A photo taken in District of Columbia (USA) in 1919 at the Willard Service Station, Washington Battery Co.. The sign in the background reads "We respectfully request customers to refrain from talking to workmen. Any information desired will be cheerfully given out by floor superintendent."
On the left is a circa 1916 Oakland, on the right a circa 1917 Stearns Knight, possibly the smaller four cylinder model, a larger six cylinder car was also offered. Stearns was formed in 1898 as the Stearns Motor Car Company. In 1911, Stearns became the first US manufacturer to feature the Knight Sleeve Valve engine. In 1925 Stearns Knight was purchased by the Willys Overland and marketed at the top of the Willys range. The 1929 model year was the last.
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Hello!
Do you have any photos / pictures from Russia-Europe that could suit my blog "Between St. Petersburg and Europe" and that you would like to publish there costfree for me?
My grandfather was some kind of chief even for the Kiev-St.Petersburg railway before he fled Russia as an emigrant around 1920.
Greetings from Finland,
http://betweenstpetersburgandeurope.blogspot.com
what has been put on this blog is most of the collection; we regularly trawl through the englishrussia.com site which has a lot of interesting stuff, although the accompanying info is scant, leading us to try and decipher Russian language sources, not easy!
best wishes from NZ
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