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Framing: Unframed Three photos attached to the same photo album paper with the largest measuring approximately 3 x 5 inches. Check me out on Instagram at lostnfoundphotoschicago. Thanks for looking.The 'SS Comal', of the Mallory Steamship Line, was built in 1885 and scrapped in 1935. The ship was 340 feet long with 3 decks, and could carry 3,000 bales of cotton, rooms for 100 first class passengers, and more in steerage class. The Mallory Line (New York & Texas Steamship Co.) was one of the old family-owned passenger lines in the coastwise trade. Utilizing eight ships on this route, the line connected New York with Galveston, Texas with twice-a-week arrivals and departures.The New York Times of September 12, 1900 reported the safe arrival at Galveston of the steamship 'Comal' on Monday morning [September 10]. "Grave fears as to the vessel's safety have existed since the receipt of the news of the West Indian hurricane.""On the Mallory wharves is a conglomerated pile of boxcars and boats and cotton wreckage of every description. The Mallory liner 'Comal' arrived there just after the storm, and, thank goodness, the crew had sense enough to stay on board the boat. Dead bodies are in all the wreckage under the wharf just like dead rats." [The Great Galveston Disaster, by Paul Lester, 1900, page 206.]It seems that the 'Comal' had actually weathered its own hurricane a few days earlier along the northeastern coast of Florida, with some reports saying it was the Galveston Storm, while most experts attributing it as another storm or hurricane altogether. source:galveston-historyblogspotdotcom1931The first agency to administer the registration of motor vehicles in the District of Columbia, the Automobile Board, was formed in May 1903. A July 1950Evening Stararticle in which one long-serving employee's tenure at the Dept. of Vehicles and Traffic is discussed indicates that ??The present office was created by Congress in 1931, and she joined the staff under W.A. Van Duzer. ? The ??present office ? referenced is believed to be the Dept. of Vehiclesand Traffic, which is known to have been in existence by 1933, and Mr. Van Duzer was likely its first director. The same article indicates that "Since 1932 the Van Duzer automobile has carried number 13. When Mr. Van Duzer died, Mrs. Van Duzer asked for the number. ? It was also in 1931 that the city's vehicle title law went into effect.Just the Facts.Registration yearcalendar year 1931Color schemeyellow on a black backgroundDimensions:Full-size plates6" x 13"Motorcycle platespresumably 3 11/16" x 8"Composition number per vehicleembossed steel issued in pairsBy The Numbers.Registration Statistics:Passenger155,759Motorcycles990Trucks20,129Buses5521931 Registration NumbersPassenger.These 15 prefix letters have been observed on 1931 auto plates (in conjunction with the numbering format introduced for 1927 as discussed on aseparate page): E, F, G, J, K, M, N, P, S, T, U, V, W, Y, and Z. If it is assumed that 15 prefix letters were used on passenger plates this year and including the 9,999 plates without a letter prefix (numbers 1 through 9999), there are a total of 159,984 possible passenger registration number combinations.Non-Passenger.Refer to the1927-1934 Registration Numberssection for information about to which non-passenger types plates with prefix letters A, B, C, D, H, L, R, and X were assigned. As discussedabove, observed 1931 truck plate number 2B-700 shows that a type designation letter can be in the second position. source:dcplatesdotcom On Jun-12-11 at 15:57:05 PDT, seller added the following information: Sellers: Delight buyers. Get your own map of past buyers. Region of Origin: US Size Type: Small (Up to 7") Color: Black & White Photo Type: Snapshot. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 63907-1315
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