Posted on May 7, 2025

Early Car Dealers, Traffic Lights, & Semaphores | Wheels Along The Road

Early Car Dealers, Traffic Lights, & Semaphores | Wheels Along The Road

Archivist Dan Olsen talks about early 1900’s car dealerships – including department stores, and Kendra Cook discusses the history of traffic lights (which date back to London in the 19th Century), and semaphores, or flag signaling.

Originally aired on BCTV: 5/6/25
For a full listing of BCTV’s live broadcast schedule, visit https://www.bctv.org/tv-schedule/.

This program was produced at the BCTV studio in beautiful downtown Reading, PA. If you’re a member of the Berks County community and are interested in producing or submitting a program for air on BCTV, visit https://www.bctv.org/about-us/propose-a-program/.

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From the program: Wheels Along the Road

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