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      With his mechanical interests, Dr. George Wesley Hall was interested in the automobile. More pictures and information regarding Dr. George Wesley Hall’s interest in automobiles can be found in other vehicle photos. The Locomobile was described as the 'Mona Lisa' of American historical automobiles. It had a reputation as one …

      “Around 1909 my father decided to build a house next door to his home, so that his parents would be close by. The house was built accordingly. During the course of the brick work I developed scarlet fever and was quarantined in a room upstairs over my father’s office, and …

      In George C.R. Hall’s words, “Standing out in my memory is one particular, silly item. One of the workers every so often would take a sip of what may have been tea, but it was labelled Whiskey and swallow a wee nip every so often. It is remarkable how a …

      In George C.R. Hall’s words, “Along about this time my father decided to brick our home. Nothing would do but he would have ‘pressed’ brick. The contract was given to the Halvard Bros. of Cannington.“

      “After a few days the bricklayers found out the brick would not split, it was too hard with an ordinary trowel and had to be sort of chiseled in two. The contractors told my dad that they could not do the job without him losing a fortune. They were given …

      ”The next car my father had was a Locomobile and it had the gear shift under the steering wheel.“ George C.R. Hall's words.