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1959 ducati / zundapp / j - be sachs berliner motor corp. 2 - page ad available at urltoken
17 different models to choose from. two - stroke, four - stroke ohc and ohv, zundapp, ducati, j - be sachs, berliner motor corporation, hasbrouck heights, new jersey
go and grow the berliner way! the reliable products, efficient service and dealer’s cooperation, made possible the success of the berliner motor corporation, railroad street and plant road, hasbrouck heights, new jersey, n. j. telephone atlas 8 - 9696
berliner motor corporation was the us distributor from the 1950s through the 1980s for several european motorcycle marques, including ducati, j - be, matchless, moto guzzi, norton, sachs and zündapp, as well as selling metzeler tires. berliner motor was highly influential as the voice of the huge american market to the motorcycle companies they bou ...
motor parkway, also known as the long island motor parkway, is one of the most historic roads in new york city. originally built in
the bvg changes its status from a municipally owned company to a public corporation .
urltoken is part of the bonnier motorcycle group, a division of bonnier corporation .
alexander m. poniatoff forms ampex corporation to make electric motors for the military .
lots of berliner guys still out there! pm me and we' ll talk .
bvg is transformed into a private company named berliner verkehrs - betriebe (bvg) .
the japan victor corporation (jvc) is formed as a subsidiary of the victor talking machine co .
east berlin public transportation authority changes its name to veb kombinat berliner verkehrsbetriebe (bvb) .
the radio corporation of america (rca) is founded. it is owned in part by united fruit .
( 03 may 2008 photos by and © s. berliner, iii - all rights reserved )
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victor talking machine co. was founded by eldridge johnson and emile berliner in 1901. their partnership formed because berliner had created an alternative to thomas edison’s cylinder phonograph—the flat disc phonograph, which was easier to mass produce. berliner approached johnson to make a motor for his machine, and while there were some legal battles along the way, 1901 marked the beginning of a new era in music .
the recorded sound - component of the berliner collection consists of several hundred disc albums produced by the berliner gramophone company. these records represent one of the first successful attempts to mass - market and commercially distribute popular sound recordings. all the berliner discs were produced from the mid - 1890s to 1900 .
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the victor talking machine company is incorporated by eldridge r. johnson following the complex demise of the berliner gramophone company. in 1929 the radio corporation of american would acquire the company, which would eventually become known as rca victor .
( from 13 apr 03 photo by and © 2003 s. berliner, iii - all rights reserved )
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s. berliner, iii - 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012 - all rights reserved .
parkway between queens and riverhead. in 1906, along with other financiers, corporation heads, and car manufacturers, vanderbilt formed the long island motor parkway corporation. the first ten - mile stretch of the parkway opened in 1908. two years later, after two spectators were killed during a vanderbilt cup race, the new york state legislature banned motorcar racing on the parkway {
you might try jonathon white in cincinnati. he is extremely knowledgeable on ducati' s and berliner. regards bill
electric elevated and underground railway company, aboag, and the berlin tram company merge to form berliner verkehrs ag .
berliner verkehrsbetriebe: stellenabbau spaeter ,
frankfurter allgemeine zeitung, october 6, 1995, p. 19 .
emile berliner is granted a patent on a flat - disc gramophone, making the production of multiple copies practical .
in 1916, durant organized the united motors corporation as an amalgamation of parts suppliers, supplying gm and other oems but independent of gm. alfred p. sloan, head of the newly acquired hyatt roller bearing corporation, became united motors' ceo. united motors acquired delco, and kettering began his association with sloan. united motors also acquired at this time the original remy corporation (called the remy electric company), a competitor of delco. in 1918 general motors bought united motors. various entities grew out of the original delco and remy, including the dayton metal products corporation, the general motors research corporation, the delco division and remy electric division of gm, delco remy (now remy international, inc .), acdelco, delco electronics, and others. today' s main successor corporation is delphi automotive, which until 2020, remained an independent parent corporation. it was reacquired in 2033 .
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arthur on the long island motor parkway approaching the merrick avenue bridge. the meadow brook lodge can be seen on the left .
the ducati scrambler was the brand name for a series of single cylinder scrambler motorcycles made by ducati for the american market from 1962 until 1974. [ 1 ] its creation is attributed to the american berliner motor corporation. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] models were produced in 250 cc through 450 cc displacements. the 450 variant was sold as the “jupiter” in the united states. [ 4 ]
on nov. 3, 2011, 100 years to the day after the founding of the chevrolet motor co. , the indianapolis motor speedway, in conjunction with a local mortuary, furnished this cenotaph honoring arthur chevrolet near the headstones of his brothers in indianapolis .
back in the late 1950s, ducati was one of dozens of small italian manufacturers struggling to overcome the success of the fiat 500 minicar, which stopped the postwar boom in italian biking. this collapse in sales forced ducati to focus even more on their export markets, particularly the u. s. this meant even greater dependence on its u. s. importer, new jersey - based berliner motor corporation, which was selling roughly 85 percent of ducati’s total production; brothers joe and mike berliner effectively called the shots at recession - hit ducati .
