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the last vintage hand-hewn granite cobblestone street in Los Angeles from 1913, Bruno Street, from Alameda to Main.

at least two more sites - Werdin Place north of 3rd Street and a nearby alley - were discovered to have granite-block paving in 2004. http://bigorangelandmarks.blogspot.com/2009/02/no-211-granite-bl...

The political career of Luis Carrero Blanco reached its zenith in June 1973 upon being named the Prime Minister of Spain and made a top deputy to Franco.It seemed he would succeed the ailing dictator.6...

A movie film recorded 4 days before the 1906 San Francisco disaster, from the front of a streetcar during filming on Market Street from 8th, in front of the Miles Studios, to the Ferry building. Your coffee and donuts morning video

thanks Jeff!From the you tube video notes:The origin of the film was an enigma for many decades, and it was long thought to have been shot in September of 1905, after being dated as such by the Library of Congress based on the state of construction of several buildings. However, in 2009 and 2010, film...

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Founded in 1894 by Thomas and Martin Fitzpatrick.In 1919, and in 1929 their sons joined, and then the grandsons Harry and Frank, began in 1954 and 1956 respectively. Finally, greatgrandson Neale...

History has some completely astonishing stories that we never have heard of. Rarely does it intersect with this auto hobby, and the coachbuilders, but

The book, the Kellner Affair tells the fascinating story of how some people in the French luxury car business who fought bravely against the Nazi occupation force in Paris.Because you've never heard about Mont Valérien, the prison fortress and Nazi place of execution.One early morning, the condemned...

100 people including MPs, Roads Board members, business managers, telegraph operators, photographers, an ambulance man, three land scouts, a biographer, and a handful of reporters were in 33 cars set...

http://www.blackdiamondnow.net/black-diamond-now/2014/01/washington-state-highways-traffic-level-of-service-status-update.h...

As you can see from the above map, the total number of acres granted to the railroads was enormous. In total, the railroads received more than 175 million acres of public land If the Homestead Act was...

Modern day yard sales have their origin in rummage sales that first emerged in port cities around the docks. Derived from a nautical term that dates back to the late 16th century, the word rummage referred...

http://www.blackdiamondnow.net/black-diamond-now/2016/07/lake-sawyer-log-dump-circa-1924.h...

the Minnetonka was the Northern Pacific Railroad's Locomotive No. 1. Built in 1870, it was first used in northern Minnesota, then brought to the the Olympic peninsula for use in logging.Photo taken...

http://www.blackdiamondnow.net/black-diamond-now/2016/12/log-bridge-circa-1885.htmland below oxenhttp://www.blackdiamondnow.net/black-diamond-now/2016/08/have-rail-but-no-steam-try-oxen-circa-1889.htmlBut...

George Van Natta (by the front tire) was one of the best known Civil War veterans in the Ashland Oregon area, he was connected with the Ashland city police for a number of years and served as county...

I don't recall seeing a film from this long ago with such a great variety of trucks, flatbeds, busses, and heavy haulersI posted about the expedition http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/03/it-...

In 1903 L.L. Whitman drove a Curved Dash Olds on that route SF to NYC in over 60 days...along with John Hammond. There is a book about it https://www.amazon.com/1903-Curved-Dash-Oldsmobile-Horseless-Carriage/dp/B0006EIGKG and...

Aviators in Early Hollywood By Shawna KellyThe organization was founded November 2, 1929, at Curtiss Field, Valley Stream, Long Island, New York. All 117 women pilots at the time were invited to assemble...

Ever hear about the sabotage in the garages at the 1969 Can Am race at Riverside?

Controversy surrounding the 12th Riverside Grand Prix. According to one documented account, the Group 7 unlimited horsepower cars driven by Chris Amon and Lothar Molschenbacher "had been tampered with" prior to the $70.000 Oct. 26 Canadian-American Challenge Cup race. Amon, veteran Formula...

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the last vintage hand-hewn granite cobblestone street in Los Angeles from 1913, Bruno Street, from Alameda to Main.

Some cars are known for a variety of things, and others, for just one. The 1971 Dodge 3700GT of Spain is known for being blown up during a 1973 assassination

A movie film recorded 4 days before the 1906 San Francisco disaster, from the front of a streetcar during filming on Market Street from 8th, in front of the Miles Studios, to the Ferry building. Your coffee and donuts morning video

rise and fall of the narrow gauge railway

the oldest vehcile repair shop in the USA? Probably. The Fitzpatrick Brothers in Dorchester/Boston Massachusetts still located on the same spot since 1894

History has some completely astonishing stories that we never have heard of. Rarely does it intersect with this auto hobby, and the coachbuilders, but

33 cars who set out to tour New Zealand in January 1917, to survey the roads to get improvements made, only 10 made it

in the 1920's Webster & Stevens took photos of terrible roads in King County Washington

railroad tycoons paid off congress to pass the Pacific Railway Act of 1864 it doubled the size of land grants awarded to railways

origin of the term Rummage Sale history lesson, 1898

Lake Sawyer log dump train, 1920s

Bridges... the fastest way to make them used to be just dropping a log across a cleft. This is the only untrussed log bridge I've ever seen with a train on it, made of just two logs.

Mule and oxen team logging 1885

These are civil war vets. It's odd to think about the civil war, 150 odd years ago, and then realize the survivors lived into the 1930s....

1919 Boston to San Fransisco and Return via Lincoln Highway.. Goodyears pioneering work of trucking expeditions to get roads made, and goods transported by trucks and tires, instead of railways

L.L. Whitman at the wheel of a Franklin in 1904 after driving from San Francisco to NYC in 33 days.

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Ever hear about the sabotage in the garages at the 1969 Can Am race at Riverside?

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