as the word PAIGE on the hubcaps. So keep guessing. A good clue might be the "mouse hole" lubrication port over the running board. - Dave] No Photographer?Interesting! For an almost straight-on photo there is not a reflection of the photographer. I'm 99% sure that this vehicle isa 1922 Winton Six Model 40 Touring Car. [Ding ding ding! I think we have a winner! - Dave] Just a guessAustin? (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, Dogs, San Francisco)
A Tattered Tire: 1922
Circa 1922 in San Francisco, this aging Chalmers touring car needs a new shoe. Since we're at the Maxwell-Chalmers dealer, why not take a look at the new models? 6½ x 8½ glass plate ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/28/2014 - 12:23am -

Circa 1922 in San Francisco, this aging Chalmers touring car needs a new shoe. Since we're at the Maxwell-Chalmers dealer, why not take a look at the new models? 6½ x 8½ glass plate from the Wyland Stanley collection. View full size. Maxwell is still with usMaxwell-Chalmers was having a roller-coaster year in '22, sales had been growing fast but bad word-of-mouth from some less than rigorous engineering, cash flow issues from the Chalmers merger, and the '21 recession all worked together to put the company in deep doo-doo. Thankfully the board recruited a first-rate Automotive guy to turn things around, Walter Chrysler took most of his pay in stock options and had the finances solid enough inside a year that he could launch a new line with his name on it. Hurry it up, boysLet the men replace the tire; she's got places to go! Rose and fellThe 1922 Crocker-Langley city directory lists exactly one dealer for Maxwell & Chalmers autos, the Lou H. Rose showroom at 1230 Van Ness. The printing of this directory must have taken place shortly before the ill-fated merger of the Maxwell & Chalmers companies. Perhaps Lou Rose could see the end coming, because the 1923 directory contains no entry for Rose's showroom or any other Maxwell dealer. Also, the survey of Van Ness Auto Row buildings makes no mention of Rose or 1230 Van Ness. This touring cardates from about 1913. Chalmers, located in Detroit, made quality cars from 1908 to 1923. Pictured below is a restored 1913 touring as well as a 1922 ad similar to the one in the dealer’s window. Would you guys get on with it!The expression on the face of the lady in the driver's seat says it all. Right hand driveWhy is this vehicle right hand drive? Didn't they change from RHD to LHD in California in the 'teens? Maybe it was a pre-change over model car? [It's a circa 1913 model. Cars of the era were a mix of right- and left-hand-drive. By 1920, most auto makers had settled on left-hand drive. - Dave] A Rose By Any Other NameRose's automobile business remained at the same location in 1923. In the 1923 Crocker-Langley City Directory the business is simply listed as "Campe-Rose Co 1230 Van Ness Av" without a marque name. The next year Rose's name is missing from the listing with the business shown as "Campe Geo 1230 Van Ness Av" in the city directory under the heading "Automobiles." Prior to the Chalmers Dealership the address was occupied by Steven G. Chapman's automobile business in 1914, and an Oakland franchise in 1915. The Chalmers dealership is listed there from 1916 - 1922. Although the Chrysler dealership in San Francisco is shown on Market Street in 1925, in 1926 it is at 1200 Van Ness, in the same block where Rose's business was previously located. The appearance of this building, erected in 1911, has been altered according to the Auto Row Survey. The Auto Row survey's purpose was to list the surviving automobile related structures that are present in the survey study area. I believe the survey fails to mention the 1230 Van Ness address because either the building that was there in 1922 had been torn down or the address was incorporated into an existing structure along the street and the address is no longer used. Looking on Google Maps there are now only two buildings in the 1200 block of Van Ness on the even numbered side of the street. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, San Francisco, W. Stanley)
Sea of Faces: 1908
... 24, 1908. West Allis, Wisconsin. "Taft crowd at Allis-Chalmers works." Audience for William Taft, speaking from the platform of his train at the Allis- Chalmers yards. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, G.G. Bain Collection. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/19/2012 - 2:55pm -

