- Date
- 1990-06-28
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationheritagepublicationcommunitycommerce
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June 28, 1990 Beaver Beacon reprinted a March 1964 story about Peter Boyle’s 1921 Model T, its arrival by mail boat, early difficulty stopping, and the way automobiles soon became common on Beaver Island.
Evidence limits
This is a 1990 reprint of a 1964 retrospective and should not be treated as a contemporaneous vehicle log.
Sources
- Reprints a March 1964 account of Peter Boyle’s 1921 Model T, its arrival by mail boat, first driving mishaps, and eventual normalization of automobiles on the island. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1990-06_Beaver-Beacon
- Paired held twenty-page June issue PDF.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1990-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Tales reprints Peter Boyle’s 1921 Model T mishap on Beaver Island”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-beaver-tales-1921-model-t-ford-1990/, accessed [date], citing “Beaver Tales—1921,” Beaver Beacon, June 28, 1990. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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