[PRCo] Re: Army recruiting

[John F Bromley]

Harold, I have an almost-complete list of all the ad cars from the 1940s
up - I say almost complete because every time I think I've sort of got it
all something new falls off the shelf and I have to add to it.  And, while I
know there were County Fair and Community Chest and Police Circus cars for
almost every year from the late 1940s to (for at least the first two) 1963
some of the numbers are unknown to me.  I just filled in one number when
Charlie Houser put the 1957 Fair car on ebay.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <twg at pulsenet.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 2:54 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Army recruiting


> The WAC car was 1417, but it was painted in February 1944 rather than
1947.
> We have both a PRCo color print of it and a Dengler 616 black & white
> negative.  A lot of Charlie's material is at the Library, but he sold off
> hundreds, if not thousands of other images.  They're liable to turn up
> anywhere.
>
> A display featuring Charlie's photos would not work with the public...he
> rarely put any background in the shots, and they're essentially all 3/4
> views of cars.  It's a roster, not an interpretation!
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
> Harold Geissenheimer
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 6:15 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Army recruiting
>
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> Greetings to all
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> LETS GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE
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> A recent issue of the Army Times weekly newspaper carried
> a feature story on Army History about recruiting.
>
> The article carried a photo of a Pgh Rys PCC car in 1947
> advertising joing the WACS.  The Times credited "army photo"
>
> PRC may have had more public service & patriotic cars then most
> other systems.  Many places had War Bond cars, etc but few
> had the multiyear campaigns on the 22 Crosstown.
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> Charles Dengler photographed them all.
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> To Ed Lybarger
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> A question?  What was the car # of the 1947 WAC car?  Does
> Arden have a list?  Cant read the # on the photo.
> Looks like a 1400 or 1500 series car.
>
> Where are Dengler's photos now?  At the museum?
>
> How about a display at the museum?
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> But we can leave out the late 1970's army car.  Its not something
> to be proud of.
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> My favorite commercial advertising car was the Mohawk Airlines car.
>
> Mohawk had an interesting campaign.  Fly their system Saturday, comeback
> Sunday before 1PM.  All flights via Syracuse.  The fare?  $25!  I did this
> twice.
>
> Harold Geissenheimer
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> Harold Geissenheimer
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