Classic german bleisoldaten, this set features the hyper modern german army on maneuvers, a detatchment doing reconnaisance work. You have elements representing the new mechanical age of steam rail, telegraphy, mechanical bike, and the horse.
Alaska's first connection to world communications networks was through the US Army's Signal Corps laying a submarine cable from Seattle, the first cable ship was lost and replaced by a ship captured from the Spanish in Cuba, rechristened after General Burnside. So the Spanish war brought African American Soldiers to Juneau, Spanish Ships to Valdez, and Morse Code to Palmer.
The S.S. Baychimo was a pre WWI, Scandanavian-built german freighter that passed to britain after the armistice. Given to the Hudson bay company, it served the Alaskan and Canadian Arctic as a freighter, mainly for furs and groceries, until it became ice bound in the early 30s, and abandoned as unsalvagable.
from 1910 into the 30s the Huppmobile, cars from Hupp motors , were the product and pride of the most innovative carmakers in Detroit. The company created the first all steel body cars, while the likes of Ford were sticking to wood and cast iron. They made sturdy, tough, reliable 4 cylinder machines that even Mr. Ford was impressed with, admitting they were a better deal for the money than his. The car heaters they designed for the Skylark are now standard, as is the pressed welded steel body.
