For the 50th anniversary of the Bay Bridge, this 1936 brochure was reissued.
Detroit Tunnel construction, 1929. A boat is towing a tunnel section upriver. These sections were submerged to form the tunnel.
Detroit Tunnel construction, 1929. Harry Francel's rigging barge.
Caption printed on original photo: Section No. 3 River Division Detroit and Canada Tunnel. Harry's note on back: Detroit to Canada tunnel crew, Whitney Bros. Contr. Co., setting tubes in river. Harry Francel is 7th from left.
In the late 1940s and early 50s, Harry Francel developed and sold a pocket-sized gun cleaner.
Francel's Gun Swab instruction sheet
Francel's Gun Swab kit included a supply of cleaning cloths and a heavy paper pattern to cut your own.
A bit of recognition.
Harry's first wife, Olive
Harry's mother Dora, and step-father Jim Lumley
Harry's father, Joseph
Harry and dad in Florida, 1920s
At home in Richmond, Olive with cat Trouble, Harry and a neighbor
Olive at Yosemite
Olive and Harry
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Harry with second wife, Norma, 1956
Norma and Harry, San Diego
Harry and Norma, 1966