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From the Doors Open Oshawa website:
The museum, built in the 1920’s and established in 1961, is located in a former car dealership. There are approximately 65 vehicles dating from 1898 to 1981, showcasing the development of the automobile. The building contains its original freight elevator.
Oshawa, Ontario.
La negra costurera se mecia en su verde alcoba como esperando la cena... Sin saberse objeto de nuestras indiscretas miradas
259 - Dionysius elected as bishop of Rome, succeeding Sixtus II
260 - St Dionysius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1298 - English defeat Scots at Battle of Falkirk
1306 - King Phillip the Fair, orders expulsion of Jews out of France
1456 - Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats sultan Murad II
1484 - Battle of Lochmaben Fair - a 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured.
1489 - "Tractate Niddah" a talmudic edition, 1st printed
1489 - Treaty of Frankfurt
1515 - Anna of Bohemia (12) marries Karel van Ferdinand of Austria
1515 - Louis of Hungary (9) marries Maria of Bohemia & succession to Hungarian throne
1515 - Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland & Holy Roman Empire
1535 - Christians captured in Tunis in uprising against Adm Barbarossa
1582 - Willem van Orange moves from Antwerp to Delft
1587 - 2nd English colony forms on Roanoke Island off NC
1627 - English fleet under George Villiers lands on the Rhe [OS=June 12]
1632 - Foundation laid in Madrid for Buen Retiro-palace for king Philip IV
1648 - 10,000 Jews of Polannoe murdered in Chmielnick massacre
1686 - City of Albany, NY chartered
1691 - Battle at Aghrim: English/Dutch army beats France
1729 - Diamonds found in Minas Geras Brazil
1731 - Spain signs Treaty of Vienna
1739 - Turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia & threaten Belgrade
1775 - George Washington takes command of US troops
1793 - Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada.
1796 - Cleveland, Ohio, founded by Gen Moses Cleveland
1812 - Duke of Wellington defeats French at Battle of Salamanca, Spain
1859 - V E Walker takes 10-74 in an innings for England v Surrey
1864 - Battle of Atlanta-Hood attacks Sherman, 8449 conf, 3641 US die
1865 - V E Walker takes 10-104 in an innings for Middlesex v Lancs
1893 - Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful," in Colorado
1898 - Belgica crew see 1st sunrise in 1600 hrs-1st to endure Antarctic winter
1901 - Serbia reactivates diplomatic relations with Montenegro
1905 - Phila Athletic's Weldon Henley no-hits St Louis Browns, 6-0
1912 - 5th Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden closes
1916 - A bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in SF killing 10
1917 - Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM
1917 - British bomb German lines at Ypres, 4,250,000 grenades
1918 - Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park
1919 - De Falla & Massine's "Three-cornered Hat," premieres in London
1921 - 25th US Golf Open: Jim Barnes shoots a 289 at Columbia CC in MD
1922 - Cards enter 1st place, marks 1st time both St Louis teams are on top
1923 - Walter Johnson becomes 1st to strikeout 3,000 (en route to 3,508)
1925 - Yankees purchase infielder Leo Durocher
1926 - 105°F (41°C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record)
1926 - 108°F (42°C), Troy, NY (state record)
1926 - Cin Red Curt Walker ties record of 2 triples in an inning
1933 - 1st solo flight round the world 7d 19hrs (Wiley Post)
1933 - Caterina Jarboro sings "Aida," NYC-1st negro prima donna in US
1933 - Wiley Post completes 1st round-the-world solo flight
1934 - Outside Chicago's Biograph Theatre, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents.
