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The end of World War I saw the rise in the economic power of the United States due to its active trade, growing industry, and support of the Allied nations in the war. Its supplying of agricultural and manufactured goods to the Allied nations greatly boosted its economy, while the economies of Germany, France, and Great Britain suffered from major decreases in export trade activity and from ...
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Crane-Simplex had controlling interest of Jephson-Scott Body Company [7] which was the successor of the J. M. Qumby & Company. Plans for 100 automobile chassis production per year were announced. [5] [6] Crane-Simplex stated bodies could be fitted from the Jephson-Scott factory in East Orange, NJ, although that was not required. [8]
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
Ford Motor Company automobile assembly line in the 1920s The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling car of all-time. Large-scale, production-line manufacturing of affordable cars was started by Ransom Olds in 1901 at his Oldsmobile factory in Lansing, Michigan , and based upon stationary assembly line techniques pioneered by Marc Isambard Brunel at ...
The Flapper generation of 1920s flattened their chests to adopt the fashionable "boy-girl" look by either bandaging their breasts or by using bust flatteners. [111] Corsets started to go out of fashion by 1917, when metal was needed to make tanks and munitions for World War I [ 112 ] and due to the vogue for boyish figures. [ 113 ]
The 1920s was a period of social revolution, coming out of World War I, society changed as inhibitions faded and youth demanded new experiences and more freedom from old controls. Chaperones faded in importance as "anything goes" became a slogan for youth taking control of their subculture. [ 75 ]
For all their innovations, Doble cars were hindered by two significant problems. The first was the price: the chassis alone sold for $9,500, and adding a body virtually doubled that figure, making the car a luxury item in the 1920s. In 1922 the brothers had begun work on a lower-cost model, projected to sell for less than $2,000.