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'You Can't But a Better Motor Oil'
British American Oil Company Limited
a Macleans Magazine advert. 1949
Some five years after these photos were taken Peerless Confectionery would close and its buildings torn down to make room for more condos. It was the last rail industry on the former Milwaukee Road C&E Line north of Clybourn after 1984.
Note the derrick like structure over the hopper. It was added in later years over the spur. I am not sure what its function was.
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
The founding fathers and mothers of Meadow Brook Concours had a falling out in 2001 with the people running the show that year so they boycotted the show and held their own.
The 2016 Concours d’Elegance of America at the Inn at St. John’s. Plymouth, Michigan. July 2016.
The Peerless Motor Car Company of Cleveland, Ohio built its first car in 1900. By 1910, the make ranked with Packard and Pierce-Arrow as one of the prestigious “Three P’s” of motordom. By the mid-1920’s though, Peerless had faded in the public perception. A redesigned range for 1929 resulted in a resurgence of sales, but the Great Depression soon torpedoed the automaker’s recovery efforts. Production ceased in 1932.
The seven-passenger Model 8-125 on exhibit was the “cream of the crop” among the 1929 Peerless models. Its 138-inch wheelbase was the longest ever for a production Peerless. A new inline 8-cylinder Continental engine and state-of-the-art 4-wheel hydraulic brakes were standard for this well-appointed luxury car. Very few 8-125s were ultimately made, and only three are known to exist today.
Believed to have been first delivered through the Lords dealership in Los Angeles, this Peerless was for a time the property of 20th Century Fox Studios, where it was featured in several gangster movies. By 1959, it belonged to the Movie Car Company, whose Hollywood client Desilu Productions often used it for their “Untouchables” television series. It was usually seen careening around a corner, full of bad guys with machine guns blazing.
The current owner acquired the car from Mr. Dexter Dotson, who at one time owned the world’s largest collection of Peerless automobiles. This rare car’s appearance here marks only its second public appearance since a comprehensive restoration was completed in early 2016.
Current owner: Daniel Johnson
Information provided on the Concours d’Elegance of America show placard.
This is another scan of an old photography equipment catalog that I own; this one is titled "Peerless Values Spring Summer 1947".
An interesting thing to note about this catalog is that in the beginning there is a section it explains the basics of composition, lighting/exposure, etc, for both still and motion picture photography. There are quite a few notable cameras produced from the mid to late 1940s, which are listed in this catalog.
Here is a downloadable PDF of the catalog:
www.butkus.org/chinon/booklet/peerless_store/peerless_sto...
Fiberglass body, Triumph TR3 running gear, custom tube frame. AACA Eastern Division Fall Meet, Hershey, PA, October 7, 2011.
Peerless operated a candy factory on Chicago's north side for decades, until its closure last year.....the "candy train" delivered tank cars full of surgary syrup every week, travelling through the gentrefied western Lincoln Park neighborhood. I lived just few blocks from here for 9 years...Here's a picture of the candy train that I took in 1999: flickr.com/photos/mss2400/2224428927/
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 74-470
Peerless Cars 1957-60
PEERLESS SET
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AUTOMOTIVE BADGES SET
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Founded by John Gordon, James Byrnes and Bernie Rodgers and based in Slough, Berkshire.
The prototype, a GT car was designed by Bernie Rodgers and originally called Warwick, but renamed Peerless GT by the time series production began in 1957. The car featured Triumph TR3 running gear, in a tubular space frame with De Dion tube rear suspension with four seater fibre glass Grand Touring bodywork. The finished car though desirable was expensive and suffered from fit and finish problems. These were largely addressed with a Phase II model where the body mould was almost a single piece. A works car ran in the 1958 Le Mans 24 hour race, finishing 16th overall. Production ceased in 1960 after 325 cars were completed.
John Gordon went on to produce Gordon-Keeble and Bernie Rodgers restarted production with minor changes as the Warwick
Shot at the Pomeroy Trophy Silverstone 25th February 2012 Ref 74-467
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The MonoLift™ mast of the Crown RM 6000 provides improved visibility at nearly all rack levels compared to the forklifts previously used by Peerless Pump. One of the key reasons for the improvement is because the mast on the Crown RM 6000 is offset seven inches to the left of the operator and narrows the higher it goes. Learn more at www.crown.com/USA.
