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$160,000 - $200,000

61 bhp, 338 cu. in. L-head inline six-cylinder engine, three-speed manual transmission, semi-elliptic front and rear suspension, and rear-wheel mechanical brakes. Wheelbase: 120 in.

The Kissel Speedster holds rank among the most honored and appreciated early American sports cars. It originally debuted in January 1919 as a custom-built special at the Chicago Auto Show, and it had been developed by stylists working under New York distributor Conover T. Silver. With its high cowl and bending hood, the doors and rear of the Speedster's body were lowered, creating a streamlined look. In addition, the top folded in a "jack-knife" fashion, to nestle into the rounded body counter, keeping the appearance of the car smooth and uncluttered. The model's claim to fame was a pair of occasional seats that slid out from the bodywork just behind the passenger compartment, for carrying two brave, or foolhardy, passengers.

The first Speedster, displayed at Chicago, was painted Kissel's Chrome Yellow, and the factory soon adopted the popular nickname "Gold Bug" for the style. Between 50 and 100 were built per year between 1919 and 1931, when Kissel production ended, with satisfied buyers including Amelia Earhart, Ralph de Palma, and Al Jolson. Thirty-seven Speedsters survive today, in all of their variations.

This particular car is one of only several 1920 models remaining, and it is also one of only two that have been restored. Importantly, its history has been traced back to 1921, when the year-old Speedster was bought by Charles T. Bent, of Rhode Island, for the purpose of taking his new wife on their honeymoon to Niagara Falls. Not surprisingly for an ownership with such sentimental beginnings, the Speedster became a staple of the Bent family's life for the next 37 years. It was even used by the couple's daughter, Bernice, to commute to and from college, before being sold to antique dealer Ralph Murphy in 1958.

The Kissel eventually passed to George Hall and then Eugene Husting, in whose care it was shown at the VMCCA's Antique Auto Museum in Brookline, Massachusetts. While being wheeled out from one of the VMCCA's meetings, it caught the eye of Bud Catlett, who acquired it for Harrah's Automobile Collection, where it remained for several years.

Several more owners followed, ending with Alfred Koller, a Swiss diplomat living in Washington, D.C. Mr. Koller had the Kissel fully restored by Penn Dutch, of York, Pennsylvania, after which it was awarded AACA First Junior and Senior awards. The car later traveled to Europe, one of very few Kissels to have done so, and it was owned by noted collector Tom Harrington, of France, before returning stateside.

In its current ownership, the Speedster was given a full, fresh cosmetic and mechanical re-restoration, bringing it to utterly show-quality condition. It is finished in the classic Chrome Yellow, with matching wire wheels, blackwall tires, and black leather upholstery, and its details are a delight: two trunks, a rear-mounted spare, a polished aluminum dashboard, a detailed instrument panel loaded with gauges, a chromed steering column and top bows, beveled glass wind wings, an abbreviated windshield, a spring-loaded Halliday front bumper, a Kissel-branded MotoMeter, and even a jack and tools. It is show quality throughout, but it has been shown only once, at a Kissel meet in Wisconsin, so it will definitely be welcomed to shows with its new caretaker.

Perhaps most satisfyingly, the Speedster was recently road-tested by Michael Bowler for The Automobile magazine. He reported, "With steering wheel controls for throttle and advance-retard, it starts easily and ticks over sweetly. The gears are rather noisy in first and second, but there is so much torque that gear-changing can be kept to a minimum-not a difficult box anyway. We trundled off down the main roads and were soon loping along at a 45 mph with the hood down." Bowler summed up the Kissel as "a charming touring car."

No collection of American sporting cars is complete without a Kissel Gold Bug. With only 37 remaining, and with only one other being a 1920 model, the opportunity to acquire this outstanding, well-restored, and historic example is one not to be missed.

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RM Sotheby's - r215 1920 Kissel Model 6-45 'Gold Bug' Speedster

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The Kissel Speedster holds rank among the most honored and appreciated early American sports cars. It originally debuted in January 1919 as a custom-built special at the Chicago Auto Show, and it had been developed by stylists working under New York distributor Conover T. Silver.

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By Jen S. and Ceyana A.