September 24, 1908. West Allis, Wisconsin. "Taft crowd at Allis-Chalmers works." Audience for William Taft, speaking from the platform of his train at the Allis- Chalmers yards. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, G.G. Bain Collection. Not President Taft yetMr Taft was campaigning for President that fall, but was not "President Taft" yet. [Excellent point. Thanks! - Dave] Visbily absentA huge crowd and there appears to be one, possibly two women (there's a hat behind one of the men to the left of one obvious women that doesn't exactly look like something a man would wear) and probably as many African-American men. A bit of a reminder of how far we've come in a hundred years. [Good observation. But who's Visbily? And why didn't he show up? - Dave] VisbilyVisbily is one of the many relatives of Ty Po. Ty Po is frequently around when people are in a rush to write and don't read what they writ. [I think I see Ty! Over to the left, in back. - Dave] Could anyone hear him?I always wonder in scenes like this whether many people in the large audience could actually hear the speaker (or see him very well). I suppose Taft could have been using some sort of megaphone or bullhorn? But even so. ... And what about before electricity? Maybe those speakers could "project" in an enclosed space, but it would have been hard to be heard outdoors, I'd think. Strong lungsYeah, I've always wondered how orators did it before amplification. I recall seeing a movie about an early Olympics and the stadium announcer worked from a platform that had three huge megaphones emanating from the point where his mouth was. But hard to imagine a presidential candidate using such a thing. Audiences must have been very quiet then. AwwwwwI get claustrophobic looking at this picture - packed in like a can of sardines! Dogpatch!Memories of my old home town. The Allis Chalmers industrial complex was huge. It seems that very few internal photos exist. West Allis was originally named Greenfield. An intentional misprint of a town meeting start time enabled the industry advocates to quickly rename the town to West Allis, after Edward P. Allis. (And the Allis Chalmers west plant.) Much heated outrage was the result as more meeting goers arrived too late to object (as planned). The area around the plant became known to the locals as Dogpatch. Around the time of this photo, a city lot nearby on which to build a home was $250 or so. Audible OratoryIn the era before microphones, people instinctively spoke much louder by habit when addressing large groups--the same with singers. Also in the early days of recording, singers even on popular records had a distinct operatic quality of projecting their voices and speaking very precisely. Whatsername?How did that woman get into the crowd of a zillion men? (The Gallery, Factories, G.G. Bain)
Caught in Passing: 1920
San Francisco circa 1920. "Chalmers touring car on Van Ness Avenue." At F.J. Linz Motor Co., your ... car. Prices start probably with Scripts-Booth followed by Chalmers, National and Simplex-Crane (a huge expensive car) in that order. ... The car that we see in the glass is the reflection of our Chalmers touring car, right? And we also see the blurred arm of the man ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/21/2015 - 11:58am -

San Francisco circa 1920. "Chalmers touring car on Van Ness Avenue." At F.J. Linz Motor Co., your Scripps-Booth dealer. With a streetcar squeezing by. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size. Multi makesThis dealer also sold Simplex-Crane cars listed below the Scripts-Booth name and on the second floor is the radiator image and name of the National car. Prices start probably with Scripts-Booth followed by Chalmers, National and Simplex-Crane (a huge expensive car) in that order. Building on the left The building on the left is still there. The Linz building has been replaced by a hideous square box that is boarded up in the Google Streetview ... [Though unrecognizable now, it's actually the same building, originally built in 1913 -tterrace] ... but its grand neighbor across Cedar St. is there. It is the Concordia Argonaut Club: founded in 1864 by Levi Strauss and famous members like Haas, Dinkelspiel, Sutro, Lilienthal, the club was originally composed of only Jewish men, it now admits non-Jews and women. The Concordia-Argonaut Club is one of the premier private clubs in the United States. Things to Ponder"Is it worth a bent fender to knock that oaf out of the way?" I know -- the car's not moving or there's a depth of field issue, but it certainly looks as if Mr. Pedestrian is not long to remain in an upright position. Van Ness - The Auto 'Miracle Mile'In the early 60's Van Ness used to harbor the majority of S.F. auto dealers. Gotta askBetween the front of the streetcar and the radiator of the automobile we see a rectangle of glass with a Scripps-Booth pennant hanging in the window. The car that we see in the glass is the reflection of our Chalmers touring car, right? And we also see the blurred arm of the man outside on the pavement walking towards the unsmiling driver? [It's not a reflection. The car is on the street in front of the building. -tterrace] Well, I'll be. Thanks, tt. Just when I thought I was getting the hang of figuring out photographs. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco, Streetcars)
ChalMoCo: 1915
Detroit circa 1915. "Chalmers Motor Company plant, Jefferson Avenue." 8x10 inch dry plate glass ... Company. View full size. Lots and lots of cars Chalmers and the Maxwell company were eventually reorganized as Chrysler, and ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/12/2021 - 10:03pm -

