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1929: Cars
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The summer of 1929 was one of unrest in Palestine. Jewish-Arab tensions were spurred on by the agitation of the mufti in Jerusalem. Just one day prior to the start of the Hebron massacre, three Jews and three Arabs were killed in Jerusalem when fighting broke out after a Muslim prayer service on the Temple Mount. Arabs spread false rumors throughout their communities, saying that Jews were carrying out "wholesale killings of Arabs." Meanwhile, Jewish immigrants were arriving in Palestine in increasing numbers, further exacerbating the Jewish-Arab conflict.
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The 1929 Imperials were a continuation and refinement of the 1928 models. The 1929 L * is interesting to the author because of refinements, both in body style changes and in the large number of other changes in the car as production progressed through 1929 and 1930. It is the authors opinion that there was no true 1930 Imperial L *. It was a car that became a 1930 model for registration purposes because Chrysler Corporation deemed production of a car after July 1 to be the following year's model. In essence, the cars were identical despite some running changes during its production life. There were many changes before and after the July 1 date.
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In 1929, American Paul Galvin, the head of Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, invented the first car radio. The first car radios were not available from carmakers. Consumers had to purchase the radios separately. Galvin coined the name "Motorola" for the company's new products combining the idea of motion and radio.
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In October, 1928, production began on the new Imperial for 1929. This model is designated the Imperial L *. The star or asterisk after the letter L means a continuation of a car series in the same basic mechanical configuration as the preceding year. There were some mechanical changes between the 1928 L-80s and the 1929 L *, but Chrysler deemed these insignificant or they would not have used this method of model identity. Perhaps had they known how many changes would soon be made in the car as production progressed, they would have used another designation. This same method of model identity next occurred in the Imperial line in 1933 when the CL * succeeded the 1932 CL Custom Imperial.
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A monument to the age of Art Deco, The Ayer (pronounced: air) was originally built in 1929 for NW Ayer, the nation's first advertising agency. During its renovation, the building facade was preserved and restored to its original condition, highlighting gorgeous Egyptian-style sculptures, reliefs and pressed metal work, as well as The Ayer's landmark bronze doors. Inside, renowned Philadelphia architect Wesley Wei, in collaboration with PZ Architects, carried out a vision in keeping with The Ayer's storied history, yet tailored to meet the demands of today's sophisticated buyer.
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