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Clearly, Peerless was once a thriving town. It has several grain elevators. A big restaurant. Churches. A good size school. The problem is that when I was there most of those things seemed empty--abandoned, even. The church was overgrown. The school was clearly empty at a time when school should still have been in session. One of the elevators is falling down (though the others seem used). The big restaurant was listed for sale and seemed totally devoid of life. And there were far more abandoned homes than ones that are lived in. Peerless was very very quiet. I had to wonder what happened here, that so many people left? This place used to have plenty of amenities. But when I was there the only activity I saw was a tumbleweed blowing across main street.
"Peerless was originally a development of the Great Northern Railroad. It appears that Peerless once went by the name of Tande or Battleson, but because of the popularity of a local beer the name was changed to Peerless...Dutch Henry's Bar...is a namesake of an outlaw who roamed these parts in the late 1800s. A display of photos on the walls tells quite a bit about the history of the surrounding area. The original town, settled in 1914, was a few miles away. Like many other places in northeast Montana, the laying of the railroad bed required the town to be moved to the railroad." -travelmt.com
1929 Peerless coupe, manufactured in Cleveland, Ohio • Stored in a residential garage with metal trash can lids as drip pans • Inline 6-cylinder flathead engine with mechanical fuel pump; external gas tank at rear bumper. Pressurized oil lubrication. Hydraulic four wheel brakes. Horn located within engine compartment. Running lights on top of the front fenders. Thick spoked wood wheels. One tail/brake light on the rear spare tire mount • 2016 • Cleveland northeast Ohio USA
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iPhone 6s • Photoshop Elements with two filters from Anthropics' Smart Photo Editor plugin plus Topaz Labs' DeNoise & Clean plugins
Maywood NJ hosting the 1976 NJ&NY Parade on 06-05-1976. That beauty on the left is a 1938 Ahrens-Fox 1000GPM 200GWT and it originally served the City of Hackensack NJ. Elmwood Park's Sutphen and Park Ridge's 1964 ALF PR-2 are in the parking lot. Howard Kent Jr.
Peerless Motor Car Co. made fine cars in Cleveland Ohio from 1900 to 1931. This was one of "The Three P's", a trio of quality cars whose names started with the letter "P". The others were Packard and Pierce-Arrow. The Peerless factory later became the home of Carlings Ale.
The last revenue run up to Peerless Confectionary?
I received a call from Ken the engineer on the Chicago Terminal at the time tipping me a couple of days earlier off that the final run to Peerless would take place on February 1, 2007. Peerless announced it was shutting down January 12, 2007, with the last day of operation April 30, 2007. No new orders would be accepted after February 15, 2007.
This Chicago Terminal operation would involve retrieving an empty tank car and returning it to the North Avenue Yard. So I took the day off from work and brought with me a banner I made signifying the end of rail service on this northernmost section of the former Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston (C&E) Line.
And yes I was still shooting film back then with my trusty 35mm Canon camera.
Assisting Ken that day was John who was a conductor and a younger person whose name I do not recall.
Later I heard that one more run was made to Peerless before it shut down later that spring for good. Then in 2008 gondolas were stored on the Peerless spur after the factory was torn down as well as an excursion run by Chicago Terminal parent Iowa Pacific with the passenger car Caritas for Iowa Pacific customers.
If anyone has photos of a REVENUE run up to Peerless after February 1, 2007, I would be interested in seeing them posted.
I wrote an extensive history of the Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston (C&E) Line in the book "The Milwaukee Road in Chicago" which was published by the Milwaukee Road Historical Association in 2007 if anyone is interested in knowing more. It goes into the Chicago Terminal era.
I received no money from the book and it sold out quickly but might be available on the secondary market. The MRHA is considering reprinting it and I have an update to go with it.
