Philly & Stuff

Sunday, July 17, 2016

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Hog Island Riveter - Evening Ledger 8 Aug 1918

THE AMERICAN SHIPWORKER DEFIES RECORD-MAKING HEAT IN HIS HEROIC FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

"The Spirit of '76" animates this Hog-Island riveter, who, under a blazing sun that radiated blistering heat from the steel hull at which he and his companions worked, drove bolt after bolt home that no time might be lost in America's shipbuilding schedule.

Sunday, July 3, 2016

R-38 Airship – First Flight – Hanger – Public Ledger 15 Jul 1921

Philadelphia and Camden Waterfront - Public Ledger 15 Jul 1921

City Hall Steeplejacks - 1920 and 1921

Public Ledger 14 Jul 1921

Public Ledger 12 Jun 1920

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W.W. Taxis, William Wallace Taxis Jr. - 1871 / 1917 - Philadelphia Champion Cyclist 1890s - Automobile Racing Etc.

William W Taxis Jr. (W.W.Taxis) 1871 - Nov 23, 1917 - Class of 1892 University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Champion Competing Cyclist 1890s – Former member of Park Avenue and Century Wheelmen Cyclist Clubs. Former Manager Ford Motor Co. Phila. Branch Showroom 441-451 North Broad St. 1905 – Son of William W. Taxis (Taxes) Sr. Wharf Builder 1826-1884 Monument Cemetery, and Naomi A Taxis 1847-1925, (Parents – 1880 Census) one time address 1804 N Park Place Phila..

Could not find a satisfactory biography in the person of "W.W.Taxis" in this little known phase of Philadelphia history that bridges the horse and carriage era and the age of the modern motor car. For a thin slice of history, cyclists and cycling clubs were the cutting edge technology of its day of pitting human endurance against new highly engineered cycling machinery. This age including many racing clubs on the east coast in cities had local heroes like W.W.Taxis who went from cycles into cars and car racing in terms of a few clippings researched and shown here.