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Ford Model T fire engine
Pioneer Flight Museum is a group dedicated to the preservation, restoration and reproduction of aircraft and other historical artifacts from the beginning of flight to the early years of World War II • 190 Pershing Lane, Kingsbury, Texas – South of Austin, east of San Antonio and south of Lockhart • FAA Identifier 85TE • The above comments paraphrased from their website at... pioneerflightmuseum.org/museum/index.shtml
My thanks, again, to PFM Volunteer Kurt for escorting me through their buildings and sharing his knowledge of the hundreds of objects we viewed.
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Ford built over 15 million Model Ts from 1908-1927. By 1918 over half the cars in the USA were Model Ts and by 1920 half the cars in the world were Fords. By 1923 total world production amounted to 6000 per day. This car was built in Canada and then exported to South Africa.
Lunch stop at Inangahua Primary School prepared for us by parents of pupils. Thanks for a wonderful for the lovely welcome.
Inangahua Junction is a small town in the northwest of New Zealand's South Island. It is located at the confluence of the Inangahua and Buller Rivers, 34 kilometres north of Reefton and 46 kilometres southeast of Westport. Murchison is 52 kilometres to the east.
The town of Inangahua is just to the east of the junction. The town's main industries include forestry, coal, farming and sawmilling. There is a small primary school, shops, fire station and earthquake museum. The population was 159 in the 2006 Census. The name of the town refers to inanga, the Māori word for whitebait.
The town was substantially affected by an earthquake on Friday, 24 May 1968. At 5:24am, the earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck the town, and many landslides and aftershocks followed. The entire population of around 100 was temporarily evacuated. Two people were killed, and another three died later when a helicopter evacuating survivors crashed.
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for the Year 1909 :
The average life expectancy was 47 years.
Fuel for the Model T was sold in drug stores only.
Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles
of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!
The average wage in 1909 was 22 cents per hour.
The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year,
A dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.
The five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
Ninety percent of all doctors had no college education. Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as 'substandard.'
Sugar cost 4 cents a pound, eggs were 14 cents a dozen, coffee was 15 cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used
Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.
The American flag had 45 stars.
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30.
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented yet.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write and only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, 'Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind,regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health'
Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.
There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A.
Plus one more sad thought; 95 percent of the taxes we have now did not exist in 1909.
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There's no way to imagine what may be in store for us in another 100 years.