In our day and age, there’s a market for everything – and we’ve seen this in the auto industry, where there’s virtually no limit to how much one is willing to spend on the object of their desire. And ...
I sat in my home office and thought to myself: “What method may be the best way to explain all the important things the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1936 technical committee has done ...
Dim’s fascination with cars began when he was just six. Born into a family of car enthusiasts and racing drivers, he started learning basic mechanics and driving from an early age. While he loves ...
Nearly three decades before Pontiac introduced the GTO, Buick launched a mid-size model powered by a potent engine borrowed from its larger passenger cars. Follow us: During the first half of the ...
History hasn’t been kind to Alf Landon. When he’s remembered at all, Landon is known as the man foolish enough to challenge Franklin D. Roosevelt in the middle of the Great Depression. The Republican ...
It’s July. It’s Illinois. It’s hot. It’s normal. But 75 years ago, summer 1936 was anything but normal for Springfield and the rest of the Midwest. Four of Springfield’s 10 hottest days ever came ...
In February 1936, the Los Angeles Police Department dispatched 136 officers to points along California’s border with neighboring American states, granting them broad authority to stop those deemed ...
The 17,300,000 votes for the New Deal, cast by U. S. citizens on Nov. 6, gave Franklin Roosevelt a mountain’ of political prestige. Last week he used it all when he presented Congress with his 1936 ...
There’s a certain special feeling you get from an antique truck, especially when it’s as well-restored as this gorgeous 1936 Chevy pickup. Now, this classic Chevrolet is up for sale. This particular ...
One man, five days of competition, four gold medals won. That equation should have been enough to make any athlete stand out in a crowd of his contemporaries. Yet Jesse Owens' performances in the ...
It was back in November, 1934. On the third floor of the great Indian plant that boasts over nine and one-half miles of floor space a sandy-haired, shirt sleeved engineer stood outside a small ...