Detroit circa 1915. "Chalmers Motor Company plant, Jefferson Avenue." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Lots and lots of carsChalmers and the Maxwell company were eventually reorganized as Chrysler, and this plant made vehicles from 1908 to 1991, when it was demolished. It's said to have been the longest-lived auto assembly plant in the U.S. DisorientingI would never have guessed this factory was from 1915. Without the signage and the car, I would assume this picture was from decades later. Moderne TimesThis view only lasted until 1933. That's when the Art Moderne
Bonus Army: 1932
... Bonus Army of 1932: Life Without a Safety Net Chalmers M. Roberts Fifty years ago today the ragtag "bonus army" of ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/31/2011 - 7:49pm -

"B.E.F. camp, Anacostia, 1932." The "Bonus Expeditionary Force" encampment of World War I veterans (the Bonus Army) and their families in Washington, D.C. 8x10 acetate negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size. Headline NewsThe tone of these articles could be characterized as generally indignant that an "army" of able-bodied men in their thirties were trying to shake down the government for early (as opposed to 1945) payment of their World War I bonus. There was also the assumption that besides bona fide veterans, the camp included many with dubious claims to military service, as well as Communist political agitators and anarchists. All in all, not a lot of editorial sympathy for the ragtag B.E.F. Click to enlarge. Two ships - or not the two ships - that is the question.The two ships in the top background of the top photo look like Admiral Dewey's flagship and maybe the Constellation. Don't know if they were there at the time. Dewey's ship is in Phila and the Constellation in Baltimore now. A different viewThis view looks like it was at what is now the intersection of 295 and the 11th Street Bridge. Old IronsidesOld Ironsides (USS Constitution) in the background. This is probably the 235th post on this topic. The ship was in DC in 1932 and first day covers were postmarked on the ship for collectors. I built a Revell plastic kit model of the ship in the late 1950's. It was pretty pricy at $2.98, but it came with the bottom of the hull already painted a copper color to match cladding on ship. Bonus MarchersThis is a fascinating story that has always intrigued me and one that you don't hear mentioned much today. Especially when you consider how many of our future WWII military leaders were involved in it. Great pictures! Earlier ViewThis is a somewhat earlier view (and from a different angle) of the Navy Yard across the river. If those are their NAA radio station towers then the one on the right must have been undergoing rehab or dismantling by 1932. Camp Despair Washington Post, Jul 28, 1982. Bonus Army of 1932: Life Without a Safety Net Chalmers M. Roberts Fifty years ago today the ragtag "bonus army" of jobless World War I veterans was driven out of Washington, an act that symbolized the depth of the Great Depression and the paralysis of the federal government in dealing with America's worst economic disaster. It is worth recalling in order to give some perspective to the current miseries of millions of Americans. Out of that disaster half a century ago came the New Deal of Franklin D. Roosevelt, which constructed the basic ribs of the economic safety net now so severely strained by Reaganomics. But one has only to look at mid-1932 to see what a different America it was before there was any safety net at all. In 1932, unemployment averaged 23.6 percent — over 12 million jobless out of a civilian labor force of 51 million; today 9.5 percent, about 10.5 million out of well over 100 million workers, are jobless. That year over a quarter million Americans lost their homes because of mortgage foreclosures. Unemployed men sold apples for a nickel on thousands of street corners. In such an atmosphere, the capital, as today, was the focus of protest. Father James Cox of Pittsburgh already had led one jobless march on Washington, the Communist