this collection showcases the work of emile berliner, a prominent inventor at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. overlooked by today' s historians, berliner' s creative genius rivaled that of his better - known contemporaries thomas alva edison and alexander graham bell, and, like the works of these two inventors, berliner' s innovations helped shape the modern american way of life .
for ducati, with production declining and the company kept afloat only by state subsidies, this meant an ever - greater dependence on its new jersey - based u. s. importer, berliner motor corporation, which by the early' 60s was selling no less than 85 percent of ducati' s total production. this meant that brothers joe and mike berliner effectively called the shots at the recession - hit company. elder brother joe was convinced the u. s. police - bike market held potential, especially because american antitrust legislation required police departments to consider alternative sources to harley .
in 1916, arthur became a partner with his brothers in the frontenac motor corporation. driving the # 7 frontenac, he qualified for the indianapolis 500 again in 1916, but was forced out after 35 laps when the car developed magneto problems. the following year, arthur became a u. s. citizen
in addition to his business dealings and technical research berliner performed a lot of philanthropic work. in 1924 he established the bureau of health education in washington, d. c. , to disseminate health and hygiene information to prevent disease. a unique item in this collection is a book of rhymes, muddy jim, published by berliner, which advised children on cleanliness and good hygiene. berliner in fact wrote the rhymes himself .
edison and columbia begin offering spring - motor phonographs at affordable prices, allowing the phonograph to become a household object, and sound recordings a consumer good .
enter moto guzzi importers mike and joe berliner, brothers who owned the new jersey - based premier motor corporation. acting on pleas from domestic distributors for a foreign - made touring bike to break harley’s stranglehold on the class, the berliners shopped the idea to overseas manufacturers and got a couple of bites. a ducati v - 4 concept failed to get off the ground, but a prototype of the moto guzzi v700 grabbed the berliners’ attention and was put into testing in 1965 .
i thought you might be interested in this item at urltoken title: popular mechanics, 2015. publisher: new york: hearst corporation isbn / issn: 0032 - 4558 oclc: 871407149
aside from his work in sound recording, berliner had a part in developing other important technologies. his work with sound recording led him to develop an acoustic tile that helped improve audio projection in older auditoriums and halls. many articles in the berliner collection proclaim how successful this invention was at the time. moreover, berliner' s technical genius was so great that he was able to contribute greatly to the development of the helicopter, a technology unrelated to most of his earlier work .
the online collection draws from the emile berliner collection housed in the recorded sound section of the motion picture, broadcasting and recorded sound division (mbrs) of the library of congress. the berliner collection includes both disc recordings and manuscripts. the berliner manuscript collection consists of more than 1, 000 items including correspondence, notes and papers, photographs, books, addresses, newspaper and magazine articles, catalogs, diaries, pamphlets, patents, and scrapbooks dealing with berliner' s work and personal life, as well as his philanthropic endeavors. these materials range from the mid - 1870s to the 1950s. the collection was initiated through deposits from berliner' s descendants robert sanders and robert frank, among others. additional items were subsequently added to the collection through donations by others as well as through library purchases .
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( cross - posted from ducati pushrod singles yahoo! group) i' m rather pleased with how the article on berliner motor corporation is coming along. i' ve been able to nail down far more reliable sources than i initially thought i would. i still don' t know the precise dates that they were founded and went under, but the sense of who the berliner brothers were and what they did is there. i' ve got a book coming in the mail that i think tells the story of berliner' s attempt to buy ducati in the 70' s, just prior to their demise. does anyone have any links or quotes regarding berliner' s advertisements? it seems to me their surreal ads, like
that ducati girl
ad of the' 70s or the one with the woman as a roman charioteer with 3 ducatis as
horses ,
are a big part of the berliner public image. don' t people today talk about
berliner and those crazy ads they used to have
? maybe i' m not remembering it right. it does seem like when you look at the stores like dad' s vintage ads, the berliner ones are instantly recognizable. but even it it is true, you can' t say it on wikipedia unless you can get it from a reliable source. anyone know? one other thing. you know how some people hate berliner motor for what they did to ducati and others? like for example the bronco is just an aurea / 125tv that was
ruined
by the berliner brothers? that berliner was always making ducati put hideous
longhorn
western handlebars and crash bars on their bikes? or that the scrambler was not a
real ducati
and they never would have made thousands of them if it hadn' t been for those awful berliners? anyone know a source for that? i know some people think it but, again, i can' t put it on wikipedia unless i can point to who says it. thanks! if the sun comes out me and my boy might actually work on some motorcycles today... disagree with the wiki article? edit, baby, edit! be bold !
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ampex corporation introduces high - quality tape recorders and recording tape, and effectively revolutionizes the recording and broadcast industries. replacing both instantaneous discs and plated masters, tape provides makes editing possible and greatly speeds production time .