1935 - Lester Walton appointed minister to Liberia
1936 - Phillies John Moore hits 3 consecutive HRs
1937 - Irish premier Eamon de Valera wins elections
1937 - Senate rejects FDR proposal to enlarge Supreme Court
1939 - 1st black woman judge (Jane Matilda Bolin-NYC)
1940 - Dutch prime minister De Geer meets Hitler seeking peace talks
1940 - Jacqueline Kennedy's parents divorce
1942 - 4th Russian Pantser army forms with 80 tanks
1942 - Gasoline rationing using coupons begins
1942 - Warsaw Ghetto Jews (300,000) are sent to Treblinka extermination Camp
1943 - US forces led by Gen George Patton liberate Palermo Sicily
1944 - Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation
1946 - Estelle Bennett, rocker (Ronettes)
1946 - Menachen Begin's opposition group surprise attack on King David hotel
1947 - -8°F (-13°C), Charlotte Pass, NSW (Australian record)
1950 - Frank Worrell completes 261 v England at Trent Bridge
1950 - King Leopold, after 6 years in exile, returns to Belgium
1951 - Gen Francisco Craveiro Lopes appointed pres of Portugal
1952 - Poland adopts Communist-imposed Constitution
1954 - Virgin Islands (US) adopts constitution (Revised Organic Act)
1954 - WTHI TV channel 10 in Terre Haute, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 - 1st VP to preside over cabinet meeting-R Nixon
1955 - Phillies longest win streak since 1892 hits 11
1958 - US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island
1959 - Benjamin Britten's "Missa Brevis" in D, premieres
1959 - Earth gas found at Kolham (Slochteren) Groningen
1960 - Cuba nationalizes all US owned sugar factories
1961 - WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1962 - 1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off
1962 - 44th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 278 at Aronimink GC PA
1962 - Chic White Sox Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles)
1962 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Tournament
1963 - Beatles release "Introducing the Beatles"
1963 - Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1965 - Edward Heath succeeds Alec Douglas-Hume as leader of Brit Cons party
1967 - 1st major appearance by Vanilla Fudge (Village Theater NYC)
1967 - Atlanta Braves use a record 5 pitchers in 9th inning
1967 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Supertest Ladies' Golf Open
1967 - Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour
1968 - Sir John Newsome recommends public schools should take 50% of their intake from the state school system
1969 - Aretha Franklin arrested for disturbing peace in Detroit
1969 - USSR launches Sputnik 50 & Molniya 1-12 communications satellite
1971 - Sudan military counter coup under premier Numeiry
1972 - 10.84" (27.53 cm) of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Mn (state 24-hr record)
1972 - Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus
1973 - 28th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Susie Maxwell Berning
1975 - House of Reps votes to restore citizenship to Gen Robert E Lee
1976 - "Let My People Come" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 106 performances
1979 - Pat Meyers wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
1981 - Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome to life
1982 - Academic Text Processing Service forms in Seattle
1982 - Biggest mass wedding, Rev Sun Myung Moon weds 2,200 couples in NYC
1983 - -128.6°F (-89.2°C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
1983 - Angels OF Brian Downing error ends his record streak at 244 games
1983 - Dick Smith makes 1st solo helicopter flight around the world
1983 - Poland's PM Januzelski lifts martial law
1984 - 113th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots a 276 at St Andrews
1984 - 22nd Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats Australia in Sao Paulo Brazil (2-1)
1984 - Kathy Whitworth wins Rochester Golf International (her 85th win)
1984 - Laurent Fignon wins Tour de France
1986 - House of Reps impeaches Judge Harry E Claiborne on tax evasion
1987 - Said Aouita of Morocco sets 5k record (12:58.39) in Rome
1987 - Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian)
1987 - US began escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf
1988 - 500 US scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research
1989 - Kristin Huxhold, 18, of Missouri, crowned America's Junior Miss
1990 - 119th British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots 270 at St Andrews Scotland
1990 - 90th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Phil Mickelson
1990 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament
1990 - Greg LeMond of US wins his 3rd Tour de France
1991 - Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to killing 17 males in 1978
1992 - Colombia drug baron Pablo Escobar escapes prison
1992 - Soyuz TM-15 launches
1993 - NY Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th HR
1993 - Soyuz TM-17 lands
1994 - 23rd & last part of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (since July 16th)
1994 - Doc Gooden admitted to Betty Ford Center
1994 - Mariners play Red Sox as home team at Fenway, as Kingdome is repaired
1994 - Military coup in Gambia: Pres Dawda Jawara flees
1994 - OJ Simpson pleads "Absolutely 100% Not Guilty" of murder
1994 - William Sigei runs world record 10k (26:52.53)
1995 - Space shuttle STS-70 (Discovery 20), lands
1995 - Susan Smith found guilty of drowning her 2 children in SC
1997 - Fire breaks out at Palais de Chaillot in Paris
1997 - The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
2002 - Israel assassinates Salah Shahade, the Commander-in-Chief of Hamas's military arm, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, along with 14 civilians.
