Fausto Barredo thus had something very much in common with my own great-grandfather José Maria Borromeo y Galan (1847-1930). Both men made their fortunes by manufacturing horse-drawn carriages. In the case of my great-grandfather, it was the Cebuano “Tartanilla.” In the case of Fausto ...
Then, the hat-maker appears; then, the mortician, with his awful job, to take stock of the house he'll stage the funeral in. Soon, there'll be that grim procession— We'll see the usual line of carriages all decked out in fancy braid. It's perfectly easy to predict all this, jud...
It is to be noted that Johnson fixed the qualifications of delegates and of those who elected them, but, this stage once passed, the convention or the legislature would “prescribe the qualifications of electors . . . a power the people of the several States composing the Federal Union have...
a Republican political marching club, was a major source of conflict in the tense city. The standard narrative also holds that the Wide Awakes’ militancy helped set the stage for the May 10, 1861 arrest of the Missouri Volunteer Militia...
Dickens bought the carriage used on the 1844-45 trip to Italy at the Pantechnicon (business selling carriages) located in Belgrave Square.(Pictures from Italy) ZoomGoogleWikipediaAerial 8Back 18 Bentinck Street(Map: D-4) -John Dickensmoved his family here at the beginning of 1833 and Charles...
Bell. A 28 year old stage driver named E. L. Smith lived in their home at the time. 1880 Census, Tampa A few years before the petition The Louis Bell family was the second dwelling to be listed on the 1880 Census in the Town of Tampa; the first dwelling being that of William ...
It was estimated that the value of the railway companies had fallen by 30% in this period of government control and with many railway companies in financial crisis, the stage was set for the Grouping.Daily ‘Jellicoe Specials’ Coal Trains passing through Warwickshire.From G.W.R. Service Time...
Douglas also came up with the idea of Popular Sovereignty. This meant that the people of these two new territories would decide whether or not to allow slavery in them when they eventually became states. This overturned the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and set the stage for Bleeding Kansas. ...
She next made an appearance in Nevada City,California. Stepping off the stage in 1854, her bejeweled and stylish appearance created quite a stir among the rough residents of the mining camp. Two young miners quickly volunteered to carry her bags into the Fepp’s Hotel, where she registered ...
This design of electric tramcar was to provide the foundation for the greatest number of Glasgow’s trams which would become known as the Standards. There would be several modifications along the way and this first stage would later be described as Phase I. The next stage in the evolution of...