Tom Burke
originally Peerless Film Manufacturing Company founded 1907 by George K. Spoor and Gilbert M. (Broncho Billy) Anderson (1880-1971) • terra cotta ornamentation and Indian Head logo designed by Spoor's sister, Mary Louise Spoor (1887-1985), professional book illustrator
company produced over 1,400 films during 10 year history including 1st American Sherlock Holmes (1916), 1st American A Christmas Carol (1908), 1st Jesse James movie, The James Boys of Missouri (1908) and early cartoons, e.g., Bray animator Wallace Carlson's popular Dreamy Dud character in He Resolves Not to Smoke (1915)
after Essanay collapsed, Spoor developed an unsuccessful 3-D system,1923 and a 65mm widescreen format, Spoor-Berggren Natural Vision, 1930 • as independent producer Anderson produced Stan Laurel silent comedies • Spoor (1948) and Anderson (1958) received Oscars (Academy Honorary Awards) as pioneers of motion picture industry
Little Rock AK born Anderson, first cowboy star in cinema history, son of Henry and Esther Aronson, Jewish couple from NY • Anderson moved to NYC at 18, worked in theater and vaudeville, played 3 roles in Edwin S. Porter's landmark 1903 film, The Great Train Robbery
Essanay stars included Charlie Chaplin, Ben Turpin, Wallace Beery, Francis X. Bushman, Gloria Swanson, Edna Purviance, Bebe Daniels, Tom Mix and Harold Lloyd • Hollywood director Allan Dwan and gossip columnist Louella Parsons worked for Essanay as writers
Essanay hired Chaplin away from Mac Sennett's Keystone Studios, 1914, replacing $150/wk Keystone salary with $1,000/wk • Chaplin made just one film in this building, His New Job (1915) • others, including The Tramp (1915) -- featuring wardrobe purchased off the rack on Chicago's State Street -- shot at/near Essanay-West studio, Niles, California • Chaplin employed by Essanay for about a year
Essanay closed Chicago studio, 1917 • building later occupied by corporate film producer Norman Wilding's Wilding Studios • currently home of St. Augustine's College
designated Chicago Landmark, 1996 • Wikipedia • filmography • history of Essanay Studios -Pyramid Beach • Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum • Reel Chicago • The MGM of Silents • Essanay Studios -Diana Dretske • The Secret History of Chicago Movies: Chaplin at Essanay -White City Cinema • Inside Charlie Chaplin's Vault –Chicago Unbelievable
Practicing with peerless watercolors @rubznaz these are so fun. I hope you kept pieces of these watercolor strips for yourself. #watercolor #janesdoodles #littlebugstudio #peerlesswatercolors
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originally Peerless Film Manufacturing Company founded 1907 by George K. Spoor and Gilbert M. (Broncho Billy) Anderson (1880-1971) • Indian head logo designed by Spoor's sister, Mary Louise Spoor (1887-1985), professional book illustrator
company produced over 1,400 films during 10 year history including 1st American Sherlock Holmes (1916), 1st American A Christmas Carol (1908), 1st Jesse James movie, The James Boys of Missouri (1908) and early cartoons, e.g., Bray animator Wallace Carlson's popular Dreamy Dud character in He Resolves Not to Smoke (1915)
after Essanay collapsed, Spoor developed an unsuccessful 3-D system,1923 and a 65mm widescreen format, Spoor-Berggren Natural Vision, 1930 • as independent producer Anderson produced Stan Laurel silent comedies • Spoor (1948) and Anderson (1958) received Oscars (Academy Honorary Awards) as pioneers of motion picture industry
Little Rock AK born Anderson, first cowboy star in cinema history, son of Henry and Esther Aronson, Jewish couple from NY • Anderson moved to NYC at 18, worked in theater and vaudeville, played 3 roles in Edwin S. Porter's landmark 1903 film, The Great Train Robbery
Essanay stars included Charlie Chaplin, Ben Turpin, Wallace Beery, Francis X. Bushman, Gloria Swanson, Edna Purviance, Bebe Daniels, Tom Mix and Harold Lloyd • Hollywood director Allan Dwan and gossip columnist Louella Parsons worked for Essanay as writers
Essanay hired Chaplin away from Mac Sennett's Keystone Studios, 1914, replacing $150/wk Keystone salary with $1,000/wk • Chaplin made just one film in this building, His New Job (1915) • others, including The Tramp (1915) -- featuring wardrobe purchased off the rack on Chicago's State Street -- shot at/near Essanay-West studio, Niles, California • Chaplin employed by Essanay for about a year
Essanay closed Chicago studio, 1917 • building later occupied by corporate film producer Norman Wilding's Wilding Studios • currently home of St. Augustine's College
designated Chicago Landmark, 1996 • Wikipedia • filmography • history of Essanay Studios -Pyramid Beach • Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum • Reel Chicago • The MGM of Silents • Essanay Studios -Diana Dretske • The Secret History of Chicago Movies: Chaplin at Essanay -White City Cinema • Inside Charlie Chaplin's Vault –Chicago Unbelievable
Peerless Coffee Company on Washington St and 9th St in the old part of downtown Oakland in 1975. This part of town was rebuilt just after the Civil War. They moved to another location on Oak St shortly after I took this photo. I used a Minolta SRT202 with 50mm Minolta lens. Kodak Tri-X film developed in D-76 for 6:45 minutes and scanned this year with EPSON V600.