2003 - Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard.
2005 – Innocent and unarmed Brazilian plumber Jean Charles de Menezes is gunned down by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers. www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14090&ArticleId=3...
List of services and business in the town of Deseronto, June 1971. The numbers in brackets refer to the location of the business on the accompanying map.
The text reads as follows:
"Services in Deseronto
Emergency Services
Police 396-2445 or Belleville 962-2841 (x)
Fire 396-2442 (45)
Doctor 3962443 or 396-2537 (14 & 26)
Ambulance 396-2310 (25)
Nurses V.O.N. Nurses Service 354-3211
Druggist 396-2015 (47)
Taxi & Bus 396-2910 (12)
Town Services
Town Hall (x) Public Utilities (27) Library (43)
Post Office (48) Public School (15) Parks (5/46/34)
High School (Napanee District Secondary School)
Antiques Mrs. Allin (10) Mrs. McNish (31)
Bank Imperial Bank of Commerce
Bicycle Store Jacksons (49)
Billiard Parlor Carter's Billiards (48)
Boating Service Dawson's Marina (54) Quinte Marine- 1 mile east on #2 (18)
Deseronto Boat Club – Free Launching Ramp (36)
Bowling Lucky Strike Lanes (49)
Churches Anglian (16) Gospel Hall (28) Pentecost (17) Presbyterian (9) Roman Catholic (6)
United Church (20)
Cleaners Deseronto Cleaners (29)
Clothing Stores Moody Dry Goods (43) Gardiners Variety Store (49)
Correspondence School American Correspondence Schools – Mr. Hicks (11)
Drug Store Malley's Drug Store (47)
Electricians F. Topping (21) W. Cummings (23)
Ferry to Prince Edward County (33)
Fishing Licences G. Lott Jeweler (49)
Fuel Quinte Fuel (44)
Grocery Stores Al's Grocery (49) Bill's (3) H. Newman (8) E.M. Roach (42)
Walker's General Store (41) Layfield's Red & White (43)
Ray's Market (46) Burkitt's Groceteria (49)
Hair Cutting Leo Palmer Barber (43)
Hairdressing Mildred's Hairdressing (24) Lorraine's Hairdressing (19)
Industries Hawley Woodworking (53) Canada Optical Co. (35) Ideal Vendors Ltd. (2)
The Metcalfe Foods Ltd. (38) Quinte Distributers (48) Dravo of Canada (39)
Hardware Store Jackson's Hardware (48)
Insurance White & Morris (25) Henry Klaver (13)
Jewelery Store G. Lott Jeweller & Watchmaker (49)
Laundromat Lucks Laundromat (49)
Liquor Store and Brewers Retail (48)
Motel Hotel Camping Arlington Hotel (40) Dawsons Motel (18) Browns Cottages (54)
Maracles Cottages (33) Sceros Cottages (33)
Mohawk Bay Trailor & Tenting (18) Quinte Woodbine Cabins (33)
Garages & Service Stations Bill's Service Sunoco (3) Burleys Garage – Supertest – GMC (7)
Dawsons Garage – Esso*Ford (22-49) Dawsons Motel – Texaco (18) Lords Garage – White Rose (4) Robinson – Edwards – Fina (41)
Art Hill Service - Shell (12) Calvers Used Cars (41)
Photos Henry Klaver (13)
Red Cross Deseronto Branch, Canadian Red Cross Society Services
Information - Malleys Drug Store
Restaurants Chapmans (48) Bill's (3) Arlington Hotel (40) Dawsons Motel(18)
Mohawk (51)
Service Clubs Lions Club (30) Canadian Legion (47) Masonic (52)
Independent Order of Oddfellows (41)
Mohawk Reserve Indian Craft Store--- 2 miles west on #2 highway (1)
Compliments
The Corporation of Deseronto"
From a collection of materials relating to the 1971 centennial of Deseronto's incorporation as a village.
