History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

These looks like circa 1926 Cadillac 314s.

 

I don't know what this is but it is quite early with the steering arm out the front and a tubular axle. There is another early unidentifed one here -
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L29 Cord

 

The cabover laundry van looks to have something written on its radiator - is the picture good enough to enlarge that area?

 

From the clothing styles I reckon this car was at least ten years old when this picure was taken.

 

Very good thought, but these are actually Model L Lincoln. Cadillac engines look very similar, the only reason I know is because have rebuilt examples of each.

That photo is from the University of California at Richmond and they have it captioned that way also.

 

I should have ID'ed the car earlier.....It is a late 1904-05 Curved Dash Olds Model 6-C The earlier ones did not have the curve at the very top of the back. Check out the lines on the Olds on the sheet music.

 

I suppose that seeing both engines had the same designer the similarity is logical.

 

I had guessed it was a CDO but was not sure just which variant.

 

Yes, that is a very good thought seeing as they both came Lelands genius mind and pen.

 

Another unknown 4 cylinder runabout. I am partial to the look of cars like this, with barely a step plate between the fenders. It looks like he's got hard tubing coming off the acetylene generator, and an empty spare tire bracket.

 

LGS, can you help ID this one?

 

T6..... I think it maybe one of the 1909-11 Hudsons. Here are two photos of a Hudson roadsters with and without the mother in law seat.

 

I'll take mine without, it's bad enough when she comes for dinner. Wouldn't want to have to haul her around too.

 

Here's what can happen when there's no mother in law seat.

 

Early daredevil about to take out the shrub and run up the steps?

 

Even though the radiator flutes are not clear, I think it is a Vauxhall - possibly a D type from the mid to late teens - maybe an ex-staff car. The British military had many of them as staff cars in WW1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_D-type
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The radiator became taller on later models.

 

A typical not-very-big (maybe 20hp) tourer from around 1904-6 with those expensive lights hanging out the front and the radiator forward of the axle - don't know what it is though. The models following this had the wheelbase extended which improved the look greatly.

 

I think this car is a 1929 Chandler 65. Perhaps Roger Anderson at this club might confirm it - he has heaps of them! http://www.geaaonline.org/geaamembers.html

 

I think this might be a Rambler. I seem to recall Rambler was one of the few (only?) US manufacturers that had a spare wheel (not just a tire) in that era, c. 1910.

 

Looks as if you are right. From the pics here - http://www.pnwnash.org/common/gallery.php?year=1910 - it is not before 1910 and not after 1911. There were three wheelbase sizes each year and 1911 cars are 3" or more longer than 1910 cars on each size. This car looks to be more than 120" so could be the biggest model - 123" in 1910 and 128" in 1911.

 

This must have been a long time before GPS..... I am told that thing they are looking at used to be called a map and that it required no batteries.....Note the kid inside the car sucking on the moonshine jar.....

 

This is a Rambler...A 1910 Jeffery built "Rambler" Model 65...with front doors and windshield removed.

 

Buick 'Commercial cars' - Brochure - 1911
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Sorry, I beg to differ, based on the extra spokes in the wheels, and wood louvers in the back I think this is a Haynes-Apperson from around 1902-03.

 

A humble T in a magnificent setting - Wallowa Lake, Oregon in 1922.