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John Drennen inspecting meter (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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• Richard Norton said:

  John Drennen of New York City's Mayor's Bureau of Licenses. Article date: July 7, 1916 Source: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=990CE... By 1925 John Drennan was Chief of the Bureau of Licenses Source: select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F5061FFC395B1273... There is a John J . Drennen who died in Manhattan in 1931: John J . Drennen (1872-1931) who died on September 6, 1931 in Manhattan. He was death certificate number 21616.D655

• technogeo said:

  Date appears along lower left side: 8/2/13, reversed

• BobMeade said:

  Thanks to technogeo's date spotting, This from the NYT of August 3, 1913: "Deputy Commission John Drennan of the Bureau of Licences, with a corps of inspectors, was kept busy yesterday examining vehicles for which public hqack licences were sought. Of the 500 vehicles which have been brought forward for inspection at 248 West-forty ninth Street, were the examinations are being held, only 17 have been deemed absolutely fit for service. ..." ( ref. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9403EFDD113BE633A... )

• technogeo said:

  Nice work lifeasdaddy. Looks like we nailed it!

• Rob Ketcherside said:

  Ferris Bueller could have used that odometer spinner connected to the front wheel! Great job on the research guys!