Die Nürburgring-Nordschleife ist unbestritten das ultimative Automobil-Prüffeld. Und der „Supertest“ der Fachzeitschrift „sport auto“ gilt als die ultimative Bewährungsprobe für Sportwagen. Dieser Herausforderung hat sich unser neuer Corsa OPC mit Performance Paket gestellt.
© GM Company.
From May to November 1977 the cricket world was dominated by one thing - Kerry Packer and his rebel World Series Cricket project. The initial shock at the news that Packer had signed many of the world's leading players was followed by anger, recriminations, brief attempts by the establishment to find a compromise, then legal action, and finally acceptance that it would go ahead.
The Australian board, backed by other countries, did all it could to frustrate WSC. It went to court to ban organisers from referring to matches as Tests or from referring to the Australian WSC team by the national name. So Tests became Supertests and Australia became WSC Australians. The board then pulled off what it considered to be a major strike by shutting out WSC from all major cricket grounds. Packer countered by hiring other sports venues, and got his groundsmen to come up with the idea of drop-in pitches to circumvent the problems of the quality of the wickets.
In November 1977, Packer staged warm-up matches in Melbourne and Adelaide. The games went well, and enough people turned up, mainly out of curiosity, ensuring that the organisers weren't humiliated. But the real test was to come on December 2, when the competition proper got underway. Until then the fight had been about a rather detached vision. Now it was a tangible rival to the old world order.
Packer had two obvious problems. The first was that his opening clashed with the first day of the first Test between Australia and India at the Gabba. The second was that the unavailability of the MCG meant that his game had to be staged at VFL Park, a vast football stadium more than 15 miles from the heart of Melbourne.
On the eve of the matches Bobby Simpson, lured out of a decade of retirement at the age of 41 to lead an Australia side stripped of its WSC players, launched an attack on the official side, which he said had become "branded as slobs", saying that old values and discipline would be restored. Ian Chappell, one of the WSC signings, and among the chief targets of Simpson's remarks, hit back at what he called "mudslinging" adding that "Simpson is just doing all he can to downgrade the Packer series". The gloves were off.
Packer told reporters that he expected 10,000 at VFL Park to watch the first day of his Supertest between the star-packed WSC Australian and WSC West Indies sides. When the first ball was bowled, there were barely 500 people dotted around the vast banking of seats; by the close that number had only swelled to 2000. Many of those taking part had two years earlier been playing an official Test between the two countries at the MCG when 85,596 turned up. TV executives herded together children and handed them WSC merchandise to wave enthusiastically for the cameras. At the Gabba, though the weather was cold and damp, around 9000 watched the official Test.
Aside from the geographical problems posed by VFL Park, which had cost Packer A$500,000 to hire, many considered the admission of $5 too high - it was almost double what the board had charged for an official Test in 1976-77.
As far as TV viewers were concerned, the differences between the old-style Tests and WSC's new world were negligible. The kit was white, the ball red - although WSC Australians wore gold caps in contrast to the traditional Baggy Green. The quality of the coverage was the biggest difference, with Packer's Channel Nine using more cameras and more gimmicks. But the real problem was that at the Gabba a side was representing Australia; at VFL Park they were portrayed as mercenaries playing for cash.
The media, largely on the side of the ACB, wasted no time in laying into Packer, and the comments made by his players that night were in stark contrast to their bullishness in the build-up. "It's going to take a while to build this series up," Chappell said. "It could take a season or more to get it going."
"I can see how much the players love it and feel sorry that no one wants to watch," wrote former England captain Tony Lewis in the Daily Telegraph. "Only time can help, but time, too, might end it."
The drop-in pitch was also a worry, with uneven bounce, and more worryingly for the organisers, who had sold the contest as a battle between batsmen and fast bowlers, deadly slow.
