6
automobile ban at Stanford: “Charles S. Howard,”
, June 7, 1950, p. 2.
7
“Accessories”: “My Thirty Years in the Press Box,”
, February 6, 1937; Clymer,
, p. 67.
8
refueling at pharmacies: William M. Klinger, “Pioneering Automobile Insurance” online article (San Francisco: Museum of the City of San Francisco, accessed February 24, 1998);
www.sfmuseum.org
.
9
“windshield hats”: Clymer,
, p. 22.
10
road signs … erected … by insurance underwriter: Klinger, “Pioneering Automobile Insurance.”
11
“picnic parties”: Ibid.
12
Automobile-repair shops: Ibid.; Michael C. Howard, telephone interview, January 18, 1997.
13
first American race: Clymer,
, p. 57.
14
The European race … halted due to “too many fatalities”: Ibid., p. 26.
15
Howard gains Buick franchise: Dunham, “The Howard Automobile Company.”
16
three Buicks: “Automotive Highlights,”
, March 24, 1940, p. 3.
17
housed automobiles in parlor of bicycle-repair shop: Tom Moriarty, “California Sportsman,”
, March 18, 1938, p. 8.
18
four city blocks per hour: Louise Herrick Wall, “Heroic San Francisco” online article (San Francisco: Museum of the City of San Francisco; accessed February 24, 1998);
www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html
.
19
“We suddenly appreciated …”: Emma Burke, untitled article,
, June 1906.
20