New York City (From an Elevated Railroad) / Cutting a Worm Gear for a Truck / Heroes of the Coast Guard / Bear in Woods and in Cage

New York City (From an Elevated Railroad) / Cutting a Worm Gear for a Truck / Heroes of the Coast Guard / Bear in Woods and in Cage 1916 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “Looking up Broadway from 69th Street.” Automobile traffic. Hippodrome. “Herald Square with Times Building in distance.” Point House, Hamburg American Building, Battery Place Station. “Battery Park and aquarium.” “Lower Broadway and Singer Building in distance.” “Washington Arch at the beginning of Fifth Avenue.” [1916] b. Single scene of factory interior with a worm-gear cutting machine in operation. [1916] c. “These pictures were secured with the generous cooperation of the captain and crew of the Life Saving Station at Muskegon, Michigan, on the shores of Lake Michigan.” U.S. Coast Guard Life Saving Station No. 269, Muskegon, Michigan. “Established on our coast line and on the Great Lakes at points where navigation is hazardous, the Coast Guard is ever on the alert to assist the shipwrecked sailors.” Lake vessel, ‘Bay State.’ “The ‘Station,’ light and airy, is always ‘Ship shape and Bristol fashion’ for here the men live the year around.” Exteri