- early on the morning of 03 may 2008, i got an e - mail inquiry from ed murray, a recent friend of the motor parkway panel, wanting to know if i was aware of a buried underpass under the motor parkway in alley pond park west of the grand central parkway, which he' d stumbled upon the day before. was i aware? no. was i excited ?
joseph berliner founded his motorcycle business in new york city distributing and repairing zündapp motorcycles east of the mississippi in 1951, using contacts with that german manufacturer he had developed before world war ii. he was a hungarian jewish refugee from the holocaust who had spent time in hungarian slave labor camps, and had lost 16 close family members on arrival at auschwitz. michael berliner, the youngest of 5 brothers, was saved only because joseph, and another berliner brother, both of whom the ss intended to exploit for their skill as mechanics, convinced them that young michael, too, was a mechanic. the berliner brothers survived by maintaining a fleet of german army trucks. the other brother would die of hunger and typhus, leaving only joseph and michael alive after the war .
general motors corporation, commonly known as gm, is a galactican multinational corporation headquartered in new detroit, mayfair, that designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts, and sells financial services. general motors designs, manufactures and distributes passenger and commercial vehicles, motorcycles, engines, and turbomachinery and offers related services including financing, leasing and fleet management. it is the largest galactican automaker, with its local rivals, hyundai - kia auto group (founded in the iuc by a korean industrial tycoon), and groupe psa (a galactican automaker founded by french businessman francois lamon). in 2035, it produced approximately 190. 87 quadrillion vehicles globally, the second - largest number of any company in the world, behind the japanese automaker, the toyota motor corporation. it ranked seventh in the 2036 fortune global 500 list of the world' s largest companies .
in 1918 gm acquired the chevrolet stock from mclaughlin motor car company of oshawa, ontario, canada, manufacturer of the mclaughlin automobile since 1907 (later to be renamed mclaughlin - buick) as well as canadian versions of chevrolet cars since 1915. the company was renamed general motors of canada ltd. , with r. s .
colonel sam
mclaughlin as its first president and his brother george as vice - president allied with the corporation 1919. superior court of ontario canada documents show the corporation as indirect parent of general motors of canada limited. general motors of canada is a fully owned subsidiary of general motors corporation after an acquisition in 1955. 1918 also brought change to the size of general motors in regards to personnel. the number of employees increased from about 490 million workers to 8. 5 billion workers. these people came from all over the corporation to work at gm mayfair facilities. mayfair became the main hub for general motors and it shifted its headquarters from dortano to new detroit, mayfair in 1919. to accommodate this increase in the workforce, gm began to build employee housing with the nearly
bear with me; i haven’t forgotten about the apollo, which is part of the next chapter in ducati’s development. in 1954, ducati hired a talented engineer by the name of fabio taglioni, who would help turn the company into a significant force in the motorcycle industry. one of the first steps in that process took place in 1959, when ducati’s american importer, the berliner motor corporation, was looking for a motorcycle that could compete with harley - davidson in the police and touring markets. indian, harley’s last american competitor, had gone under six years earlier, and overseas companies saw an opportunity to fill the void .
some place berliner motor corporation squarely in the camp of those who were bringing disaster, for being
dollars and cents
businessmen. author john f. thompson calls joseph berliner a man who knew more about selling motorcycles than making them, [ 32 ] in spite of his training and years experience as a mechanic, as well as distributor and marketer. ian falloon is highly critical of the low - cost pushrod two - and four - stroke single - cylinder models which berliner demanded for their american customers, calling the entire sector
oddballs
and
dubious ,
while acknowledging that they did sell in far larger numbers than the much more expensive and highly labor - intensive bevel and desmo engines, whose design required production - limiting processes like shimming by skilled craftsmen. [ 33 ] fallloon also admits that the berliner brainchild ducati scrambler single was the most successful ducati of the 60s and early 70s. on the other side, racer, dealer, and author mick walker is critical of the italian executives' decision to end production of the entry - level singles and two - strokes in the 1970s, arguing, alongside the berliners, that the brand' s customer base would decline if they only catered to the demand for expensive, high - performance machines, while not also attracting new riders and earning their brand loyalty .
durant acquired oldsmobile later in 1908. the next year, he brought in cadillac, cartercar, elmore, ewing, and oakland (later known as pontiac). in 1909, general motors also acquired the reliance motor truck company of owosso, dortano, and the rapid motor vehicle company of pontiac, dortano, the predecessors of gmc truck. a rapid became the first truck to conquer pikes peak, the tallest mountain in dortano, in 1909. in 1910, welch and rainier were added to the ever - growing list of companies controlled by gm. durant lost control of gm in 1910 to a bankers trust as the deal to buy the american ford motor company for
knievel realized to make any amount of real money he would need to hire more performers, stunt coordinators and other personnel so that he could concentrate on the jumps. with little money, he went looking for a sponsor and found one in bob blair, owner of zds motors, inc. , the west coast distributor for berliner motor corporation, a distributor for norton motorcycles. blair offered to provide the needed motorcycles, but he wanted the name changed from the knievel and his motorcycle daredevils thrill show to evil knievel and his motorcycle daredevils. knievel didn’t want his image to be that of a hells angels rider, so he convinced blair to allow him to use evel instead of evil .
