History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

Biscuits anyone?

 

Central railway Station, Brisbane, Queensland.

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Filling the water tank on a Garratt locomotive in Western Australia:

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Australian Light Horsemen - 1910:

 

Governor Generals guard assembled prior to opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge - 1932:

 

Australian Machine Gunners - 1938:

 

A Vickers tank passing the Sydney GPO - 1935:

 

Beersheba was the last great cavalry charge. (See notes with photo):

 

An Edison Battery powered search light:

 

WW1 French search light crew with truck mounted light:

 

WW1 French portable search light:

 

WW1 German search light crew could raise or lower their search light:

 

WW1 British search light - truck mounted:

 

Search light truck at Fort Davis, Panama Canal in 1930's:

 

US 60" search light with generator mounted onto a Cadillac chassis - photo mid 1930's:

 

Petrol driven locomotive at the Mugga Quarry:

 

Horse and cart at Australian Paper Mills - 1930's:

 

Smith and Sons:

 

Yup, T-6! Changes in latitude, changes in attitude . . . and apparently DIET.
All we had to do was get 'em off the Detroit slaw-dogs, and wa-lah! The
Packard FOXES!

 

SunRoofJim: Man! From #2258, looks as if when a GUESS,
I'd better stick to looking at a front view!!! LOL

But, I like this other very poignant shot of a '37 you posted.
It actually looks like an OLD pic of where somebody finally
gave up and pulled the car up to stay, out behind the barn,
doesn't it? Anybody make out the license plate???

 

A very nice Rambler postcard image.....

 

A Marmon racing car in what appears to be its retirement years.

 

This gentleman motorist sure knows how to attract the women with his Peerless look a like circa 1906-08.....

 

Connecticut,,,,,,maybe,,? On the '37.

 

Reminds me of the beginning of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang when the kids are playing in the burned up race car.

-Dave

 

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Does anyone know anything about the object that looks like a fan on the front of the trailer??

The trucking Co's trademark??

 

Now THIS is a Hupmobile!



1913 Hupmobile, thanks to the Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society

 

Remember that Johnny Cash song, "Busted" ???


WWI-era pic of a broken-down cart on High Street in Stanthorpe. Queensland.
Photo in the public domain and is housed in the State Library of Queensland.

 

General Eisenhower chats with Omar Bradley at 12th Army HQ
while leaning on his '41 Clipper staff car (first factory air!).
MacArthur had same model. Thanks to packardinfo.com, a
GRRRREAT site, Packard fans!!