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  Sydney Pitcher “St. Martin’s Cross Iona” Arts & Crafts photograph c. 1900

  SYDNEY PITCHER F.R.P.S.  (d. 1950) England
  ARTHUR H. PITCHER (Framer)

  “St. Martin’s Cross Iona” c.1900

  Carbon process photograph, hand carved oak frame with beautiful wood grain detail.

  Marks: S MARTINS CROSS IONA (carved incised mark)
  Art Nouveau paper label (on back): Framed by Arthur H. Pitcher, College Court, Gloucester, Moulding No…..

  Photograph: H: 9 1/2″ x W: 5″
  Frame: H: 16 3/4″ x W:  8 5/8″  D: 5/8″

  Sydney A. Pitcher FRPS (active 1904-1939) was a photographer with an interest in monument and church architecture. He is listed in the 1927 Kelly’s Directory of the County of Gloucester as a commercial photographer, publisher and picture frame maker, operating from 5 & 7 College Court, Gloucester. Pitcher was involved primarily in the photography of Gloucestershire churches, but also took pictures of churches and cathedrals in neighbouring counties, and of medieval sculptures at Winchester College. He collaborated on the publication of Rushforth’s series of volumes The stained glass of Great Malvern Priory Church , Gloucester, 1916-1927.

  He joined the Royal Photographic Society in 1904, was admitted as an Associate member in 1925, and became a Fellow in 1928.

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  Ohlsson & Rice Rare Streamline American Art Deco Tether Race Car Model No. 88 with Trailer c. 1950

  OHLSSON & RICE (founded 1941) Los Angeles, CA
  Tether Race Red car Model No. 88

  Gas powered tether car racer 1950

  Steel and various metals with the car and trailer details painted red, rubber tires and cork details

  The license plate reads: California, 19-50, 61U421

  H: 5″ x L” 13 1/2″ x D: 7 1/2″

  Price: $3,000

  In 1941 Irv Ohlsson teamed up with Harry Rice, and the firm of Ohlsson & Rice was founded producing model race cars and propellers. No other engines at the time combined the reliability, ease of maintenance, simplicity of operation and unlimited life of the Ohlsson & Rice engines. The Second World War put a temporary hold on their success, however, as all manufacturing facilities were turned over to military production. By the time the war shut down their production, they had produced about 75,000 engines.

  As soon as the war was over, Ohlsson & Rice got back into production. Even with a shortage of needed materials and machines somewhat worn out by 3-shift a day wartime production use, they jumped back into a market that had a seemingly endless demand for their products. Modelers were hungry to get back into flying, and O & R took advantage of the market by buying the machinery needed to meet the huge demand.

  Ohllson & Rice die cast tether cars were first manufactured in 1946. The early model cars had solid rear brake drums. open air front grill, 10 air vent slots in the seat, windshield, manual fuel pump, external hand brake lever, 4 nerf bars or radius rods,  and plated front axle.  The cars were fitted with a .23 or .29 Ohlsson and Rice engine. The easiest way to tell their plane engines from the car engines was the exhaust port.  The cars have a straight cut exhaust and the planes had an angled cut port.  However they are interchangeable except to be estetically correct. Basic colors included white, black, red , blue and yellow. The .29 engine were available in either spark ignition models or with a glow plug.  In the early days Ohlsson and Rice had trouble with their engines and discovered a lot of the problems were due to inferior fuel sources. To rectify this they started to manufacture their own Nitro Glow fuel.  This seemed to cure their engine problems. The later models in the fifties went to a closed front grill , 1 air vent slot in seat,  hollow brake drums,  no windshield and a smaller .049 engine. The last of the midget racers were made in 1959.