If Packer thought the day could not get much worse he was to be disappointed. John Curtain, one of WSC's senior administrators, resigned in dismay at the way the event was being run. "They don't understand cricket, that's their problem," he told reporters. "The fact you buy 50 of the world's top cricketers doesn't guarantee you 50,000 or even 10 if the administration isn't good enough." Another, Chris Forsyth, was fired for spilling all to a journalist - although he was subsequently reinstated.
Packer himself, never one to shun publicity, refused to give a planned press conference and headed off into the night.
The Supertest lasted three days, with attendances marginally better at the weekend. "The crowds have been so poor," wrote John Woodcock in the Times. "With an aggregate of 13,886 [over the three days] the early finish must have been less of an embarrassment than it might have been." At the Gabba more than 32,000 had watched Simpson's Australians beat India by 16 runs in a thriller.
Packer's marketing men went on the attack, claiming that their product had been more exciting and contained more boundaries and wickets. Critics countered by saying that argument showed just how little WSC knew about the game itself.
World Series Cricket signings pose - with a fast-food clown - at the launch of Kerry Packer's venture © WSC
"Twenty-two of the world's best players, a ground and a reasonable pitch are not good enough," wrote Henry Blofeld in the Guardian. "The standard of the cricket has been high enough and I have no doubt the players are trying hard, almost exaggeratedly hard as if trying to please the boss. [But] at no time did I feel the players were experiencing the genuine pressure which goes with Test cricket. In Test cricket they are playing for their places. Here it is not the same as most of them are sitting on three-year contracts."
WSC actually had a double launch on December 2. Far away from the spotlight, in Rockhampton, a second WSC Australians side took on the WSC World XI in a three-day match. With so many players contracted, the second-string signings had to be kept occupied.
If attendances at VFL Park were poor, at the Association Ground it was even worse, with barely 3000 turning up over the three days. And it wasn't as if there was no talent on show. The World XI contained Barry Richards, Mike Procter, Tony Greig, Alan Knott, Imran Khan and Zaheer Abbas; the Australians were hardly unknowns either.
Some of the players in Rockhampton had reservations. "We knew if we'd stayed with the board we'd have been golden-haired boys," said Gary Gilmour, while Kerry O'Keeffe admitted his "deep frustration" at playing in games that "Wisden was never going to record".
It was early days, and amid all the point-scoring and rhetoric, there was one voice of calm. Richie Benaud, signed as an advisor by Packer, remained philosophical. "I'm looking forward to the end of the three-year period over which costs will be judged," he said. "Any other perspective is crazy. If we are to judge the series by the first match, we must be the first multi-million dollar business which decided its future on the first week's operations."
Things did get better for Packer, although not really until his second season. In December 1977, it was the establishment that was sitting more comfortably on its laurels.
Bibliography
Cricket War by Gideon Haigh (Text, 1993)
The Cricketer
Built circa 1960s .... Remember when filling stations were built to look like a house of sorts. Most have since been demolished or altered so much, but this gas station, originally a Supertest gas station, has retained its original 1960s style .... Husky has 490 gas stations coast to coast across Canada
An Esso pump island with old and new lettering styles in early unleaded days in Toronto near where I grew up. Note the Supertest station across the street with the round garage doors!
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From the Doors Open Oshawa website:
The museum, built in the 1920’s and established in 1961, is located in a former car dealership. There are approximately 65 vehicles dating from 1898 to 1981, showcasing the development of the automobile. The building contains its original freight elevator.
Oshawa, Ontario.
Spent some time at Sydney Motorsport Park today shooting some of the V8 Supercars for their SuperTest day.
P.L. Davidson BA Fuels Listowel, Ontario
Photographed @ the 2010 Fleetwood Country Cruize In
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Where have I been?
Hey folks,
Just a quick note for those of you who have wondered where I’ve been lately and why I’ve not been posting for months now
The short answer is we have been renovating here at O’Grady Ranchero Indebto for the past couple of years. We have a new kitchen, new master bathroom and a new entry foyer. As well, my office space and studio have also undergone a make-over as well.
