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[CarltonHendricks]

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Last Sunday I went to the Sacramento Antiques Faire and did very well…First I picked up a very rare 1929 movie lobby card for “Speeding Youth”…which was one “short” feature of a series called “The Collegians”…I believe they were all silent films…I found a book on-line that gives all the shorts they did…I haven’t been able to find out if the movie exists and can be seen but I did find several of the features on YouTube….see link above...But what I can tell you is in all my years collecting I had never seen or heard of this lobby card or "The Collegians" series before this...Buck Rainey in his book "Serials and Series" A World Filmography, 1912-1956, states it was probably the most popular two-reel series made in the 1920's...That was one of the best days I ever had at the Sacramento Faire!...This stuff ain't easy to find...

I did a little poking around about the actors…one of them Churchill Ross 1901-1962…the diminutive looking gentleman wearing round bookworm glasses second from right...standing behind the motorcycle with the red and white striped helmet…Many years after this lobby card he managed and was the host of Billingsley's Steak Ranch in Calabasas near Los Angeles in the late 1950’s and early 60’s…I thought it was interesting Billingsley's restaurant and motel complex was where the 1967 cult classic movie “Hot Rods To Hell” was filmed…Also…Barbara Billingsly who played Mrs. Cleaver on Leave it to Beaver was the owners wife…









Then I found a very nice motorcycle race broadside from the Sacramento area…not sure of age but think late 1940’s to 1950’s…I found news clippings that indicate racing stopped at the venue in 1957…Has a great classic look….cool red printing…I asked a gentleman who knows motorcycle racing history in Sacramento and he was kind enough to elaborate on it…see below:


QUESTIONS:
On Monday, November 9, 2020, 10:05:30 AM PST, Carlton wrote:
Richard…Thanks….If can….may I ask a few questions about this poster…
1. Are you familiar with the Selby Stables venue the race was at?....First I’ve heard of it…I only heard there were races at Slough House…and the fairgrounds…anything you can supply about Selby Stables would be great…
2. Would this have been a flat track race?...what is meant by “Field Meet”…and “TT Races”…
3. What was meant by “Dig Outs” and “Australian Pursuit”….
4. I take it from the top line that there were two main motorcycle clubs in Sacramento…”Capital City”…and “Fort Sutter”….Fort Sutter still exists…what’s the story on “Capital City”…was Capital City and bicycle club?...as I seem to recall that…
Thanks so much for your anticipated help understanding this poster…
Kindly –carlton

ANSWERS:
On Monday, November 9, 2020, 4:42 PM PST, Richard wrote:
Carlton, The Capitol City m/c was founded as an FAM club in 1914 and later turned into an AMA club. They started as a bicycle club in the late 1800's. The Fort Sutter started in 1934 as an AMA club. Capitol City was the Harley club and the Fort Sutter was the Indian club. They and the Reno M/C, Stockton M/C, San Jose M/C, and Chico M/C used to hold Field meets for friendly competition. Shelby Stables, the old Del Paso park, and Alder Creek up by Colfax were old meet sites. TT is a short race with jumps in it. Australian Pursuit is a small tight circle of members that about five a six rides race around. Digouts are real short hillclimb type runs. Jim Reed was the Indian dealer in Sacramento after Al Lauer in the early 50's and his daughter Kim Edwards is coming out with a book next spring that is all about the dealers, clubs, racers, and riders of the Sacramento area.
Richard




Also couldn't resist a Berkeley Calif Amtrak sign...very heavy...will go good in my bathroom...The Lord sure blessed my endeavor that day!!!!!...I could hardly believe no one snagged those two pieces before I got there...as I didn't find them till around 7AM...

[sayhey24]

Always good to wake up to a new Carlton adventure -- great items and great research!

Greg

[ooo-ribay]

The Gas Bash looks like an American Pickers “honey hole”! Thanks for the vicarious trip (and breakfast)!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

The Gas Bash looks like an American Pickers “honey hole”! Thanks for the vicarious trip (and breakfast)!

Absolutely! I was thinking the exact same thing LOL...

[CarltonHendricks]

Back in December 2014 I had a chance to buy a Milka Suchard Chocolate advertising sign with a great mountaineering illustration…Just by chance I came across it on line in a European auction site that had it for sale…I was never sure but maybe it didn’t sell in one of their auctions because of a high reserve…The condition was a little rough and it was like $1500 USD…I liked it but thought maybe I could find another example for less…wrong!!!...I’ve never seen one since…and a very knowledgeable antiques dealer friend in the Netherlands has never seen one…so it was rare!…

So when I came across this Marie Brizard and Roger Cognac sign I zeroed in…Some quick research indicated it was just as rare as the Milka Suchard…no one had ever seen it before…So of course I pulled the trigger…Antique mountaineering advertising signs are very tough…

Starting about 1850 newspaper and magazine stories about mountaineering began to capture peoples imagination…the public was hungry for adventure and such stories spurred sales of publications…

The Age of Enlightenment and the Romantic era marked a change of attitudes towards high mountains. In 1757 Swiss scientist Horace-Bénédict de Saussure made the first of several unsuccessful attempts on Mont Blanc in France. He then offered a reward to anyone who could climb the mountain, which was claimed in 1786 by Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard. The climb is usually considered an epochal event in the history of mountaineering, a symbolic mark of the birth of the sport.

By the early 19th century, many of the alpine peaks were reached, including the Grossglockner in 1800, the Ortler in 1804, the Jungfrau in 1811, the Finsteraarhorn in 1812, and the Breithorn in 1813. In 1808, Marie Paradis became the first woman to climb Mont Blanc, followed in 1838 by Henriette d'Angeville.

The beginning of mountaineering as a sport in the UK is generally dated to the ascent of the Wetterhorn in 1854 by English mountaineer Sir Alfred Wills, who made mountaineering fashionable in Britain. This inaugurated what became known as the Golden Age of Alpinism, with the first mountaineering club – the Alpine Club – being founded in 1857.

One of the most dramatic events was the spectacular first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 by a party led by English illustrator Edward Whymper, in which four of the party members fell to their deaths. By this point the sport of mountaineering had largely reached its modern form, with a large body of professional guides, equipment, and methodologies.
Edelweiss, a plant associated with mountain sports

In the early years of the "golden age", scientific pursuits were intermixed with the sport, such as by the physicist John Tyndall. In the later years, it shifted to a more competitive orientation as pure sportsmen came to dominate the London-based Alpine Club and alpine mountaineering overall.[18] The first president of the Alpine Club, John Ball, is considered to be the discoverer of the Dolomites, which for decades were the focus of climbers like Paul Grohmann and Angelo Dibona.At that time, the edelweiss also established itself as a symbol of alpinists and mountaineers -wikipedia

[Leon]

Congrats Carlton and thanks for sharing...

[sayhey24]

Awesome as usual Carlton!


Greg