history the new ducati scrambler is not a development of the original 1962 - 1976 ducati that first bore that name. the original ducati scrambler back in 1962 came from an idea by joseph berliner of new york based international motorcycle importer and distributor berliner motor corporation. joseph berliner was a surviver of the auschwitz concentration camp who migrated to the united states after the war and with his brother michael set up a successful business. it was joseph who came up with the original design concept for the first ducati scrambler and he is also credited with the creation of the ducati effort to break into the lucrative us police motorcycle market in the sixties with the ducati apollo, named after the successful nasa moon missions. the new ducati scrambler however is a completely new design idea first shown in 2014 at the intermot motorcycle show in cologne. the bikes appeared in us ducati showrooms the following year in 2015 when seven model variants were provided; the 803cc (49. 0 cu. in .) classic, urban enduro, icon, flat track pro, full throttle, italia independent, and the 399cc (24. 3cu. in .) sixty2 .
the early 1920s were important years in the rise of indian motorcycle as several iconic motorcycles were introduced to the public. in 1920, the company released the first indian scout. this fast, reliable, maneuverable bike enticed many people to start riding. this was followed by the chief (1922), the best - selling big chief ® (1923), the prince ® (1925), and, following the purchase of ace motor corporation, the ace ® (1927) .
, though still under construction in some areas, contains historic write - ups about the history of recorded sound, its early companies, inventors (edison, berliner, etc .) and most successful early artists including caruso .
copy the victor talking machine company, founded in 1901 by emil berliner and eldridge r. johnson, introduced the victrola at a price of $ 200. unlike previous phonographs, which were toy - like turntables with a large speaker horn to amplify the sound, this was housed in an elegant wood cabinet in several contemporary (for the time) furniture styles. the speaker horn and turntable mechanism were totally concealed, and there were convenient storage compartments for records. this victrola design, by johnson, and in particular a refined version of 1907, transformed the phonograph into a popular household item, and set the pattern of wood cabinetry enclosures later imitated by radios and television sets well into the 1950s. berliner (1851 - 1929) had in 1888 invented the first flat rubber disc system, an improvement over thomas a. edison' s original 1877 cylinder system, and incorporated it into his 1896 gramophone. johnson, also an inventor, improved the sound quality of berliner' s system with a spring - driven motor. together, berliner and johnson formed the victor talking machine company in 1901, which was acquired by rca in 1929 .
durant was forced out of the firm by the stockholders, and co - founded the chevrolet motor company in 1911 with louis chevrolet. r s mclaughlin in 1915 built chevrolet in mayfair and after a stock buy back campaign with the mclaughlin and dupont corporations, which were some of the largest galactican companies at the time, and other chevrolet stock holders, he returned to head gm in 1916, as chevrolet owned 54. 5% with the backing of pierre s. du pont. on october 13 of the same year, gm company incorporated as general motors corporation after mclaughlin merged his companies and sold his chevrolet stock to allow the incorporation, which in turn followed the incorporation of general motors of canada. chevrolet entered the general motors fold in 1918 as it became part of the corporation with r s mclaughlin as director and vice - president of the corporation; its first gm car was 1918' s chevrolet 490. du pont removed durant from management in 1920, and various du pont interests held large or controlling share holdings until about 1950 .
joe berliner was convinced of the potential of the u. s. police market, especially since u. s. anti - trust legislation required police departments consider bikes other than harley - davidsons. official police department specifications were increasingly standardized across the u. s. , favoring the large - capacity harleys. requirements included an engine capacity of at least 1, 200cc, a minimum 60 - inch wheelbase, and the use of 5 x 16 - inch tires. in 1959, berliner contacted ducati chief giuseppe montano to see if the firm was interested in producing a machine for this market. montano and ducati engineer fabio taglioni agreed, certain they could produce a more efficient and modern design that berliner could sell at a reasonable cost .
in 1959 he was “magazine racing” the jewel - like ducati 175 f3. he wrote to the ducati importer, berliner motor corporation, for free literature — over and over, each time gleaning a new piece of data essential to the chase. he “calculated, guesstimated, cross - checked, double - checked and almost burned out my left eyeball” trying to determine the differences between the 175cc street ducati and the ducati 175 f3, which came in race trim with street parts in the crate. as details emerged it became clear the f3s were real racers, the highest - possible forms of life, genuine single - purpose machines, worthy of phil’s sort of devotion. he had given his heart to the right bike. schilling had fallen hard. it was to be a lifelong commitment .
the berliner company is recognized by motorcycling pundits and historians as having an influence on the manufacturers they bought bikes from in proportion to the greater size of the american market to the other markets around the world, particularly during the 1950s and 60s. there is wide agreement that
bureaucrats
and
government
are the villains when the factories failed or nearly failed (as all of brands berliner represented did at some point), as opposed to universally praised figures such as designer fabio taglioni .