Party another. The bonus army began in Portland, Ore., and by early summer some 20,000 vets and family members were here, calling themselves the BEF — bonus expeditionary force. The ostensible purpose was to pressure Congress into voting immediate payment of a veterans' bonus promised for 1945. Rep. Wright Patman's proposal was to have paid $1 for each day served in the United States, $1.25 for those spent overseas. The Democrat-controlled House approved, but the Republican senate refused while thousands of the vets jammed the Capital grounds. Thereupon they sang "America" and peacefully went back to their camps. These were shack villages thrown together at several locations, principally on the Anacostia's east bank and on Pennsylvania Avenue about where the National Gallery East Building now stands. On June 7, as 100,000 watched, some 8,000 vets marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in what The Post called "the strangest military parade the capital has ever witnessed," By mid-July, the White House was "guarded from veterans" by "the greatest massing of policemen seen in Washington since the race riot after the world war." Inside the mansion sat a beseiged President Hoover. Police chief Pelham D. Glassford, World War I's youngest brigadier general, wanted to feed the vets, not fight them. Evelyn Walsh McLean, who owned the Hope diamond, impulsively ordered a thousand sandwiches from nearby Child's; Glassford paid for coffee. But the District commissioners, under White House pressure, ordered evacuation of the camps. Glassford tried persuasion to no avail. Skirmishes turned into a brawl, and then a panicky cop pulled his revolver. One vet was killed, another wounded; he died later. It was 4:30 in the afternoon of July 28 when Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur appeared on the Avenue, with him Maj. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Third Cavalry troopers from Fort Myer, sabers drawn, pranced down the street under command of Maj. George S. Patton Jr., followed by infantry with fixed bayonets, a machine gun detachment, troops with tear gas canisters and six midget tanks, their treads eating into the heat-softened macadam. Some 20,000 rush-hour spectators watched as the troops charged the vets. Tear gas spread a haze over the Avenue as spectators fled; Sen. Hiram Bingham of Connecticut was trampled in the rush. It was quickly over as the bonus marchers retreated toward Anacostia, the flames and smoke from their torched shacks framing the Capitol dome for photographers. The other camps, too were burned. The bitter vets finally straggled out of town. MacArthur claimed the "mob" had been "animated by the essence of revolution." Some of those involved were indeed would-be revolutionaries, but that was not the veterans' motivating force; despair was. One vet put it simply: "If they gave me a job, I wouldn't care about the bonus." USS GrebeThe other ship is USS Grebe, a minesweeper that towed USS Constitution around the country on its tour of the country. Both Sides NowInteresting, every historian has an agenda. Looking at two current college textbooks, they tell a completely different story, a story featuring only the how awful veterans were treated, and how vicious the government was in removing these folks. Thank you Dave! A book on the BEFA book with many details and several pictures was written by W. W. Waters (principal organizer of the BEF) and William C. White. It's titled B.E.F. the Whole Story of the Bonus Army. I have what I believe is the first edition, published in 1933. It has been reprinted a number of times however. Copies are available from several booksellers on the Web. (The Gallery, D.C., Great Depression, Natl Photo, WWI)
Crosswise: 1902
... In Boston in 1888, when she was 35 years old, she married Chalmers Payson Longley, who was 61 years old. By 1898 they were living in ... Avenue Southeast (now a commercial office building). Chalmers was born in Hawley, Massachusetts in 1827. His first wife, Maria ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/18/2019 - 7:33pm -