Many things happened in the 1920's. Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly, the invention of bubble gum occurred, and many other exciting events and happenings made headlines. However, after a certain law was set into place, a rebellion began, one that was dark and devious. What was used to bring crime rates DOWN resulted, ironically, in the sky rocketing of gang activity and other criminal offences. This was the prohibition of alcohol in the United States and Canada, commonly referred to as Prohibition. People were not willing to accept these terms, and so the birth of the "speakeasy" came forth.

Speakeasies were hidden sections of an establishment that were used to illegally sell alcoholic beverages during Prohibition. Some speakeasies were similar to today's clubs, as there was singing and jazz performances. To enter a speakeasy, one would need to say a password to the doorperson so that the doorperson would know whether or not they were really secret agents. It has been said that for every legal saloon before Prohibition, at LEAST half a dozen speakeasies were put up AFTER Prohibition. This was most likely because being the manager of a speakeasy was easy money. The word "speakeasy" came from a bartender's term: people were supposed to "speak easy" when at a bar, meaning not to draw any suspicion towards buying alcoholic beverages by looking nervous or talking quickly. Slang words used for alcohol included, among others:

*coffin varnish
*white mule
*horse liniment
*monkey rum
*panther sweat
*rot gut
*tarantula juice

These code words were used so that people could fool law officials and the government from finding out about the speakeasies.

The people involved with speakeasies mainly revolved around gangs, who supplied the liquor, in particular Al Capone and his gang. People went to these speakeasies, or "blind pigs", as a means to get alcohol after Prohibition came into effect. Speakeasies often featured jazz bands playing within their walls, and the flappers would dance the night away to the tunes of the twenties. The bartenders were often in cahoots with gangs, as well as the owners of the establishment, in concealing these hidden saloons. The owners often acted as doormen to the speakeasies, accepting the passwords to enter within the walls of the hidden bar, and got paid a fine profit for their efforts.

Speakeasies were found everywhere in the United States of America and Canada. Whether they were established underground, or hidden within stores and other businesses, in every urban establishment you entered, you were most likely not far off from an illegal party. These "secret gin joints" were most common in New York, especially in between 45th and 52nd street on 5th and 6th avenues, where almost every single building contained illegal liquor. Manhattans "21" club was probably the most secure club, with four safety switches that could be used during a raid to short circuit and cut the access to all of the doors that contained alcohol.

These establishments came into distinction in the United States during the period known as Prohibition, which was from 1920 to 1933. This lasted even longer in some states. Speakeasies became much more numerous as the Prohibition years progressed. The Volstead Act, which was passed on October 3, 1919, was the act stating that beverages over a 0.5 alcohol volume were illegal. After that day, more and more speakeasies started popping up all over the United States.

Speakeasies were established because of the Volstead Act. The Volstead Act was the act in which the prohibition of alcohol was enforced. Not long after the Act was put in place, people started hustling alcohol into illegal and concealed saloons. The provider of the alcohol would become very wealthy, as many people felt the need to indulge in alcoholic beverages. Therefore many gangsters and criminals or even just regular people found hustling illegal beverages a very profitable act.

To transport liquor to the speakeasies, they used hip flasks, false books, coconut shells, hot water bottles, and garden hoses. People stored the illegal liquor in carriages with babies perched on top and in carpenter's aprons. There were even men caught hustling liquor over the border in boxes of eggs. They had drained the eggs of the original contents and refilled them with liquor.

In between all of the wild parties going on behind closed doors, the illegal transportation of liquor, and the skyrocketing of gang activities, Prohibition and the Speakeasies that resulted were definitely some of the most secretive and rebellious things to happen in the 1920s.

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By Jen S. and Ceyana A. Many things happened in the 1920's. Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly, the invention of bubble gum occurred, and many other exciting events and happenings made headlines. However, after a certain law was set into place, a rebellion began, one that was dark and devious.

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1917 to 1919 Ford Model T for Sale on ClassicCars.com

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There are 8 1917 to 1919 Ford Model Ts for sale today on ClassicCars.com. More listings are added daily. Email alerts available.

