Caption: Shipment, Sept 9th 1917, of Gasoline Lamps, Lanterns, Mantles, Electric Lamps, Flashlights, etc. Made by E. W. Murray 307 Riverside Ave. Spokane, Wa to points in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana. 1366 Lamps and Lanterns, 42,000 Mantles, 5300 Electric Bulbs, etc. – 7 truck loads – “Some Lamps, eh? Is your name written there?”
Category Archives: Photos
Impossible Motors
Impossible Motors 3800 Broadway in Oakland around 1960; a joint project of my father and Bob Hagin.
Kermit Roosevelt and His Dog Jack
Detail from the photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston of my 8th cousin twice removed Kermit Roosevelt.
California Western Railroad & Navigation Company
California Western Railroad & Navigation Company, 1910 (Photo by W. T. Fitch). From Fort Bragg (Images of America Series); ISBN-13: 9781467130851.
Oregon Hargraves
Scanned from this photograph. On the back of the photo is written “Mrs J. R. Hargrave 1962 Oak St. Hillsboro Ore” and, in what appears to be a different hand, “1901.” John Robert Hargrave was my first cousin four times removed and the youngest son of Andrew Hargrave and a grandson of Joseph Hargrave. Mrs. …
Mississippi Marine Brigade – Group 12
From History of the ram fleet and the Mississippi marine brigade in the war for the union on the Mississippi and its tributaries. The story of the Ellets and their men. Edward W. Murray #8.