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Identifier
20126370
Description
Well, no ride today, I guess... One of life's darkest moments - David Moore, 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Moore, couldn't get his "hotrod" started when he attempted to take his cousin, Donna Louise Rogers, 4-year-old daughter of Ruth Rogers, 936 East Powell, for a ride. David's father built the small car in his spare time in a shop in his garage. The body of the vehicle, about five feet long and two feet wide, is constructed mainly of plywood with a metal hood. It is powered by a Briggs-Stratton motor which is geared down to about five miles per hour. Due to the dubious legality of operating such a vehicle on the streets of Fort Worth, the Moore's have had constructed a circular sidewalk around their home at 1600 Avenue East, on which the car can be ridden by the children without danger to themselves or others.
Archival Date
1951-05-10
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-435
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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License
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Subjects
Hot rods; Children; Automobiles; Cousins
Names
Rogers, David; Rogers, Donna
Subjects
Hot rods; Children; Automobiles; Cousins