History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

Cycling through the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane - 1896:

 

Eagers of Newstead, Brisbane - 1937:

 

Eagers of Newstead again - 1924:

 

The oldest builing in Brisbane. It was a windmill for milling flour and was constructed in 1828. Sails were removed by the time this postcard photo was taken in 1905.

Postcard was done in colour as part of a series by Shell.

 

The R S Exton Building - 1884:

 

Shell House, Brisbane during construction:



and completed in 1933:

 

I'm not sure of the makes, so I didn't speculate.

Hopefully, someone else will know.
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1937 - taxi drivers on strike:

 

Foxy​

 

How about this cool one... it's my great aunt in an EMF

 

An old Ford? How about that cool license plate??? Just like mine!!!

 

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Do you have any information on this truck?
Wondering who built it? Was it a 'one off'
custom job? I know Dodge built a number
of streamlined "Art Deco-styled" trucks in
the late 1930's, but I have never see anything
quite like this! I don't suppose it's survived
has it? Truly an amazing truck!

Mart3406
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PS. - I've taken taken the liberty of
cleaning up and removing some of
the black splotches and also resizing
the photo from your original post.
See the attachment below.
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Caption - "The girls were thrilled when
their dates decided to all chip in and rent
an ultra-luxurious and 'oh, so classy' 'super
stretch limo' for prom night!"

Mart3406
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Pictures have cropped up in a few magazines over the years with information about the Barnes operation but nothing about it's origins other that it was possibly US built. I expect a picture may one day turn up with it towing a matching trailer.

 

1929 Buffalo Fire Truck

 

AND NOW, LADIES & GENTLEMEN,
TODAY'S EPISODE OF "AS THE WHEEL TURNS"

What T-Head said:
"About time you come up with some looking Packard girls"



...... and Jimi willingly, unwittingly complied . . .



(Ah-ha! T'was THEN, T-Head's subtle, devious plan played out! He was forced to show his dastardly evil hand! Ooooooooo!!! )<!-- / message -->



"Hey,baby! S' wat's happnin'?
Wa's yoor name?"

 

T-Head, I thought it would be fun
to compare the little Bantams you
posted with the LittleMac automobiles
made in Muscatine, Iowa, around
1930. (One obvious diff: I think
ALL the Littlemacs came with artillery
wheels.)

 

WE HAVE A WINNER FOLKS on our mystery contest from last week. Mr. Model T was right on the money and Cannuck was real close. We also had one other guess but the brand was wrong, but thanks for trying.

So the prize for winning this is Mr. Model T gets to do the next mystery quiz and we are all standing by waiting to see what he can up with.

The caption with the original photo is here and the photo was taken in Conn.

Fred Wright driving Mr. Thomas Perkins's 1911 Pope (Six), Hartford.


From Mr Model T;

It is either a 1911 (Model Y 6-cyl 50HP) or a 1912 (Model 28 6-cyl 60HP) Pope-Hartford "Portola" Roadster.

The car is certainly a 1911 or 1912 because it is most definatly a 6 cylinder car (hood length) which first appeared in 1911, but I believe that this car is a 1911 Model Y because of the fender design. The 1912 models had more rounded fenders but had the same body design as the 1911's. The 1913 Cars are completely different.
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MrModelT
1926 Model T Roadster
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From Cannuck who was very close;

Hello T-Head,
Thanks for the mystery. I'm not completely confident in this one, but I'll go with 1910 Pope-Hartford Model T. The cowl and front fender just line up too nicely with the one in the Standard Catalogue. That said, the rear fenders are wrong, the box around the brake rods is wrong, the levers are wrong, but may have been bent for the modified seat. 4cyl, 40HP, 122" wb.

Very cool in any case. Looking forward to the answer. Nice evening here...think I'll sneak out for a short run in the T. Thanks again for the entertaining posts.

 

She's got legs.....

 

A 490 Chevrolet Speester with what which maybe a Mercury body.

 

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Long before he was U.S. president, Missourian Harry Truman was a sort of proto-hotrodder! When his mom offered to help him get a car so he could visit his girlfriend, Bess, in Independence 20 miles from the family farm,
he said he didn't want a Model-T, as that would
make him look just like the farmer he was.
Instead he borrowed $600 from his future
mom-in-law and bought a 30-horse 1911
Stafford four made in Kansas City. The engine
had an overhead cam, roller lifters and, by one
account, hemispherical combustion chambers.
Harry's tinkering soon had the Stafford capable
of 60 mph, and he ran the dog crap out of it!
Not only could it pull the steepest hill around in
high gear, Harry would have to shut the motor
down near the top for fear of going airborne at
the crest. He loved to see if he could drive the
20 miles to Independence on the roads of the
day faster than he could get to Bess via the
train. He gradually stripped away a good deal
of sheet metal to lighten what he called his
"machine" -- what we'd today call a hotrod!
With a 4-5/8-inch stroke, Truman eventually
converted the torquey car into a truck-like
affair for use by his Missouri National Guard unit.

 

Rats! I should have dug deeper on Pope...I thought that hood looked awfully long for a 4-cyl. Congratulations to Mr Model T!

 

Great car!

Great story!

I love this thread.

-Dave

 

Thank you T-Head and great guess Cannuck!


Pope-Hartford built 6-cylinder cars from 1911 to 1914. Here is a list of all the Pope models (which should be complete) from it's brief 10 year run.



A 1904 1 Cylinder 10 bhp
B 1904-1905 1 Cylinder 10 bhp
D 1905 2 Cylinder 16 bhp
G 1906-1907 2 Cylinder 18 bhp
F 1906 4 Cylinder 25 bhp
X 1907 2 Cylinder 20 bhp
L 1907 4 Cylinder 30 bhp
R 1908 4 Cylinder 25 bhp
M 1908 4 Cylinder 30 bhp
S 1909 4 Cylinder 30 bhp
T 1910 4 Cylinder 40 bhp
W 1911 4 Cylinder 50 bhp
Y 1911 6 Cylinder 50 bhp
27 1912 4 Cylinder 50 bhp
28 1912 6 Cylinder 60 bhp
31 1913 4 Cylinder 40 bhp
33 1913 4 Cylinder 50 bhp
29 1913 6 Cylinder 60 bhp
35 1914 4 Cylinder 40 bhp

T-Head,

This was ALLOT of fun and I eagerly look forward to my next challenge!

MrModelT
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Ooooo!.....this will be fun!

 

Jimi; The one in the Garage is definitely a Terraplane. The one outside looks more like a Chrysler or Desoto.