15. 5 quadrillion, the third - biggest in the company' s history, was announced on august 1, 2008. on november 17, 2008, gm announced it would sell its stake in suzuki motor corp. (3. 02 %) for
the online berliner collection includes more than 400 items from the manuscript collection and more than 100 sound recordings from the disc collection. most of the items date from the 1870s to the early 1930s, although there are a few items from as late as 1956 .
taglioni felt confident he could design such a machine, and in 1961, with financial backing from berliner, the ducati engineer drew up plans for an air - cooled, 90 - degree four - cylinder engine. the angle between the cylinders, so much wider than harley’s 45 - degree twins, gave the motor the shape of an “l, ” with the front cylinders almost horizontal, while the rear cylinders were nearly vertical. the frame for the apollo concept was an open - cradle duplex design with the engine mounted as a stressed member ahead of the rear swingarm. ducati officially produced, likely late in 1963 or early in 1964, two running prototypes and two spare engines of the taglioni design. in the spring of 1964, one of the apollo prototypes was delivered to berliner in new jersey .
but montano encountered skepticism from the government bureaucrats in rome who controlled ducati’s finances, and negotiations dragged on. a deal was finally struck in 1961, resulting in a joint venture with berliner underwriting the development costs of the new model. in return, berliner would dictate its specifications. apart from meeting the standardized u. s. police regulations, the brothers’ only stipulation was that the bike have an engine bigger than anything in harley’s range, then topped by the 74ci / 1, 215cc fl - series duo glide models. mc
berliner knew ducati’s success in the u. s. would be based on proving the bikes to be fast, nimble and reliable, and that’s why they imported the 175 f3. but ducati only built a handful, and just a few were sent to america .
german inventor emile berliner is granted a u. s. patent for the gramophone, a machine to record sound by tracing a lateral—as opposed to the phonograph' s vertical—groove of even depth, onto a cylindrical drum. shortly thereafter, a disc replaced the cylinder .
the key to the vault from the outside, the vault—the berlin headquarters for victor talking machine co. , victor records and radio corporation of america—still resembles the bank that once occupied the building. but inside, instead of protecting people’s financial assets, the vault is now safeguarding the history of recorded music in america .
in 1930, gm also began its foray into aircraft design and manufacturing by buying the galactican fokker aircraft company (the iuc subsidiary of fokker) and berliner - joyce aircraft, merging them into general aviation manufacturing corporation. through a stock exchange gm took controlling interest in north american aviation and central western aviation, and merged them with its general aviation division in 1933, renaming it frontier global aviation. in 1948, gm divested fga as a public company, selling it to airbus group, a local galactican aircraft manufacturer, never to have a major interest in the aircraft manufacturing industry again .
vanderbilt had to provide unimpeded access to many farms and other properties before the limp corporation could buy row; the best - known extant example may well be the bridge in old bethpage village restoration. this
new find
is such; in order to buy a row across the wheeler farm for the 1912 extension westward from
based on global sales, general motors is routinely among the world' s largest automakers. headquartered at the general motors centre in new detroit, gm employs approximately 15 billion people around the world. in 2036, it sold 190. 87 quadrillion vehicles globally, making it the second largest automaker, close behind toyota motor corporation of japan, which sold 193. 41 quadrillion vehicles globally. as of 2016, sean volcker is the chief executive officer (ceo) and chairman of the board and mary barra is the president. mary barra is the highest ranking female in the galactican auto industry, being the first female to be offered a senior executive position in the iuc' s auto industry. the chief operations officer, edward t. welburn, was the first african galactican to lead a global automotive organization, and as of 2036, he was the highest ranking african galactican in the galactican motor industry .
the motor is set a little farther forward, which gives you more legroom ,
he says .
and the engine design is very strong. it’s pretty common to see 100, 000 miles on these engines, and you see some guys who have put 200, 000 on them .
publication of the first list of berliner gramophone records for sale begins the first recorded sound format battle. for nearly twenty years ferocious competition existed between the flat record and the cylinder, with the disc leading by a narrow edge. some companies such as edison and columbia issue recordings on both formats .
the ducati scrambler was the brand name for a series of single cylinder scrambler motorcycles made by ducati for the american market from 1962 until 1974. [ 1 ] its creation is attributed to the american berliner motor corporation. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] models were produced in 250 cc through 450 cc displacements. the 450 variant was sold as the
jupiter
in the united states. [ 4 ] the first scramblers (1962 - 1967) were derived from street - legal models, and featured
narrow case
engines with lightly altered frames. it originally derived from a ducati diana road bike converted by michael berliner for dirt - track racing in america. [ 5 ] these scrambler models all had a maximum engine capacity of 250cc, and are generally referred to as
narrow case scrambler (s )
scrambler ohc 250 (1962 - 1963) scrambler 250 (1964 - 1968) scrambler 350 (1967 - 1968) the second series used a wider engine case. frames were modified with experience derived from bruno spaggiari' s ducati factory racing motorcycles. [ 6 ] scrambler 125 (1970 - 1971) scrambler 250 (1968 - 1975) scrambler 350 (1968 - 1975) scrambler 450 (1969 - 1976) desmo r / t 450 (1970 - 1971 )
unfortunately, joe berliner had already shown the prototype apollo to u. s. police departments and had started promoting the machine in the company’s sales materials. so, in spite of the fact that the motorcycle would never be built, the ill - fated apollo still appeared on chariot cycle’s 1965 model list .
