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San Antonio on Wheels
Hugh Hemphill
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Description for San Antonio on Wheels
Paperback / so. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AJC; HBJK; HBLW; WGCB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 213 x 5. Weight in Grams: 318.
A host of previously unpublished photographs and a wealth of new information bring together the story of a region’s transition from horses, oxen and mules to bicycles and then horseless carriages, transforming the way people move around. Also shown is the evolution of streetcars, fire engines, buses and trucks.
Horseless carriages came to the Alamo City in 1899, though they took a little practice. Following a series of mishaps, in 1910 the city council set speed limits at 8 miles an hour within a mile of San Fernando Cathedral and 15 miles an hour beyond. Also told of are ... Read more
A host of previously unpublished photographs and a wealth of new information bring together the story of a region’s transition from horses, oxen and mules to bicycles and then horseless carriages, transforming the way people move around. Also shown is the evolution of streetcars, fire engines, buses and trucks.
Horseless carriages came to the Alamo City in 1899, though they took a little practice. Following a series of mishaps, in 1910 the city council set speed limits at 8 miles an hour within a mile of San Fernando Cathedral and 15 miles an hour beyond. Also told of are ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
84
Place of Publication
San Antonio, United States
ISBN
9781595346803
SKU
V9781595346803
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Hugh Hemphill
Red McCombs, the namesake of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, developed the oldest Ford company in San Antonio into one of the nation's leading automobile dealerships.
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