British traffic jam 1960's

S.C.H. Davis.  Cars Cars Cars Cars.  London:  Paul Hamlyn, 1967.

Vanished too makers: Noera Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Connecticut

I picked this old oil can up a while ago:

Frank Paul Noera invented the refillable tin oiler in Waterbury, Connecticut in the late 1800's.  Waterbury was once famous as the "Brass City" and eventually came to be dominated by "The Big Three":  Scovill Manufacturing, the Chase Brass and Copper Company and Anaconda-American Brass.  Chase purchased Noera in 1909, but left Frank Noera, "king of the oil can," in charge until his retirement in 1924.  The company made thousands of these things.

http://www.old-woodworking-tools.com/index/pages/106.htm

Vintage Canadian Flat Track, Western Fair 1976. XR750

According to the man on the right;

 "This is Don Zaharia of Winnipeg with his XR750 circa 1976, there were four in that crew that came together that year to race Southern Ontario, a few from Alberta, Stevie Baker from Bellingham Washington, great guy, did the Dirt Track and Road Racing and many others."

 "Ontario was the place for racing, and of course, Michigan, Ohio, New York. Short Track, Half Mile, Mile, Indoor- the list goes on and on even Hill Climb, natural terrain Motocross! Ice Racing indoor and out, We had it all! All the small town motorcycle shops sponsored their local favorite riders, and everybody, everybody, looked after each other, put you up, fed you, helped you on your way, many great friendships were made. Those days, you could pool just enough shekels together for gas to get there, a 24 of beer for after, and if you placed third or better in the Main Event you had money to get home! I know of two that had to beg for change to cross the bridge back to Canada !"

 "They were Good times!"

Caproni 90

The Caproni Ca.90 of 1929 was a follow-up to the unsuccessful nine winged Caproni 60 flying boat. It was designed as a bomber with possible commercial use with an eye to transcontinental flights. Powered by six 1000 hp engines, it flew at 126 mph and set records carrying more than 20,000 lbs to 10,000 feet altitude. This was Caproni's last attempt at a large airplane and only one was built. No info on the ultimate disposition of this 15 ton monster.

Henry R.Palmer This was Air Travel Bonanza Books 1967

Vintage Canadian Flat track; XR750 1975

Brian Beddington's XR750 as purchased from Dave Sehl in 1975.

Space Travel 1947

Life, February 1947

Nostrums

At 18 years of age, William Thomas Rawleigh started his Freeport, Illinois business in 1889 with a borrowed horse, a mortgaged buggy, $15 in hand, and four kinds of "Good Health Products."  Eventually, the company expanded its product line to include such things as cleaning agents, flavourings, ointments, and so on.  By the 1920's, their products were estimated to be in 20 million American households.  As this old pill box indicates, at one point they had a Canadian subsidiary based out of Toronto and Winnipeg.  Their fortunes declined after the 1940's, but they're still around today in another incarnation. 

A.H. Lewis was another American company that also did business in Canada out of Windsor, Ontario.
  
The printing design used on tins at that time left something to be desired.  It looks like it's advising you to "drink ass full of water."  In fact, the instructions begin on the side of the tin.

Below, an ad from 1923.

http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/medicine-ads-1920s/4

A.H. Lewis owned a drug store in Bolivar, Missouri.  In the early 1880's he concocted a patent medicine he named "Nature's Remedy".  As a mild vegetable laxative, it sold well.  Five years later, he convinced his 14-year-old nephew, John Harvey Howe, to join him in the store.  By 1901, the company had grown to the point where it relocated to St. Louis, Missouri.  Howe took over the company after Lewis's death in 1928.  Howe had become a trained pharmacist who had his own basement laboratory out of his house.  To help with his wife's indigestion, he prepared an antacid from calcium and peppermint oil, making tablets using the "Nature's Remedy" machines.  Originally, he only gave them to his wife.  However, during a vacation cruise, he shared them with other passengers who were complaining of seasickness or other stomach complaints, and they were very well received.  In 1930, he released them to the market as "Tums."  Within three years they were selling all over the world, completely by word of mouth.

High Flotation Wheels on the Fordson Tractor

Salvaging shipwrecks

Robert Carse, The Twilight of Sailing Ships Grosset and Dunlap 1965

The barque Alice run aground near Portland Or, a total wreck but still the locals can still find equipment worth salvaging.

Below a barque also named Alice at Mystic Seaport in 1905. The info on the website indicates this ship was abandoned off Cape Hatteras so probably not the same ship.



http://www.cthistoryonline.org/cdm/ref/collection/cho/id/11438

Sunoco Dynafuel 1947

The Picton Gazette, May 28, 1947