Washington, D.C., between February 1901 and December 1903. "Wink, Longley (crosswise)." 5x7 glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size. Crease-wiseThe horizontal crease in each woman's bodice is unflattering and awkward. The photographer apparently didn't care about making these two look their best. Mother & daughter?Looking at the resemblance and the possible difference in age I wonder if this could be a mother daughter portrait? The woman on the left has a wedding ring, the woman on the right does not might be another hint. Also the woman on the right has one cuff rolled up and the other is down. I agree with Mattle, that the photographer was not very good at posing his subjects. Who's watching whomWink is thinking, "I'm pretty sure he's checking Longley out. I would have expected a higher code of conduct from the CM Bell Studio. On the other hand, he's kind of cute in a geeky way. All the same, best remain alert." Longley is thinking, "It's obvious that this chap has unchivalrous designs on Wink. Better keep both my eyes on him just in case. Unless I pass out from oxygen deprivation first, on account of this collar gives new meaning to the expression 'high and tight.'" She is no dummyThe image first presented itself on my screen from the waistlines up. My impression was that Wink was Longley's dummy. Wink is appropriately named for the role. What Goes Around Comes AroundMary Theresa Longley (nee Shelhamer), shown on our left, was a well-known medium and lecturer. She was born in South Boston in 1853 and at the time this photograph was taken she was the Secretary of the National Association of Spiritualists and had written a few books on spiritualism under both her maiden and married names. She obtained a medical degree in Massachusetts and used her clairvoyance in her medical work as a medium healer. In Boston in 1888, when she was 35 years old, she married Chalmers Payson Longley, who was 61 years old. By 1898 they were living in Washington D. C. at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast (now a commercial office building). Chalmers was born in Hawley, Massachusetts in 1827. His first wife, Maria Shaw, died in 1875 at the age of 42. Although he listed various occupations over the years such as a Massachusetts Merchant Tailor in 1855, a regular Tailor in 1860, a Mechanic in 1863, and a Connecticut Gun Manufacturer in 1880, he had been composing spiritualist music since at least the early 1850s and the Boston Marriage Registry lists him as a musician in 1888. In 1896 he and Mary were living in Los Angeles near his relatives and his voter registration listed his occupation as a music publisher, while the city directory had him as a musician. Although also an accomplished singer, he finally settled on the job description of ‘composer of music’ and wrote the music for a number of spiritualist era songs, with "Only a Thin Veil Between Us” (1887) being his best-known work. He died in Washington in January 1920 at the age of 93. The photo of him below was taken from Mary Longley’s 1912 book “Nameless” which was dedicated to her husband who had become totally blind earlier that year. The younger lady to our right is Agnes Orlon Wink (also a spiritualist) who was born in Iowa in 1873. By the time she was 12 her family had relocated to Nebraska. When this photo was taken, she was boarding in the Longley house and working at the War Department as a clerk. She came to Washington via Los Angeles, where she attended Cross Shortland College, in the fall of 1898 to work as stenographer to Assistant Secretary of War George de Rue Meiklejohn (from Nebraska). Meiklejohn stepped down in March 1901 and Agnes transferred to the Office of the Quartermaster General. In August 1905, after several years of courtship, she married Robert Eugene Fugett who was also a clerk at the War Department and all their wedding notices said she was from San Francisco. Despite having just received a raise at work, Agnes had left her position there to become a homemaker. When the Washington D. C. enumerator for the 1920 census called upon the Fugett household at 310 S Street Northeast (a newer house stands there today) he found residing therein: Robert E. Fugitt, 58; Agnes O. Fugitt, 46; Robert P. Fugitt, 13; and Elmer W. Fugitt, 11. Also listed were two boarders: Chalmers P. Longley, 92; and Mary T. Longley, 66. (The Gallery, Bell Studio, D.C., Portraits)
Urban Alligator: 1921
San Francisco circa 1921. "Chalmers Six touring car." Fitted with a reptilian custom top. 5x7 glass ... View full size. New model Maybe it's a Snake Chalmers. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco) ... 
 
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San Francisco circa 1921. "Chalmers Six touring car." Fitted with a reptilian custom top. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size. New modelMaybe it's a Snake Chalmers. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
California Girls: 1919
San Francisco or thereabouts circa 1919. "Chalmers touring car." At what seems to be a deluxe cow barn. 6½ x 8½ Wyland ... 
 
