Cheney Garage

1916 - 1918 - Cheney Garage

1916 - Cheney Garage with gas pump out front (Street number 507/23)

1920 - 1924 - Cheney Garage, owned by George Brown & Norman Holter.

In 1924, the Cheney Garage advertised camping “outfits” of aluminum pots, pans, kettles, skillets with detachable handles for storage, along with cups and plates. They also sold camp stoves, water bags and canteens, folding luggage carriers, flashlights, camp grates for open fires, and Shaler Vulcanizers*

In the ad, Brown & Holter are shown as proprietors of the Cheney Garage.

The Shaler Vulcanizer revolutionized the tire repair industry as a profitable, easy to use, tire tube patching machine. The larger versions of the Vulcanizer were primarily used in service stations. the five-minute vulcanizer – was later developed and promoted directly to motorists for quick tire tube repairs. Any motorist simply had to apply the resourceful hot or cold patch to the puncture in the tube and ignite it with a match. As the contained disc of prepared solid fuel burned, it generated enough heat to cure the patch directly to the tube, sealing it completely and allowing motorists to continue on their way. http://rinksealpro.com/history.htm