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Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Hooper & Klesner Building, 12th & H Streets." This block would seem to be Windowshade Central for the nation's capital. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
This photo may be closer to 1924. This reference notes that a war was going on between these two shade shops. The Shade Shop of W. Stokes Sammons, at far right, complained to the Federal Trade Commission that Hooper & Klessner, left, were using the name and style Shade Shop, Hooper & Klessner. The FTC sided with Sammons and ordered Klessner to cease and desist, but Klessner showed "no indication of an intention to comply with the order," and the commission on 13 May 1924 filed for enforcement. The matter was still pending when the fiscal year ended and was pending for the October 1924 term of the court.
"It is 1920 and motor vehicles still provide little protection from winter weather. Why is that? Was the market composed of drivers still used to the horse and buggy?"
Closed cars did not come into widespread use until the '30s. They were the usually the most expensive models in the line up through the teens and twenties. Another reason is that safety glass did not come into widespread use until about 1930. Add to that the the difficulty of manufacturing large pieces of sheet metal for the top and open cars remained the most desirable choice.
This advertisement includes the fact that "An intelligent child will have no trouble with it..."
Joe DeRita, known as the Last Stooge, appears on the bill. Mr. DeRita often performed with his parents and Phyllis DeRita was probably his mother.
Looks like a shady operation to me.
It looks like the girls were around for a while. This is from 1932:
Oldsmobile canopy top curtain side express truck and Ford Model T with aftermarket wire wheels and bee hive shock absorbers.
Helps explain a line I recently came upon in a 1919 letter written by my grandmother, about a car trip she took ("It started raining and we had to put the curtains down.")
Thanks to the superb clarity rendered in most of this site's photos, I saw a sign from my past: Wildroot Cream Oil. My father used it for years and I used it while in High School. Proverbial greasy kid stuff. Still available for purchase.
It is 1920 and motor vehicles still provide little protection from winter weather. Why is that? Was the market composed of drivers still used to the horse and buggy?
The posters in the barber shop window are interesting.
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