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San Francisco or thereabouts circa 1919. "Chalmers touring car." At what seems to be a deluxe cow barn. 6½ x 8½ Wyland Stanley glass negative. View full size. Yes, dearI'll be sure to stop and get a gallon of milk on the way home from work. An exposition perhaps?Notice the large building in the right background, and the tall superstructure in the left background. Also, the brick steps leading up to the stable. I tend to think these animals are for display. Not wanting to milk a joke butIt is an early version of a Starbucks with a prototype fresh milk and cream bar to dress up your Grande coffee. Location: college?The large architecture (large building in left background, and church-like three story building with buttresses in right background) and hay-covered breezeway makes me suspect a large college or university. It doesn't match Berkeley or Stanford, and looks too flat to be San Francisco proper. The foreground arches look like less-expensive sculpted plaster, so I'm thinking it's not a particularly wealthy college. The big blue gum eucalyptus behind the cow says that it didn't have formal gardens. California BuildingSeveral of us San Francisco historians had to put our heads together to solve this one. Turns out the photo was taken inside the former "California Building" exhibit, a remnant of the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition. It stood approximately on the site of today's St. Francis Yacht Club. Like a handful of other PPIE buildings (most notably the Palace of Fine Arts), the California Building survived for several years after the fair, looking for a new use. At one point it was proposed for a State Teachers College but that never materialized. It stood until March 1920. Its use as a paddock for livestock comes as a total surprise, though. Perhaps this was merely elaborate set dressing? And here's a 1915 view of the same alcove and steps, courtesy of PPIE historian Donna Huggins. April Winchell, eat your heart outNow these are contented, happy California cows. They set the bar higher before the Depression. Indulgent bossAllowing the chauffeur to pull over to hug his favorite cow. (The Gallery, Animals, Cars, Trucks, Buses, San Francisco, W. Stanley)
And Step On It: 1917
San Francisco circa 1917. "Chalmers town car." The ideal conveyance for European nobility, effete ... 
 
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San Francisco circa 1917. "Chalmers town car." The ideal conveyance for European nobility, effete academics and the like. Und James, ve do hope zat zeze flowers in de vaz are fresh. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size. Handset pocketAn early (short range, one way) mobile phone. Just in case James needs correction enroute. Earpiece conveniently mounted next to James' ear. Love James' gloves. SlummingNo spats? It must have been casual Friday. Leathery LiveryDamn, that chauffeur's wearing about half a cow! Back in the 'hoodWe're at Lafayette Park again; through the car's side window we can see the front of our recently-visited 2150 Washington St. DandyBehold my polished boot upon the running board. Don't you just love the brocade upholstered interior? How about my walking stick and buttoned gloves? The pince-nez? And do note the curled-up tips of my moustache. Well, I could spend all day talking about myself, but it's time to run. Class distinctionsButton shoes and striped pants vs leather gaiters and gauntlet gloves. A tad too tallSitting down, Monsieur could easily be mistaken for Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
Sleeps Two: 1920
San Francisco circa 1920. "Chalmers touring car on Eddy Street." Equipped with what seems to be a bed. 5x7 ... 
 
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San Francisco circa 1920. "Chalmers touring car on Eddy Street." Equipped with what seems to be a bed. 5x7 negative by Christopher Helin. View full size. Who packed the shovel?Hank and Maggie off to bury Grandma in the woods. Optional at Extra Cost"Equipped with what seems to be a bed." Or a dead body. Great Moments in Motoring, Part 237Disgusted with scuffed sidewalls, Rupert Hassenpfeffer invents "perpendicular parking." Off The CuffLooks like homemade cuffs on the guy's trousers. The kind you get by folding the fabric over. Maybe the fellow is still growing. Hotel ImperialThe 1907 City Directory lists a Hotel Imperial at 951 Eddy Street and a building matching the hotel in the photo still stands at that address. The third home on the left may also be standing. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
Turbine Hall: 1930
... three by Westinghouse. - Dave] AC Turbines Allis Chalmers, that is. The generators were GE and Westinghouse as Dave ... 
 