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http://thoughtcatalog.com/nico-lang/2013/09/59-quick-slang-phrases-from-the-1920s-we-should-start-using-again/

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Chicago's High Schools of the Early 1900s

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Chicago's High Schools of the Late 1800s and Early 1900s

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women worked hard during ww1, took over "mens" jobs 

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women worked hard during ww1, took over "mens" jobs 

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During WWI (1914-1918), large numbers of women were recruited into jobs vacated by men who had gone to fight in the war. New jobs were also created as part of the war effort, for example in munitions factories. The high demand for weapons resulted in the munitions factories becoming the largest single employer of women during 1918. Though there was initial resistance to hiring women for what was seen as 'men's work', the introduction of conscription in 1916 made the need for women workers urgent. Around this time, the government began coordinating the employment of women through campaigns and recruitment drives.

This led to women working in areas of work that were formerly reserved for men, for example as railway guards and ticket collectors, buses and tram conductors, postal workers, police, firefighters and as bank 'tellers' and clerks. Some women also worked heavy or precision machinery in engineering, led cart horses on farms, and worked in the civil service and factories. However, they received lower wages for doing the same work, and thus began some of the earliest demands for equal pay.

By 1917 munitions factories, which primarily employed women workers, produced 80% of the weapons and shells used by the British Army (Airth-Kindree, 1987). Known as 'canaries' because they had to handle TNT (the chemical compound trinitrotoluene that is used as an explosive agent in munitions) which caused their skin to turn yellow, these women risked their lives working with poisonous substances without adequate protective clothing or the required safety measures. Around 400 women died from overexposure to TNT during WWI.

Women, wages and rights

Women's employment rates increased during WWI, from 23.6% of the working age population in 1914 to between 37.7% and 46.7% in 1918 (Braybon 1989, p.49). It is difficult to get exact estimates because domestic workers were excluded from these figures and many women moved from domestic service into the jobs created due to the war effort. The employment of married women increased sharply - accounting for nearly 40% of all women workers by 1918 (Braybon, 1989: p. 49).

But because women were paid less than men, there was a worry that employers would continue to employ women in these jobs even when the men returned from the war. This did not happen; either the women were sacked to make way for the returning soldiers or women remained working alongside men but at lower wage rates. But even before the end of the war, many women refused to accept lower pay for what in most cases was the same work as had been done previously by men. The women workers on London buses and trams went on strike in 1918 to demand the same increase in pay (war bonus) as men. The strike spread to other towns in the South East and to the London Underground. This was the first equal pay strike in the UK which was initiated, led and ultimately won by women.

Following these strikes, a Committee was set up by the War Cabinet in 1917 to examine the question of women's wages and released its final report after the war ended (Report of the War Cabinet Committee on Women in Industry, Cmd 135, 1919, p.2).

This report endorsed the principle of 'equal pay for equal work'. But their expectation was that due to their 'lesser strength and special health problems', women's 'output' would not be equal to that of men. Despite evidence that women had taken on what were considered men's jobs and performed them effectively during the war, this did not shift popular (and government) perception that women would be less productive than men. The unions received guarantees that where women had fully replaced skilled men they would be paid the same as the men - ie would receive equal pay. But it was made clear that these changes were for the duration of the war only and would be reversed when the war ended and the soldiers came back.

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During WWI (1914-18), large numbers of women were recruited into jobs vacated by men who had gone to fight in the war. New jobs were also created as part of the war effort, for example in ammunitions factories. Women were paid less than the men who they replaced, which led to the first successful campaigns for [no-lexicon]equal pay[/no-lexicon].

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The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1880s. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 1,177,157 male births and 1,399,567 female births

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Learn about the history of the U.S. Army in Europe.

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Before the prominence of birth certificates, it was easy to lie about one's age, especially if the boys looked older than they actually were. In the case of the British Empire, recruitment officers were actually paid per enlistment, so they were more than happy to look the other way and recruit extremely young men, in order to get paid more. The Germans on the other hand, made any citizen a possible soldier if they were between the ages of 17 and 45.
Learn more about World War 1

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Before the prominence of birth certificates, it was easy to lie about one's age, especially if the boys looked older than they actually were. In the case of the British Empire, recruitment officers were actually paid per enlistment, so they were more than happy to look the other way and recruit extremely young men, in order to get paid more.

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old money vs. new money in early 20th century USA

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old money vs. new money in early 20th century USA

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Old money refers to inherited wealth, which has been around for several generations. The term has slightly different meanings in the 'New' and 'Old' worlds, i.e., the US and UK.

