Planes in formation; Seversky P-35

 Over Michigan in 1938

Failed Retail

 Just the remans of another long gone corner store on a residential street in Toronto. The space has long been a residence, but preserved details of the old decor reveal that not even the promise of fresh parsnips was enough to save the business... 

One of my vices is vises. Harper 4006 cobbler anvil/vise

 

Thanks, Kevan!

This anvil vise was found on Marketplace. Along with the missing clamping screw and handle, it's missing some lasts (as seen below).

  Harper and Sons of Dudley, England, was an iron foundry founded by Absolom Harper in 1822 that became A. Harper & Sons & Bean after George Bean joined the company in 1907. The company started as a producer of iron goods like fire grates and later became a significant manufacturer of automobile parts and eventually its own "Bean" cars, ceasing car production in 1929 but continuing as a parts supplier for decades.  I can't find much info on the company's anvil business but there was apparently an award for merit at the Melbourne, Australia Centennial for "Harper and Sons, Anvils, Vyces and Tools".

Worthpoint

 Company history here.

Graces guide

The King's ultimate argument

 Just one of the WW1 cannons on display in Quebec City. I'm not an early artillery aficionado but this is a German 150mm field gun from 1902. It's a device made in peacetime, illustrated by the level of detail shown by the details. The initials inscribed are RW II- emperor Reich Wilhelm the second and the Latin inscription Ultimo Ratio Regis meaning "The Kings ultimate argument".

 It was captured on April 9 1917 by Canadian forces after the Battle of Vimy Ridge. 

Remembrance day

 

London Auto Co.

 This company seems to have been more of an assembler than a manufacturer. Once again, not a lot of information online.

Monday Mystery; Bottle opener

This little item was sent to me as an unknown, Gratis means "free" so possibly was a giveaway for something? The label would suggest it had been made in Amsterdam but can anyone identify the logo?

 

A triumph of scaffolding

  Cantilevered out from the Manhattan side pier, the Queensborough Bridge is being extended across the East River, with the help of some epic scaffolding. The bridge was planned in 1901 and completed  in 1909.

Sidecar Sunday

 

End of the line

 

   The two foot gauge Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington locomotive #8 derailed in Whitefield on June 15 1933. Business was so poor the company didn't bother to rescue it. By 1937 the railway's locomotive, cars and rail had been cut up and sold for scrap.