August 25, 2026
Tag: American Fire Trucks
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American Fire Trucks
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In July 1954, Henry Austin Clark, Jr. opened his “Carnival of Cars” museum in the basement of the Astor Theater in Times Square, New York City. It was a grand media event that included some early television celebrities. The cards featured here were souvenirs of the day.
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July 14, 2022 8 Comments
In an old tattered and torn library book entitled My Favorite American Sports Memories, the author recounted 16 stories of his days as a kid growing up in Brooklyn, New York. He became a syndicated sports columnist with a wide audience. Seven of the stories were about baseball games played in the 1920s and ‘30s. Those were the days when baseball became America’s favorite pastime.