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New York Times headline, 2 January 1915: "Woman Taxi Driver Invades Broadway; New York's First Feminine Chauffeur Starts Business on New Year's Day.; Men Rivals are Friendly; She Wears a Leopard-Skin Hat and Stole--Gets Big Tip from Initial Fare." Story says of the rest of her ensemble: Even before it was een that the driver was wearing a skirt, her appearance attracted attention. She wore on her head a huge round hat of leopard skin, and around her neck and over her shoulders the yellow and black spotted pelt of the same animal...She had on a brown skirt that came down just below the tops of her high tan boots, and a brown jacket. Her forearms were lost in black leather gloves." Wilma K. Russey had a chauffeur's license, and was employed as a mechanic by Dalton's Garage at 354 W. 50th St. She's mentioned in this 1997 MA thesis, Kimberly Berry, "The Experience and Expression of Gender among Women Taxi Drivers": www.taxi-library.org/nolady.htm She also turns up in Virginia Scharff, Taking the Wheel: Women and the Coming of the Motor Age (UNM Press 1999): 85.

Nice photo of a woman taxi driver.....

The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 24, 1915, SECTION SEVEN, Image 74 printed this photo with the caption: "New York has a chauffeuse. She is Wilma K. Russey and she is the first woman to be licensed as a cab driver in the big city. Miss Russey was once an aerial worker in a circus and on the vaudeville circuit. She is thoroughly acquainted with the mechanics of the car and looks after her own maachine. She says she is not going to take tips - a fact which should make her automobile popular." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1915-01-24/ed-1/se...

B-59: Thanks! We will include more information about Russey next time we update the description.

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New York City's Mayor's Bureau of Licenses

amazing pictures. it gives me some nostalgia. thank you for uploading this. i added your site on my bookmark. cheers

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...

handig voor bruiloften, maakt de keuze tussen een auto en een koets weer wat makkelijker.

** translation of describtion ** Second World War. During the German occupation of The Netherlands people used a car without gasoline/fuel because of shortages. In this picture a Ford V* is drawn by a horse. The spot that would usually holds the engine is now being used as the drivers' seat. Holland, The Hague, may 14th 1941

Hartelijk dank. We hebben de reactie(s) verwerkt of zijn ermee bezig. Ook op onze beeldbank. Hains Hamelink, Spaarnestad Photo (partner Nationaal Archief)

Twee fouten in Leenke's commentaar. Ten eerste, het woord is "description" (met een 'p'). Ten tweede, het werkwoord is verkeerd. Dat moet zijn 'The spot that would usually hold ......' (niet 'holds")

Oi! Sou administrador de um grupo chamado O prazer de fotografar (The pleasure of photograph) e nós adoraríamos ter isto adicionado ao grupo!