Story of Columbus in Pictures and History
A vintage panorama outlines Columbus voyage as depicted in a series of plates. It includes the Santa Maria’s size and crew under Juan de la Cosa, the Pinzons, and Pero Alonso Niño, the 1492 landing in the West Indies, possession ceremonies, and Saint Salvador naming. It also notes a Paros monument by Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, Columbus portraits, and later tomb relocations ending in Seville.
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Columbus
Atlantic Ocean
Santa Maria
Juan de la Cosa
Christopher Columbus
Pinza
Martin Alonso Pinzon
Franciasco Pinzon
Nino
Pero Alonso Nino
Vincent Vance Pinzon
Martin
Francisco
H. B. Hall
United States
Washington, D. C
West Indies
North America
Castile
Columbia
Ferdinand and
Isabella
San Salvadors
Commemora
Guanahan
de Bry
Palos
Spain
Paros
Harry Payne Whitney
Portugal
England
France
Ferdinand
Granada
Safety program expands nationwide for child protection
The Chicago Motor Club outlines a large scale safety drive amid a 20 percent rise in motor vehicle fatalities from 1924 to 1928. It plans intensified school patrols targeting children, full patrol organization, regular school visits, and expanded two color safety posters aimed at teachers and students. The campaign emphasizes continuous, not temporary, effort with enhanced highway sign service cooperation and nationwide reach.
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Chicago Motor Club
Motor Club
Automobile Notes On Speed And Regulation In 1919
A fragment discusses international use of cars, 20 to 25 mph deemed reckless in crowded roads, and Indiana state law adoption. A motorist remarks on riding with the back to the engine after a crash, reflecting early 20th century driving concerns.
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Indiana
Did You Know About Car Engine and Brake Facts
Quotes discuss carburetor timing spark plug gap cooling, pedal play improving hydraulic brakes, gasoline use doubling at high speeds, and brake faults caused by warpage and scoring of brake drums.
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Doe
Loca
Slotted Nut Assists in Valve Spring Assembly
A simple homemade tool helps remove or replace valve springs in an overhand valve engine. A large nut with a U shaped side forms a spanner that fits over the valve stem. Pressing with a wooden mallet against the spring retainer compresses the spring to allow pin removal or insertion. A. Luers, Washington, D. C. in Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Luers
Washington, D
Popular Mechanics Megazine
Items for Medicine Kit On Long Car Trip
Traveling campers advise packing a basic medicine kit for emergencies. The list includes antiseptic bandage scissors cotton healing salve plaster soap gasoline plaster iodine eye remedies castor oil epsom salts soda quinine citronella camphor anti cholera tablets and iodine applicator for bruises and bites.
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Campera
Castile
Also Mentioned on This Page
Seville
Valladolid
Santo Domingo
Haiti
Havana
Cuba
New World
Seville Cathedral
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
Genoa
Italy
McLaughlin
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