Atlanta, Georgia / Rocky Mountains / Big Trees / The "Tail" of a Shirt Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “In the suburbs.” Automobile traffic and horse-drawn wagon - residential area with large homes. “Immense cotton warehouses, 300,000 bales. Requisitioned by the government as a commissary depot.” Aerial view of warehouse. “Grant Park. 144 acres of fairyland in the heart of the city. Here come the Atlantians for rest and recreation.” Woods, drives, water, and swans. “East Lake Club House and Golf Course.” “Atlanta maintains 69 public schools -- 4 high schools, 6 night schools, 45 white grammar schools, and 14 Negro schools -- the Georgia School of Technology.” “Agnes Scott College for girls.” “Guard mount at Fort McPherson.” Army bugler - arms inspection - troop review. Unidentified monument. “Some of the survivors of the Battle of Atlanta.” Confederate Soldiers Home - veterans on veranda - Civil War guns. “Marietta National Cemetery. 10,132 Union soldiers are buried here.” “Bobby Burns’ cottage. Home of the Burns Club and an exact replica of the poet’s home.” “A general view of federal prison.” “The latest in cells. Recommended by President Wilson as a more fitting confinement for enemy aliens than comfortable detention camps -- so say we all of us.” Cell block. [1917] b. “Colorado Springs is a noted health resort in the foothills.” Automobile traffic in business district. “The Sangro de Cristo are the southern ranges of the Rockies.” “Glacier National Park with beautiful lakes, rugged peaks and massive mountains is the Switzerland of America.” “Early pioneers and travelers came across the plains to Denver. The top figure is the famous western guide Kit Carson.” Monument. “On the crest of the Rockies, it is too cold for timber to grow. Note the size and kind of trees at the timberline .” “Long’s in Rocky Mountain Park is 14,266 feet and is one of thirty high peaks in Colorado.” “The Capitol steps in Denver are just one mile above the sea. The clearness of the air enables one to see mountain ranges fifty to one hundred miles distant.” Panorama of Denver skyline, locomotive. “Falls and canyons are found where the mountain streams come down from the Rockies to the foot Hills.” [1917] c. Motorcade of tourists leaves for trip. “Our journey to the ‘Big Trees’ led us a picturesque route through the California Mountains.” “The old town of Mariposa, a relic of the gold rush in ‘49.’” Church - sign, ‘Erected 1854.’ “Some of the trees are large enough to accommodate a stagecoach and in one place a tunnel for the road has been cut through a tree.” Redwoods. [1917] d. “The ‘tail’ of a shirt is in other words the story of a modern laundry. The business of ‘taking in washing’ in these United States has assumed immense proportions, employing 200,000 persons. While Chicago is credited with the largest annual wash -- there’s a reason.” Delivery man picks up bundle at housewife’s door - trucks deliver wash to laundry. “The wash is then fed into electrically driven washing machines.” Commercial washing machines in operation. “Drying is accomplished by a hydro-extractor revolving at high speed.” “After which they pass to the drying drum.” Basket labeled, ‘Palace Model Laundry.’ Women operate large mangles. “Starching.” Girl runs collar and cuff starching machine - racks of shirts. “Dampening and Ironing.” Dampening machine and ironing equipment in operation. “Torn garments are mended and missing buttons replaced.” Sewing machines - washing machines again - ironing collars - racks of collars - ironed collars are fed through humidifying machine and through finishing and shaping machines - baskets of finished collars. “Assorting and assembling.” “Saturday afternoon.” Laundry delivery trucks are loaded - laundry is returned to housewife. [1917]
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