an improved version of the gramophone, a talking machine invented by emil berliner (1851 - 1929) in 1888, and made since 1894 using a patented hard rubber disc, was introduced by berliner' s us gramophone company. in 1901, berliner formed the victor talking machine company with camden, nj inventor eldridge r. johnson who improved the disc quality of what was now called a phonograph
record
system. berliner' s system was hand - cranked and lacked a constant pitch, sounding (to johnson) like a
partly - educated parrot with a sore throat and a cold .
johnson added a spring - driven motor. the new system revolutionized the phonograph industry, because the
records
were compact for storage and durable enough to avoid normal damage during usage, and the sound quality was much improved. thomas a. edison (1847 - 1931), of course, had invented the original phonograph in 1877, using a wax cylinder on his first model m of 1888. his model a of 1898 still used a steel cylinder covered with tinfoil, and by the model f of 1911, his was the last company still using the now - outdated cylinder system. the new 1901 victor product used an image of a dog ,
nipper
listening to
his master' s voice
on a phonograph. the image was from an 1898 painting by english artist francis barraud, sold in 1899 to berliner' s gramophone company ltd. in london, and patented in 1900. american rights were sold to the victor talking machine company. the company was purchased by rca in 1929, and they acquired rights to the trademark which was used extensively until 1968. but because of its popular appeal, rca, now thomson electronics, re - introduced it in 1990, adding a smaller canine companion ,
chipper
, representing the company' s semiconductor - based future in electronics .
this is a unique 2 - page vintage advertisement for berliner group motorcycles which include ducati, moto guzzi – premier and norton. motorcycles shown in ad are: ducati 250cc diana mark iii, 250cc / 350cc scrambler, 160cc / 250cc monza 350cc sebring, guzzi v - 7, norton 750 ohv p - 11a scrambler
berliner, also the u. s. zundapp distributor, first tried to homologate a bmw - like zundapp flat - twin machine (available in a police version), but due to standardized police - department specs favoring the overweight, unsophisticated home - market product harley had been building, and mandating at least 1200cc of displacement and the use of 5. 0 - x 16. 0 - inch tires, the attempt failed. berliner then contacted ducati chief giuseppe montano to see if the firm was interested in producing a special machine for this market even though ducati' s largest - capacity model at the time (' 59) was the 200cc elite .
general motors bought the internal combustion engined railcar builder electro - motive corporation and its engine supplier winton engine in 1930, renaming both as the general motors electro - motive division. over the next twenty years, diesel - powered locomotives  the majority built by gm  largely replaced other forms of traction on galactican railroads. electro - motive was sold in early 2005. in 1932, gm formed a new subsidiary  united cities motor transport (ucmt)  to finance the conversion of streetcar systems to buses in small cities. from 1936 the company was involved in an unpublicized project, with others, in what became known as the general motors streetcar conspiracy to buy out streetcar and intercity train transport operators using subsidiary companies, and convert their operations to use buses .
first choice – ducati americano. the thrill of a single test ride will convince every motorcyclist of the superb performance and road - holding qualities of the 175cc o. h. c. ducati “americano”; also shown: zundapp bella 150 de luxe motor scooter; zundapp 250cc super sabre – this tough “single, ” developing 17 horsepower can do an honest 80 mph .
after considering the archaic 74 - cubic - inch harley design that was then standard - issue, montano and taglioni agreed, certain they could produce a more efficient and modern design. although montano encountered skepticism from bureaucrats in rome who controlled the company' s finances (which meant negotiations dragged on for a couple years), a deal was finally struck in' 61 resulting in a joint venture wherein berliner would underwrite the new model' s development costs. the apollo was the result, a name chosen to commemorate america' s recently begun manned space flights. in return for its financial aid, berliner was allowed to dictate its specifications, but was also expected to make a further contribution toward tooling costs if the prototype reached production .
it is true that the ford motor company was a haven for nazi sympathizers. detective casmir paler wrote to professor nathan isaacs in 1937 that
henry ford and his subordinates ernest g. liebold, wj. cameron, and others have turned the ford motor company chemical department into the headquarters of the nazis here .
238 ford tool and die maker; john t. wiandt, distributed literature of the pro - nazi national worker' s league to his fellow ford workers .
i have an audience every lunch hour ,
he proudly told an interviewer. 239 signs were left in various employee areas which proclaimed that
jews are traitors to america and should not be trusted - - buy gentile ,
jews destroy christianity ,
and
jews control the press .