To say it’s been a fun filled mess most of the time would be an understatement.
Thanks to my Dad, who was a master electrician, I learned early on in life how to use just about any tool you can think of. That knowledge has served me well throughout our renovation as I have been able to do the vast majority of the mechanical work on my own.
However, late last summer I began having trouble griping the tools with my right hand (I am right handed.) Both my middle and ring finger ached uncontrollably and my ring finger in particular would lock in the closed position and not open unless I manually pulled it back. I’ve had this problem before with both of my hands. The non medical term I believe is called “trigger finger.” Both times in the past I have had my hands operated on to stretch the tendons attached to my fingers.
Unfortunately, this time is no different. My right hand will have to be cut open and the tendon that is catching on the bones in my hand will have to be stretched enough to alleviate the issue.
When this is going to happen has yet to be determined. I would like to have the same surgeon that performed the previous operations do the surgery this time as well. However, I have to wait to find out when and if he can fit me in his schedule.
Consequently, I’m in limbo for the time being. There are certain things that are more painful to do than others. In particular, gripping my camera is difficult as is gripping or maneuvering my computer mouse. The partial arc of my hand and any direct pressure where the tendon is rubbing on the bone in my hand amplifies the pain enormously.
So, processing photos, typing etc. is on the back burner for now. I will try to respond to the many notes and comments whenever possible; however, that activity will remain sporadic at best.
This entry took two days to put together... it should have taken an hour or less.
That said, I will return! I have a crap load of photos to show you. Last fall I spent some time in Zion National Park in Utah. Went to the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Las Vegas and attended a bunch of car shows. So, there is lots of content to come as soon as the issue with my right hand is dealt with.
See ya’ll soon….
Mark
Playing Now: Hold My Hand ~ Brandy Clark
Canadian SuperTest Gasoline Sign
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Don Brown comments: "This photo show my Father and long time guest Major Gerow and Matt McLeod. It's also a good shot of the old hand lever "Supertest" gas pump.
Left to right: Major Gerow, Bryce Brown and Matt McLeod.
"This original small building was probably constructed by Bryce Brown in the mid to late 1930s with Gene and Irv Brown moving in around 1941, living there, running the store and raising two children. The property was expropriated by the Highways Department around 1947 and Gene and Irv opened another store about five kilometres north, also on the east side of the highway.
There are numerous stores about this tiny store serving up the latest ice cream being delivered by the mail truck coming in dry ice packing from Foster's Dairy in Tweed. There were only ever three flavours - vanilla, chocolate and strawberry, but it certainly warmed the cockles of the hearts of the kids in the area. Another interesting aspect of this store/home was its water system. Irv had rigged a pulley down to the lake which was used to pull pails of water for household use, supplementing the pure spring drinking water they had to carry from the adjacent woods. Source: CDHS 2019 Calendar - Story by Ian Brumell with notes from Evelyn Petzold.
Part of the Brown Family Album.
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Don Brown remembers: "The store was perched on the shoulder of the road directly across from "The Pines" at Brown's Park. It was a tiny place with basics and gas. The building had living quarters in the south end. There was a porch and a deck overlooking the lake. It was one of the most ramshackle, unsafe structures I've ever seen.
I supposed I weighed about 50 pounds back then and I was afraid to walk on it. The store was managed by Irv and Gene Brown until they built their own store two miles north and my sister Ruth Lloyd and lastly, a man named Matt McLeod.
One photo shows my father and long time guest Major Gerow and the aforementioned McLeod. It's also a good shot of the old hand lever "Supertest" gas pump. When Hwy 41 was improved and widened around 1952 or 53 my father (Bryce Brown) moved the building down the hill to the beach where it lived out its life as cottage number 8".
Part of the Brown Family Album.