Per the owner it is a 1931 Peerless Green Dragon V-16 convertible replica, Goodguys 26th Colorado Nationals, Ranch Events Complex, Loveland, CO, 09 July 2024.
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Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759 -1840) was a Flemish painter and botanist renowned for his exquisite watercolors of lilies, roses, and other native plant species. His prolific career spanned the turbulent years of the French Revolution and resulted in the "Raphael of Flowers" being regarded as one of the finest botanical illustrators of all time.
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This is ex-Peerless Stages (Oakland, Ca.) 1976 GMC (P8M-4905A) "Buffalo" #307.
Taken in September, 2011 in Perris, Ca.
originally Peerless Film Manufacturing Company founded 1907 by George K. Spoor and Gilbert M. (Broncho Billy) Anderson (1880-1971) • terra cotta ornamentation designed by Spoor's sister, Mary Louise Spoor (1887-1985), professional book illustrator
company produced over 1,400 films during 10 year history including 1st American Sherlock Holmes (1916), 1st American A Christmas Carol (1908), 1st Jesse James movie, The James Boys of Missouri (1908) and early cartoons, e.g., Bray animator Wallace Carlson's popular Dreamy Dud character in He Resolves Not to Smoke (1915)
after Essanay collapsed, Spoor developed an unsuccessful 3-D system,1923 and a 65mm widescreen format, Spoor-Berggren Natural Vision, 1930 • as independent producer Anderson produced Stan Laurel silent comedies • Spoor (1948) and Anderson (1958) received Oscars (Academy Honorary Awards) as pioneers of motion picture industry
Little Rock AK born Anderson, first cowboy star in cinema history, son of Henry and Esther Aronson, Jewish couple from NY • Anderson moved to NYC at 18, worked in theater and vaudeville, played 3 roles in Edwin S. Porter's landmark 1903 film, The Great Train Robbery
Essanay stars included Charlie Chaplin, Ben Turpin, Wallace Beery, Francis X. Bushman, Gloria Swanson, Edna Purviance, Bebe Daniels, Tom Mix and Harold Lloyd • Hollywood director Allan Dwan and gossip columnist Louella Parsons worked for Essanay as writers
Essanay hired Chaplin away from Mac Sennett's Keystone Studios, 1914, replacing $150/wk Keystone salary with $1,000/wk • Chaplin made just one film in this building, His New Job (1915) • others, including The Tramp (1915) -- featuring wardrobe purchased off the rack on Chicago's State Street -- shot at/near Essanay-West studio, Niles, California • Chaplin employed by Essanay for about a year
Essanay closed Chicago studio, 1917 • building later occupied by corporate film producer Norman Wilding's Wilding Studios • currently home of St. Augustine's College
designated Chicago Landmark, 1996 • Wikipedia • filmography • history of Essanay Studios -Pyramid Beach • Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum • Reel Chicago • The MGM of Silents • Essanay Studios -Diana Dretske • The Secret History of Chicago Movies: Chaplin at Essanay -White City Cinema • Inside Charlie Chaplin's Vault –Chicago Unbelievable
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peerless_(UK_car)
Spotted at Goodwood Revival 2025. There were some hidden gems in the Classic Car Park!
My first visit to Goodwood Revival. My friend Mitka who accompanied me has produced this YouTube video.
Peerless GT (1957-60) Engine 1991cc S4 OHV Production 325
Registration Number 294 HKX
# 52 Brian White
PEERLESS SET
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Built between 1957-60 in Slough and designed by Bernie Rodger, who moved on to form Warwick in 1960 and John Gordon who went on to form Gordon-Keeble.
With a Triumph TR2 engine, gearbox and front discs, in a Peerless tubular frame with de Dion back end, and glass fibre body. Overdrive available.
A Peerless ran in the 1958 Le mans 24 hour race.
Shot at the Pomeroy Trophy Silverstone 25th February 2012 Ref 74-469
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