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Maryland circa 1930. "Conowingo Hydroelectric Plant. Turbine hall, seven turbines in Line II." 8x10 nitrate negative by Theodor Horydczak. View full size. AMERICAN industrail craftsmanship at it's finestA standout in the modern world of plastic, precast concrete and particle board. And still generating clean and green power in 2016. [Back when we could spell! - Dave] Turbine Failures?Odd that there are two versions of turbine mixed in this row of seven. The first, fourth, and fifth turbines have a rounded top on the exciter, more ventilating holes, and much beefier 6 legged bases. The other four have flat topped exciters and lower eight legged bases. The general design looks like all seven are from the same manufacturer, but built at different times. [Four were built by General Electric and three by Westinghouse. - Dave] AC TurbinesAllis Chalmers, that is. The generators were GE and Westinghouse as Dave states. All seven turbines were manufactured by A.C. http://www.michaelgatti.com/photos/2013/conowingo_dam/pages/page_19.html Dam Good Fishing Spot      Conowingo Dam was one of my father's and uncles' favorite fishing spots. It always started early in the morn way before sunup since it was an accepted fact you had to be at your spot when the fish woke up for breakfast.      The dam was about an hour north of our Baltimore home and I was always happy to go there not just for the fishing but the thrill of riding over the dam and the mighty Susquehanna River.      The fishing was usually good (perch, small mouth bass, shad and rockfish) but I was always impressed by the huge mass of concrete upriver and the enormous floodgates.      I always hoped to see them open at once as seen in the pic below but the most I ever saw was one open gate. (The Gallery, Industry & Public Works, Theodor Horydczak)
Open and Shut: 1921
San Francisco circa 1921. "Chalmers touring car at Lurline Baths, Bush side of Bush and Larkin." An open ... 
 
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San Francisco circa 1921. "Chalmers touring car at Lurline Baths, Bush side of Bush and Larkin." An open car whose "California top" is fitted with windows on the driver side. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size. Wheels Not TurnedWhen I learned to drive in S.F. the police would hand out tickets to drivers who parked on hills without turning their front wheels into the curb (to prevent runaway vehicles if the parking brakes failed). It is somewhat difficult to tell but it looks like this car is pointed downhill and the wheels are still straight - yet no ticket on the windshield......yet. Wheels Not TurnedWhen I learned to drive in S.F. the police would hand out tickets to drivers who parked on hills without turning their front wheels into the curb (to prevent runaway vehicles if the parking brakes failed). It is somewhat difficult to tell but it looks like this car is pointed downhill and the wheels are still straight - yet no ticket on the windshield......yet. -24At the Lurline Baths in 1897, courtesy the Edison company and the Library of Congress. Splash Apron Modesty PanelClassy solution to the usual practice of leaving the forward mounting nuts of the rear leaf springs exposed in gaping access holes. PerambulatorAt the extreme right of the image, one can see a wicker perambulator, more commonly known as a "pram", parked up against the wall of the building. "Pram" could be derived from the small boat of the same name, or it might be a truncation of "perambulator" My parents had one of these, though not wicker. I can actually remember sitting in it. I have clearer memories of my little brother sitting in it. And, of course, when it had outlived its usefulness after the fifth offspring, its wheels became part of a home-made coaster! (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
Sound Your Sparton: 1918
California in 1918. "Chalmers touring car on dunes." Along with a reminder from the Sparton ... 
 
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California in 1918. "Chalmers touring car on dunes." Along with a reminder from the Sparton auto-accessories company to sound your horn -- branding disguised as a safety message. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size. Sparks-WithingtonSparks-Withington Corp. made its Sparton-brand "Motor Horns" in Jackson, Michigan. More here and here. [In 2009 Sparton Corp. moved its headquarters to Illinois, and its manufacturing to Florida and Vietnam. Two years later, its abandoned plant in Jackson was torched by a teenage arsonist and burned to the ground. - Dave] Choose Your Auto Accessories Wisely!Those sounding a Klaxon are ineluctably doomed to perish in a flaming motor wreck. DownhillThose old mechanical brakes SLOW YOU DOWN until you stop. We have a '24 Model T coupe that my wife refuses to drive because she insists on having a car with BRAKES!!! (The horn works sooooo---, you really don't need BOTH) (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
Petit Hearse: 1919
San Francisco circa 1919. "Chalmers touring car at Golden Gate Park." Fitted with a funereally swagged ... 
 