The Peerless was a British car made by Peerless Cars Ltd. of Slough, Berkshire, between 1957 and 1960, when the company failed. The company was resurrected by one of the original founders, Bernie Rodger as Bernard Roger Developments Ltd and marketed as the Warwick from a base in Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire, between 1960 and 1962.
Peerless[edit source]
The prototype of this British-built sports saloon which was alloy bodied and initially named Warwick, was designed by Bernie Rodger for company founders John Gordon and James Byrnes.[1]
The car had been renamed the Peerless GT by the time series production started in 1957. It featured Triumph TR3 running gear in a tubular space frame with de Dion tube rear suspension clothed in attractive fibreglass 4-seater bodywork. While the car had good performance it was expensive to produce and the overall fit and finish was not as good as that of similarly priced models from mainstream manufacturers. The Phase II version had an improved body largely moulded in one piece.
About 325 were made.[2]
A works car was entered in the 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans finishing 16th.
Production ceased in 1960 after about 325 examples had been produced.
Warwick[edit source]
Warwick GT
Overview
Production1960–1962
LayoutFR layout
Powertrain
Engine1991 cc
Dimensions
Wheelbase94 in (2,388 mm)[3]
Length175 in (4,445 mm)[3]
Width64 in (1,626 mm)[3]
Height51 in (1,295 mm)[3]
Bernie Rodger restarted production of the car as the Warwick with minor changes to the appearance, a one-piece forward hingeing front end, a stiffer space-frame chassis and a revised dashboard. Although listed from 1960–62, only about 40 are thought to have been produced.[4]
A car was tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1961 and had a top speed of 105.3 mph (169.5 km/h) and could accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 12.6 seconds. A fuel consumption of 32 miles per imperial gallon (8.8 L/100 km; 27 mpg-US) was recorded. The test car cost £16666 including taxes.[3]
Two prototypes of a successor car, the 3.5 Litre or 305GT, were made in 1961 and featured the light alloy Buick V8 engine that was later taken up by Rover.[2]
John Gordon, together with Jim Keeble (who had previously inserted a Buick V-8 engine into a Peerless), subsequently used the Peerless space-frame as the basis for a Chevrolet-powered car with Giugiaro-designed, Bertone-built bodywork, initially shown in 1960 as the Gordon GT, and which eventually reached production in 1964 as the Gordon-Keeble.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peerless_(UK_car)
For the unrelated United States car company, see Peerless.
Welcome to the Peerless Motor Car Club web site. Peerless has an interesting history going from wringers to beer but they are best known for their fine automobiles. Peerless cars were expensive and had a limited production, as a result there are few in existence today.
Throwing the switch in the middle of Lakewood south of Diversey so the MP15 can shove the tank car onto the Peerless spur.
YCE 755 1961 Peerless GT Phase 2 on display at Race Retro show held at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire 23rd February 2020.
Peerless Stages #246, a 1955 GM TDM 4512 - Pacific Bus Museum Open House & BBQ - Fremont, CA 8/28/11
Photographed on September 18, 2010, prior to the Glenmoor Gathering at Glenmoor Country Club in Canton, Ohio.
This Peerless prototype is all original and has spent its whole life either in storage at the former Peerless factory or on display in the Crawford Auto Museum in Cleveland.
The Model 27 was powered by a 30 HP four-cylinder engine. Wheelbase was 122 inches. Peerless was another of Cleveland's producers of high quality automobiles.
1922 advertisement for the ‘Peerless Eight’ automobile.
The first Peerless car [Motorette] appeared at America’s first auto show in New York on 1st Nov 1900 costing circa $1,300.
Production ceased on 7th November 1931.
Peerless went into the brewing business and they bought the bottling rights from Carlings of Canada and changed their automobile factory into one of the bigger breweries in the USA.
During October 1933 the name was change to ‘Peerless Corporation’
15th June 1934 was the grand opening that drew 20,000 visitors to see ‘Carlings Black Label’ and ‘Carling Red Cap Ale’ being launched.
During 1936 they became the Brewing Corporation of America.
During 1938 they became ‘The Carlings Brewing Company’.
This peerless chandelier is decorated with bright crystals. It retains all the best European traditions. Lots of crystals could fill the room of any size with the starry glow. These Swarovski crystals are very beautiful and very glitzy. The cut glass-covered body of the chandelier just adds more...
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