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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

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

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... )

Nice work lifeasdaddy. Looks like we nailed it!

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

New York City's Mayor's Bureau of Licenses

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Echo Richard Arthur Norton the exact date could be tracked back this way. Fine tones across the range, excellent negative.

The date is scratched into the negative along the lower right side: 8/2/13 (reversed). The same date appears in the companion photo along the lower left side.

August 1913 saw the reformation of the taxi hacking industry in NYC. A new public hacking ordinance was introduced to abolish private cab stands and reduce taxi fare rates. The new ordinance went into effect at 0000hours on August 1, 1913. A new style of taximeter was also required adjusted to register the new rates of fare. ( ref. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9900E2DC163DE633A... & As you could imagine, the taxi industry did not take kindly to the reforms. (ref. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A0CE5DC163DE633A... ) According to an article in the NYT of August 3, 1913, August 2 was a big day for vehicle inspections: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9403EFDD113BE633A...