All posts tagged "automobiles"
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10.8K10Business and LaborThomas Edison Tries To Go Camping in New Hampshire
In the summer of 1919, Thomas Edison went camping in New Hampshire with three of his closest friends: naturalist John Burroughs, automaker...
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13.5K3Arts and LeisureMajor Taylor, World-Famous Black Athlete in 1899, Dies in Obscurity in 1932
Fifty years before Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball, Major Taylor conquered bicycle racing despite death threats and deliberate injury. At the...
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31.3K34Flashback PhotosThe Great 1938 Hurricane, A Once-In-A-Lifetime Storm
The Great 1938 Hurricane took almost everyone by surprise. Sept. 21, 1938, was supposed to be a breezy fall day in New...
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42.7K60ConnecticutHurricane Carol, So Deadly Her Name Was Retired
Hurricane Carol, one of the worst to hit New England, was so ferocious the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration retired the name...
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10.9K13Business and LaborMaine Twins Invent the Stanley Steamer, Climb Mt. Washington
Freelan O. Stanley and his wife Flora climbed Mt. Washington in a Stanley Steamer on Aug. 31, 1899, in one of the...
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8.5K9Arts and LeisureThe Forgotten Glory Days of the Readville Race Track
The Readville Race Track in its glory days was a place where politicians, socialites, sportsmen and gamblers mingled; speed records were set...
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