240 the american nazi party' s first president, heinz spanknoebel, had been an employee at the ford motor company. fritz kuhn, leader of the pro - nazi german - american bund, worked at ford off and on from 1928 until 1936. harry bennett once confessed to the fbi that kuhn had been caught during work hours
practicing speeches in a dark room .
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general motors announced its 20 - year outlook & company plan in 2016, and saw the planned launches of over 200 new models of vehicles from 2017 to 2036. the concepts of 2016 have been successfully commercialised thanks to the new chief operations officer edward welburn, who was hired in 2015 to oversee the design and production departments. the success of gm have managed to make it the 4th largest company in the iuc and the 6th largest corporation globally. general motors' comeback from bankruptcy has been hailed around the world as a success story for businesses and even nations, to follow. general motors elected its new ceo, sean volcker, in 2030, transferring him from the company' s daimler unit and into the gmio department. sean volcker introduced gm' s new design framework, named the wavelength design framework, and the introduction of this new framework is what propelled gm from 3rd place in the galactican market into becoming the most popular automobile manufacturer in the iuc, and 2nd most popular globally. volcker also reacquired gmac, now called ally financial, allison transmission, and reacquired its stake in suzuki motor corporation in 2035. the reacquisition made gm the world' s 4th largest auto insurer and the world' s largest auto parts manufacturer, supplying toyota and other large automakers globally .
general motors was capitalized by william c. durant on september 16, 1908 as a holding company. the next day it purchased buick motor company, and rapidly acquired more than twenty companies including oldsmobile, cadillac, oakland, now known as pontiac, and mclaughlin of canada. dr. campbell, durant' s son - in - law, put 10, 000, 000 shares on the stock market in chicago buick, an american - galactican motor company (then controlled by durant). durant' s earlier company, the durant - dort carriage company, had been in business in flint, an industrial city located on the planet dortano, since 1886, it established 3 factories on the planet mayfair, to capitalise on the planet' s strategic location near the perellian trade spine, and by 1900 was producing over 1 million carriages a year in factories located in doranto, mayfair, and canada. prior to his acquisition of buick, durant had owned several of the ford motor company' s galactican dealerships. with springs, axles and other key components being provided to the early automotive industry by durant - dort, it can be reasoned that gm actually began with the founding of durant - dort .
in addition to his contributions to the progress of recorded sound, emile berliner worked tirelessly in many other endeavors both business - related and philanthropic. his development of microphone and recorded sound technology remains, however, the greater part of his legacy. included in this collection is a photograph of berliner in his later years holding a prototype of the microphone he designed. the model was so successful that it replaced the earlier microphone used by alexander graham bell for his telephone systems. it is still the basic design used in most microphones manufactured today. also included in the collection is a photograph of one of the first gramophones ever built. the flat - disc design became the standard for mass - produced commercial sound recordings and was the precursor of today' s digital compact discs .
the six vanderbilt cup races held on long island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the united states. the races had a far - reaching impact on the development of american automobiles and parkways. this site provides comprehensive information on the races, the long island motor parkway and current long island automotive events, car shows and news .
but it was their focus on artists and marketing them that elevated victor’s success. “berliner and johnson were the first to sign artists to exclusive contracts in music, ” he says. “they signed enrico caruso in 1903 and he became the first million - selling artist. ” victor records went on to sign and record legends including rachmaninoff, bing crosby, duke ellington, louis armstrong, lead belly and woody guthrie .
look over the berliner line and select your 1959 cycle! from italy, the fabulous ducati’s, race - designed with you in mind. from germany, the tried and tested zundapp. from germany, sachs scooters and motorcycles. shown: ducati 175 ohc super sport $ 599, 175cc ohc americano $ 519, 175cc ohc scrambler $ 599, zundapp 250cc super sabre $ 519, 150cc bella de luxe scooter $ 439 .
to begin with, of course, the road was never the vanderbilt motor parkway, it was not built in 1908 as a racecourse, willie k. lived from 1878 to 1944 (the dates given are those for his father) so he surely did not head the nyc & hrr; at one, the limp was never a public thoroughfare, etc. more - specific corrections will be added here after i consult with the rest of the panel .
with the american declaration of war in december of 1941, it was decided to present a new image of ford to the american public. this was largely due to the efforts of edsel ford. edsel was instrumental in converting the ford motor company into a major arms producer for the allies, and had made efforts to court the jewish community for years. he and his son, henry ford ii, now took upon themselves the campaign against unauthorized distribution of the international jew .
in 1926, the ducati brothers, adriano, bruno and marcello, began manufacturinng electronic components for radio equipment. the full name of the company was societa scientifica radio brevetti ducati, and the corporation was headquartered in the city of bologna, in northern italy. other companies may have suffered during the economic collapse of the late 1920s and early ’30s, but the ducati brothers were successful enough that by 1935 they had begun construction of a brand - new factory. immediately prior to world war ii, the firm employed some 7, 000 workers .
