1950s catalog

Perley A. Thomas Car Works, makers of street cars, went into the school bus business in 1936.

Perley A. Thomas

"American Messenger Company" was started in Seattle, Washington by two teenage entrepreneurs, Jim Casey and Claude Ryan with a $100 loan. The company’s name
was later changed to "United Parcel Service” (UPS).

Headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, UPS delivers more than 15 million
packages a day to 6.1 million customers in more than 220 countries and territories around the world.

From left: Claude Ryan and Jim Casey in their basement office

                   Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947)

Industrialist, Henry Ford was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and
maker of the Model T automobile. He became one of the richest and best-
known people in the world.

Henry Ford sits at the tiller of the first car he made, in 1896
when he was 33. With him are his wife and Grandson

The trestle up to Portland Heights, 1890s-era.