American Rolling Mill Company hand operated sheet mill. The roll trains are on either side of the flywheel and multi rope drive. Power is most likely a steam engine.
On back: "The Union Station was completed in 1927. More than one hundred and thirty passenger trains pass through it daily on three main railroads -- the Boston and Albany; the New York, New Haven & Hartford; and the Boston & Maine. They afford...
Pennsylvania Railroad; On back: New P.R.R. Bridge over Schuylkill River, Fairmount Park, This bridge has just been completed, being over twice the width of the old bridge. Over it pass all the P.R.R. New York trains and all P.R.R. through trains...
8th Street towards bay, Ocean City, NJ
Text on back of photo: "Photo taken from building on Asbury Avenue. "Shore Fast Line" (AC & SRR) on layover track in distance. Torn up trolley track crossed the Reading's tracks and appears to have...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Plastics industry; Metallurgical industry;
Table of Contents: What of the future; Burial of the benevolence; Fit to be tied; For bookbinders only; Mighty methanol; Color for Christmas; Enter cimarron; Titanium, the pinch eases; New motion picture films; How DuPont is organized and managed...
Table of Contents: Schools without walls; A doctor looks at football; Caged cats: a dixie delicacy; Caution: noise at work; A good grip on the situation; Trains worth traveling on; those magnificent driving machines; A smooth ride on metal shafts;...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Porcelain; Canoes; Plastics industry; Textile industry; Hospitals; Automobile industry; Agriculture; Mass transit; Bottle industry;
Table of Contents: Perfect in every detail; Down to the sea in canoes; Still looking good; See me, heal me; Forward thinking at Chrysler; Natural in, natural out; Sowing the seeds of change; The trains in spain; A touch of glass; News in brief.
Table of Contents: A year of progress; Lindbergh's Lockheed Sirius; Detective stories or pure knowledge; Duco in Japan; Trains in colors; The iron ore industry of the lake superior district; Builders of good will; Color goes into the movies;...
on front of card: "What is Roadside America? Who enters here will be taken by surprises! Be prepared to see more than you expect! You will be amazed at Roadside America's beauty and mechanical skill. Over 50 years in the making by our family. You...
On back: "Electric Locomotive Number 4879, a GG-1, at the headend of a crack passenger train ready to depart Pennsylvania Station, New York. These locomotives powered many of the Pennsy's passenger and freight trains beginning in the '30's, then...
Motor coal train coming Coaldale Mountain on its way to the East and Tidewater-scene at Switchback, McDowell County WV. Coal trains are usually over twice as long as this one.
25 of these giant new type steam locomotive for freight service are being built by the PRR to draw wartime trains of 125 loaded cars at speeds in excess of 50 mph. The new engine develops more power in its working range than any steam locomotive...
Toy trains that run smoothly at Christmas sometimes need repairs later on. Here little Donald Lyons of San Francisco, CA is shown getting expert advice from Billy Jones, Southern Pacific locomotive engineer.
New type sleeper trailer of light weight stainless steel construction for travel in Syrian desert. Constructed by the Edward G. Budd Company of Philadelphia for the Nairn Transport Company Ltd. The trailer utilizes the same principles of...
New type sleeper trailer of light weight stainless steel construction for travel in Syrian desert. Constructed by the Edward G. Budd Company of Philadelphia for the Nairn Transport Company Ltd. The trailer utilizes the same principles of...
Gracefully designed wash basins of Lucite acrylic resin are manufactured in a variety of pastel colors to match the color schemes of modern bathrooms. The basin is not affected by water of bathing temperatures and the smooth lustrous finish is easy...
Nylon; Textiles; Upholstery; Jersey Central Railroad
Press release detailing the installation of nylon upholstery in Jersey Central commuter trains and the benefits this type of upholstery offers in the transportation industry.