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San Francisco circa 1919. "Chalmers touring car at Golden Gate Park." Fitted with a funereally swagged top, complete with flowers. Latest addition to the Shorpy Mortuary of Marmoreal Motorcars. Photo by Christopher Helin. View full size. A first?Are we being treated to a first on Shorpy? Referring to the elegant add-on side mirror. Pun-ishmentThis has to rank near the top for subtle pun titles on Shorpy. It is up there with "That's All Folks," from a few weeks ago. Shorpy, the last bastion of punnage....The *groan* heard 'round the group! (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
Rim Shot: 1920
San Francisco circa 1920. "Chalmers (rear detail)." Today's entry in the Shorpy Catalogue of Callipygian ... 
 
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San Francisco circa 1920. "Chalmers (rear detail)." Today's entry in the Shorpy Catalogue of Callipygian Cabooses. Photo by Christopher Helin. View full size. The Pinto of its dayWhoever buys this car better stay out of Oakland. Rear-endedI've been trying to remember where I heard callipygian before. Then it came to me: "Vickie Dugan" by the Limeliters! (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
Future Farmer: 1939
... so I had to do some digging. It appears to be an Allis Chalmers WC series tractor. The stamped end of the fuel tank makes this an ... 
 
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September 1939. "Bud Kimberley, a future farmer of America, driving a tractor. Jasper County, Iowa." The brother of Margaret, seen here yesterday. Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. No Comments Yet?Don't tell me I'm the first to comment about a young Paul Newman driving that tractor? Keeping up with the KimberleysMargaret Lou's two brothers, James and Howard, outlasted World War II. Generations of the extended Kimberley family included owners of at least six farmsteads in northwestern Jasper County and southeastern Story County, small-town bankers, county and state agricultural agents, and many others. According to a 2016 Des Moines Register story, Kimberley Farms Co. now owns or rents over 4,000 acres in Jasper, Story and Polk Counties. One of its farms has been visited twice by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who announced plans to use it as the model for a demonstration farm in Hebei province. James Bud Kimberley 1922-1993December 25, 1922 to Feb. 3, 1993. James Bud Kimberley of Collins, Iowa, died age 70 of a heart attack at his home in rural Collins. He was born to John B. and Carrie (Dunlap) Kimberley at Collins. He was a lifelong resident in the Collins area, graduating from Collins High School and attending Iowa State University for one year. He married Alta Harris on Nov. 21, 1942, at the Little Brown Church at Nashua. He was a self-employed as a farmer. He was a member of the Collins United Methodist Church and was a Mason. Survivors include his wife, Alta, of Collins: his three daughters, Nancy Smith and Jean Nielsen, both of Chicago, and Kerry Funke of Norwalk; five grandchildren; and two sisters, Margaret Fisher of Twin Lakes and Blanche Bodie of Knoxville. A-C WCThere isn't much shown of the tractor Bud is driving - so I had to do some digging. It appears to be an Allis Chalmers WC series tractor. The stamped end of the fuel tank makes this an earlier model; later versions of the tractor had rounded tanks. [Below, more of Bud and his tractor. - Dave] (The Gallery, Agriculture, Arthur Rothstein)
Sweet Chariot: 1920
San Francisco circa 1920. "Chalmers touring car." Wearing a spiffy "California top." 5x7 inch glass ... 
 
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San Francisco circa 1920. "Chalmers touring car." Wearing a spiffy "California top." 5x7 inch glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size. Detachable top?Looks like a detachable top with an eisenglass window on each side. ["The California top ... can be stowed or removed quickly and has a permanent roof and glass windows" says this period article. -tterrace] LocationTaken on the 2100 block of Washington Street, north side; not sure of the exact address. The house has been somewhat altered, and is currently obscured by a tall hedge. [The house is the Phelan Mansion at 2150 Washington. - Dave] (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
Dry Roller: 1920
San Francisco circa 1920. "Chalmers touring car at Spreckels Mansion, N.E. corner Octavia & Washington ... 
 
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San Francisco circa 1920. "Chalmers touring car at Spreckels Mansion, N.E. corner Octavia & Washington streets." Wearing yet another variation on the "California top," an accessory (this one with sideways-sliding windows) that afforded some of the advantages of the era's heavier, more expensive closed-body models. 5x7 inch glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
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