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Date: 1905, July 4
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Description
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| First automobile in Baker City, July 4, 1905. Notice that the drive train consists of a chain similar to one on a bicycle. Occupants are Robert McCord and Berthold Neuberger (r.), employees of Heilner Store. Sign on car advertises: "Everything up to date at Heilner's, the Store for Nice Things." Sign in store window: "Restaurant, Meals 25 (cents)." Berthold Neuberger, accompanied by his brother Gerson, came to the Baker City around 1900. They worked in the Neuberger-Heilner Store until their deaths in the 1960's. They were nephews of Clara Heilner, wife of Sigmund Heilner, founder of the store in 1874. |
Gallery #4--TRANSPORTATION & FOREST INDUSTRY.
-First automobile in Baker City, July 4, 1905.
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: Credit Baker County Library, Baker City, Oregon
| First automobile in Baker City, July 4, 1905. |
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COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: Credit Baker County Library, Baker City, Oregon