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The law has its troubles 1933. Bicycles have added to the worries of policemen. Lona Andre, Kathleen Burke, Mari Colman, and Grace Bradley have to have the assistance of a police officer. Arthur Gorman to get them across Hollywood boulevard on their way to work at Paramount studios.

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Missouri mining. The Colossal BIG DAVID 65 cubic yard shovel mining at the Bee-Veer mine in Macon county 1962.

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Yes in 1959 Volkswagen offered a rare dashboard mounted hertella auto coffee machine. It plugged into the 6 volt electrical system. And also came with porcelain mugs that magnetically attached to the coffee pot to prevent spills going down the road.

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Paul Bigsby with his crocker V-Twin which officially hit the market in 1936. It's design hemispherical combustion Chambers known as a hemi gave him phenomenal power. It's only known of 100 or so ever built. They are very sought after in the motorcycle world. Was also a master Machinist.

And he revolutionized the music industry. He built a solid body guitar before fender or Gibson. He also had the first pedal steel guitar and the first whammy bar for guitars.

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1912 Arrowrock Tavern Arrow Rock Missouri. It was built in 1834 and it's still in operation. It Survived the civil War, the Great depression, and three major fires. And also well known for paranormal activities.

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W.R. Kemp a factory racer in 1915 on a special Henderson motorcycle on a wooden board track. Famously completed 256 laps out of 300 in Chicago for this special 300 mile endurance event before it was called. He drove a custom special in line 4 cylinder which was different for the time.

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Steve McQueen and family at their home in Brentwood California posing on his Triumph motorcycle. 1965

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This was the old Baldwin Hall and campus lake, Truman University kirksville Missouri. Old Baldwin Hall was destroyed in 1924 by fire and the lake was emptied out combat the fire.

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Sally Haltermen was the first woman in 1937 to be granted a license to drive a motorcycle in the state of Washington DC.

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