Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, January 16, 1918, Postscript Edition, Auto Show 1918, Image 32

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sarna locality as pictured on tho left, but, oh, what ti difference!
The eeuseles'? htreatns of passenger cars, taxis, motortrucks and
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it? Yet George Washington Camera couldn't lie, even in 1888, thirtv
years ago, when it tool: this picture. Can you make out tho stylo of
dresses the women are wearing and the oop'e helmet? Oh, Rip Van Winkle'
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The endless procession of automobiles so in? east on Chestnut street today and the
two-way traffic on Broad street prove at a glance how essential the motor vehicle &
to the lifo of the modern metropolis. Look at the next picture and see if you would
recognize it as showing the identical locality.
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looking north from Walnut street, for the Kvenino Public
Ledghk escaped with his life after dodging 9,238,000 aulos. Now
compare tho cceno with that shown in the oval.
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'nama-to.rldo oil one of theso .hoise-drawn busses ,of twenty years ago. "We don't w' fc""" ui "4Vrtu pv,Vi ,'i"m" J" , w somotning iiko aooo motor vehicles pass that corner every day. And that's only one of, M
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