76 Daniel <strong>and</strong> Floyd Hungerford: <strong>Rocket</strong> Power, Interstellar Travel <strong>and</strong> Eternal Life, by Geofrey N. Stein
SECONDARY BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES (Original Sources Are Cited in Endnotes) Byrne, Tom, Untitled story, Sunday Telegram, July 27, 1969. Dix, Jim, “Follow Up on the <strong>Rocket</strong> Car”, Klaxon (publication of the Twin Tiers Vintage Ford Club), February 1980. Gallagher, Peg, “Remember the rocket car?” Sunday Telegram, February 3, 1980. This article appeared as the car was displayed on loan to the State Museum in an exhibit displaying various types of motors <strong>and</strong> engines. Gallagher, Peg, “Moonstruck”, New York Alive, March/April 1986 Hendy, Jerry, ‘Elmira’s <strong>Rocket</strong> Car”, Klaxon, February 1980. Kingsley, Jennifer, “Hungerford brothers’ rocket car fires up imaginations”, Star-Gazette, April 4, 2009. Follow story on April 7, 2009. Marvin, Keith, “The Wizards of West Second Street”, Automobile Quarterly, Fall 1965. The New York State Museum has a copy of the more extensive draft of Marvin’s original story. Marvin, Keith, “Misguided Missile”, Special Interest Autos, February 1980. Marvin, Keith, “Museum displays unique Hungerford rocket car”, Old Cars Weekly News & Marketplace, July 21, 1994. Marvin concluded his article by noting his plan to donate his Hungerford file to the State Museum <strong>and</strong> wrote, “with the car itself on one h<strong>and</strong> [in the Museum] <strong>and</strong> its history <strong>and</strong> related material on the other [his possession], one is of minor importance in automotive history without the other.” Happily, Marvin did give the Museum his Hungerford materials. Marvin, Keith, “Unique <strong>Rocket</strong> Car Will Be Exhibited At Arsenal Show”, Times Record, The, [Troy, N.Y.], February 22, 1965. Page, Tom, “Neighbors”, Star-Gazette, June 22, 1994, September 11, 1994, <strong>and</strong> other dates. Spajic, Igor, “The Hungerford <strong>Rocket</strong> Car”, Restored Cars, nos. 139 <strong>and</strong> 140 (two issues both dated March/April 2000). Stein, Geoffrey N. “Memories of the <strong>Rocket</strong> Car”, Legacy, vol. 2 no. 3, winter 2006-2007. Taylor, Eva C., “Hungerford’s <strong>Rocket</strong>s”, The Chemung Historical Journal, vol. 20 no. 2, December 1974. Unknown. H. Steven Sekella recalls a pamphlet or book about the Hungerford brothers <strong>and</strong> their rocket car. Daniel Hungerford lent this to Sekella’s mother at one time; it was returned. Sekella in telephone conversation with Geoffrey Stein, November 3, 2008, said he doesn’t know who wrote the work or how extensive it is “or anything”. One wonders if this might be the piece Hungerford recalls having been written by Horace P. Bull of the Syracuse Post- St<strong>and</strong>ard. Daniel <strong>and</strong> Floyd Hungerford: <strong>Rocket</strong> Power, Interstellar Travel <strong>and</strong> Eternal Life, by Geofrey N. Stein. New York State Museum Record 4, © 2013 by The University of the State of New York, The State Education Department, Albany, New York. All rights reserved. 77
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CONTENTS Forward . . . . . . . . .
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FORWARD At the New York State Museu
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Chapter One EARLY YEARS In the late
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Chapter Two THE AVIATION BUSINESS
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Chapter Three FAMILY On August 7, 1
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Chapter Four THE HUNGERFORD ROCKET
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