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2.890 cc
4 in-line
20 pk @ 1.800 rpm
Bonhams : Den Hartogh Sale
Ford Museum
Hillegom
Netherlands
June 2018
Estimated : € 25.000 - 35.000
Sold for € 18.400
If it could be put onto wheels, it could put onto a Model T. If something beefier was needed, then it could be put on the Model TT, the heavy-duty version of the Model T. While the drivetrain in both was identical, the Model TT had a heavier frame and rear axle the sum of which gave it a rating of 1 short ton. While by no means quick, it was a reliable work horse on which all manner of hefty commercial applications was applied.
This TT is outfitted as Tanker Truck and liveried in bright orange and black with green trim for the no-longer-extant Ontario, Canada based Supertest Petroleum company. Operating from 1923 until 1973, Supertest Petroleum marketed itself as "Canada's All-Canadian Company" before being acquired by British Petroleum Canada in 1971. Hung with 1925 Ontario plates, the tanker unit on this truck has three compartments, 1100 litres up front, 750 litres in the middle, and 400 in the rear. Complete with extra coachlights, and a full complement of petroliana gas cans, it is rare to find any surviving commercial vehicles from this era, let along one in condition as nice as this.
Shooting Information:
Shot with Olympus E-510, 50-200mm
Wireless trigger: Yongnuo CTR-301P (modified battery wire to increase range and compatibility with the Olympus FL-36R Flash)
Flash: Yongnuo Speedlite YN560 set at half power, diffused.
Flash Placement: I use an adjustable ball head attached to either a modified fishing bank pole or a heavy duty (A) clip. As most tracks are lined with posts or trees its a quick and light weight option. The Flash was placed on the inside of the corner around 3M from the subject.
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I was on the inside of the corner about 6 meters down the track.
Goal: My photographs are all taken during full race conditions, so I have to respect the riders and the job they are doing. So I try to keep the setup low key and only use low diffused light to fill in facial area.
2.890 cc
4 in-line
20 pk @ 1.800 rpm
Bonhams : Den Hartogh Sale
Ford Museum
Hillegom
Netherlands
June 2018
Estimated : € 25.000 - 35.000
Sold for € 18.400
If it could be put onto wheels, it could put onto a Model T. If something beefier was needed, then it could be put on the Model TT, the heavy-duty version of the Model T. While the drivetrain in both was identical, the Model TT had a heavier frame and rear axle the sum of which gave it a rating of 1 short ton. While by no means quick, it was a reliable work horse on which all manner of hefty commercial applications was applied.
This TT is outfitted as Tanker Truck and liveried in bright orange and black with green trim for the no-longer-extant Ontario, Canada based Supertest Petroleum company. Operating from 1923 until 1973, Supertest Petroleum marketed itself as "Canada's All-Canadian Company" before being acquired by British Petroleum Canada in 1971. Hung with 1925 Ontario plates, the tanker unit on this truck has three compartments, 1100 litres up front, 750 litres in the middle, and 400 in the rear. Complete with extra coachlights, and a full complement of petroliana gas cans, it is rare to find any surviving commercial vehicles from this era, let along one in condition as nice as this.
This BP gas bar replaced an old Supertest gas station just a few blocks from where I grew up. BP was eventually taken over by Petro-Canada and this station was rebranded but this view was in July 1974. This view was taken on Kodak's old 110 size slide film.
Owner Allan Massicotte's flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/33405133@N04/
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Este coche participó en la anterior edición de Forza Italia! pero a ésta solo acudió unos minutos para admirar los demás Ferrari.
Ferrari: www.ferrari.com/Italian/GT_Sport_Cars/Classiche/Tutti_i_m...
Deutsch: www.sportauto.de/supertest/ferrari-challenge-stradale-im-...
English: www.caranddriver.com/reviews/ferrari-360-modena-challenge...
Español: www.km77.com/marcas/ferrari/360_03/challengestradale/0pri...
Français: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_360_Modena
Italiano: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_360
Vídeo:
Spa Francorchamps: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t46N-SKpE44
Música: www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=cvgFQhpi5y4&...
Owner Allan Massicotte's flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/33405133@N04/
Traditional LOMO processing with a slight "twist."
© 2008 Mark O'Grady\MOSpeed Images. Unauthorized use prohibited.
No permission to manipulate/reference this image will be given.