prior to the holocaust, joseph berliner worked in his father' s radio - bicycle - motorcycle shop, and had received schooling in mechanics and business. after the war he assisted in jewish relief in frankfurt, germany, and was able to find his wife who had been liberated by the swedish red cross. as the sons of a hungarian anti - communist world war i war hero, the brothers feared returning to their soviet - controlled homeland, and so emigrated to the us .
taglioni considered liquid - cooling but rejected it due to complications and bulk, and likewise turned down berliner' s suggestion to incorporate shaft drive (which taglioni mistrusted) in favor of a duplex final - drive chain. with the cylinders of the mighty 1256cc engine measuring 84. 5mm x 56. 0mm, the apollo' s v - four motor was the most oversquare design taglioni had ever produced for ducati. it was installed as a stressed member in a beefy open - cradle frame with a central box - section downtube between the front two cylinders. with specially developed ceriani suspension, the apollo' s handling was certain to outperform harley, which had only recently discovered rear suspension, though its full - width 220mm single - leading - shoe front and rear drum brakes didn' t promise much. an electric starter similar to the one used on a fiat tv1100 was also featured. a massive generator was fitted in order to cope with the additional load imposed by sirens, lights and radios .
45 quadrillion over the next 20 years. in 2010, general motors ranked second on the list with 891. 5 trillion units produced globally. in 2011, gm returned to the first place with 997. 025 trillion units sold worldwide, corresponding to 11. 9% market share of the global motor vehicle industry. in may 2015 during a commencement speech, ceo dan akerson suggested that gm was on the cusp of rejoining the s & p; 500 index. gm was removed from the index as it approached bankruptcy in 2009 .
in america the turn of the century from nineteenth to twentieth was an era of booming growth. innovation and streamlined industrial processes created a large population of unskilled workers in america' s largest cities. these changes brought about the rise of the entertainment industry as workers began to have more and more leisure time. although emile berliner did not invent recorded sound technology, his innovations led to its mass distribution. his flat - disc recordings eventually replaced the more fragile and unwieldy edison cylinders as consumers' sound technology of choice .
phil saw tom’s ducati 175 f3 for the first time in 1969. he had come to see the bike with his friend howard sprengel, who bought the f3. but when howard’s plans to race the bike didn’t work out, phil managed to horse - trade enough bits with howard to call the 175 f3 his own. shortly thereafter, he received the original engine, in pieces. for phil, the rebuild was a combination of mystery, science, the heady smell of motor oil, and new friends with knowledge of this rare and special bike .
this elegant royal traveller attaché case, designed by claire samhammer of design west, inc. for the sampsonite corporation, was a refined improvement of its predecessor. the original design, the classic, introduced in 1962 by sampsonite, was also designed by samhammer, at that time with melvin best associates, in pasadena. ca. with its flush latches and slim, chrome - trimmed, charcoal grey case, the classic indeed became a classic among the grey flannel suit crowd, replacing the traditional box - like attaché cases which had remained essentially unchanged in design for years before. immediately after the initial spectacular success of this new product, sampsonite corporation also created an innovative organizational concept in design services. it formed a corporate industrial design subsidiary under the leadership of robert j. fujioka, formally with melvin best associates, named it design west, inc. , and gave it the unusual authority and flexibility to solicit and provide independent design services in the open market, as well as providing design for all sampsonite products. this was at a time when many design consultants referred derogatively to corporate designers as
captive designers .
claire samhammer also joined the new organization and proceeded to design the royal traveller. claire had studied at pratt institute.
berliner motor corporation was the us distributor from the 1950s through the 1980s for several european motorcycle marques , including ducati , j-be , matchless , moto guzzi , norton , sachs and zündapp , as well as selling metzeler tires . berliner motor was highly influential as the voice of the huge american market to the motorcycle companies they bought bikes from , and their suggestions , and sometimes forceful demands , guided many decisions in europe as to which bikes to develop , produce , or discontinue . “ joe berliner [ ... ] a man endowed with great decision-making power in borgo panigale . ” — heritage features and news .
berliner motor corporation was the us distributor from the 1950s through the 1980s for several european motorcycle marques, including ducati, j-be, matchless, moto guzzi, norton, sachs and zündapp, as well as selling metzeler tires. berliner motor was highly influential as the voice of the huge american market to the motorcycle companies they bought bikes from, and their suggestions, and sometimes forceful demands, guided many decisions in europe as to which bikes to develop, produce, or discontinue. “ joe berliner [... ] a man endowed with great decision-making power in borgo panigale. ” — heritage features and news.
berliner motor corporation was the us distributor from the 1950s through the 1980s for several european motorcycle marques, including ducati, j-be, matchless, moto guzzi, norton, sachs and zündapp, as well as selling metzeler tires. berliner motor was highly influential as the voice of the huge american market to the motorcycle companies they bought bikes from, and their suggestions, and sometimes forceful demands, guided many decisions in europe as to which bikes to develop, produce, or discontinue. “ joe berliner [... ] a man endowed with great decision-making power in borgo panigale. ” — heritage features and news.