The opposite of old money is nouveau riche, new money, or parvenus.

In the United Kingdom, when people talk about old money, they are referring to members of the aristocracy. Dukes, Earls, Marquesses, Viscounts, and Barons, for example, are aristocratic titles. The aristocracy has been part of the landed gentry for hundreds of years.

Old Money - United States

Old money, in the United States, refers to rich families that have been around for several generations. However, they are not aristocrats.

In both countries, the term describes rich people whose families have maintained their wealth over several generations.

According to the Macmillan Dictionary, old money refers to:

"Rich families who have been rich for several generations, especially families who also have a high social status."

Old money might also refer to locations rather than individual families.

In the United States, for example, people associate the Upper East Side of Manhattan with old money. Boston's Back Bay and Beacon Hill, and the Grosse Pointe area of suburban Detroit have the same reputation.

'Old money' today was 'new money' yesterday

Ironically, old money families in the United States today are descendants of people who were described as 'nouveau riche' - 19th-century bankers, builders, and industrialists. These people started creating their wealth in a new way, i.e., not as traditional (Gilded Age) landowners.

Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, Edith Wharton (1862-1937) referred to industrialists as 'brazen new money.' Today, however, their wealthy descendants are part of America's old money.

Socio-anthropologist William Lloyd Warner (1898-1970) said in the 1930s that there were two types of American upper classes:

1. The upper-upper class - they had been rich for several generations. People even viewed them as quasi-aristocratic.

2. The lower-upper class - they did not come from traditionally wealthy families. They built up their money from businesses and investments rather than inheritance.

The upper-upper class once had more prestige than the lower-upper class. However, this is not the case today.

Americans associate these surnames with old money: Roosevelt, Cabots, Lowell, Du Pont, Astor, Rockefeller, Griswold, and Forbes.

Old money - United Kingdom

In Great Britain, old money tends to refer just to the landed gentry, i.e., aristocrats and members of the nobility. These families traditionally have lived off the land. They have also inherited their wealth.

The Rothschild family set up finance houses across Europe in the eighteenth century. The family was ennobled by Queen Victoria and the Habsburg Emperor.

Throughout the 19th century, the Rothschilds controlled an immense fortune, worth trillions of dollars in today's money.

Over the past two centuries the family, to some extent, has maintained its wealth. The British, however, do not consider the Rothschild family as old money.

New and old money - private banks

Elaine Moore wrote in the Financial Times in 2012 about self-made multi-millionaire Charlie Mullins who founded Pimlico Plumbers. When asked his opinion of financial advisers, Mr. Mullins said:

"I haven't turned to banks or financial advisers. I want no involvement with them. For me, they are crooks in suits."

Although his views may seem extreme, several private banking service providers, according to Ms. Moore, admit they find it hard establishing a relationship with 'new money.'

Wealth managers, on the other hand, insist this is not the case. Their services are just as useful to self-made people as those who have inherited wealth, they say.

Ms. Moore quoted Philip Smith, head of Wealth Advisory at Barclays, who said:

"Entrepreneurial individuals have enormous talent and capacity which is best focused on growing their business interests . . . In a nutshell, wealth planning for first-generation entrepreneurs is around governance and succession planning - to prevent the rags to riches and back to rags in three generations story."

The problem wealth managers have with new money people is persuading them to extend their time horizon.

Their old money clients plan several decades ahead. Self-made entrepreneurs, on the other hand, do not generally look further than ten years into the future.

Might it not be that new money people are excellent wealth managers. In other words, perhaps they are better at wealth management than the professional wealth managers of private institutions.

Employers reward their wealth managers according to how many new customers and assets they bring in. They do not reward them according to how well their investments perform. Therefore, if a wealth manager invests badly but brings in new clients, he or she gets a reward.

Maybe self-made millionaires are aware of bizarre reward system.

Video - The 'Old Money Way'

In this video, business adviser, consultant, and trainer Keith White explains what 'The Old Money Way' is.

It is a philosophy that rich people developed. They seek to move 'beyond money' for its own sake. They want to use their wealth to contribute to society.

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The Industrial Revolution began in the 18th century, when agricultural societies became more industrialized and urban. The transcontinental railroad, the cotton gin, electricity and other inventions permanently changed society.