History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

Hey, I live in Shirley.

The park is still there and they still hold the carnival there every year.

Thanks Mr Fire for posting the pic.

Mart.

 

There's a guy who's going to wreck himself one day! It's worth noting that he hasn't lost his hat yet either, very good form I must say. This is a lad with guts, that's for sure.

Seriously though, that guy must have been in a world of hurt a few seconds after this picture was taken. I used to pull stunts like that in a full cage dune buggy set up for off road racing, and the 5 point seat belts alone left me bruised up pretty good afterwards!

If you look closely at this picture, he seems to be sitting a little bit high in the car, as though his butt isn't even firmly planted in the seat, which suggests that he isn't restrained at all!

Ken

 

Post the picture on the AACA (antique automoble club of America) site. They have a "what is it?" forum. I have posted old car pictures and pictures of parts I can't ID and most of the time some will know what I have. Some will tell what make the car is, Good luck Daryl

 

Green Mountain Railway



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One of the trains and cars going to the summit of Green Mountain, Mt. Desert Island. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountian and is a part of Acadia. The train brought people to the Summit House, a hotel on the top. This postcard was published by W.H. Ballard, though he did not take the picture.

 

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When the mail train to Bangor hit the Tin Bridge on the evening of 9 August, 1871 running fast, the old bridge-- later found riddled with dry rot-- collapsed. Five cars were sent off the tracks and down the embankment, and two people were killed. The next day, thousands of spectators began to arrive at the scene. This picture shows the back of the bridge, the fallen truss lying on the ground and the back of a carriage ripped open, as well as a selection of spectators.

 

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President Theodore Roosevelt waves to the crowd that surrounds his train at Old Orchard Beach in 1902

 

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Maine Central Railroad offered special fares to visit Portland to see Charles A. Lindbergh and his plane, the "Spirit of St. Louis." Lindbergh made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1927. He wrote a book entitled "We" about his adventures.

Lindbergh was to be in Portland on July 23, 1927, but could not land due to fog. He tried again the next day and was again deterred by fog. He landed at Old Orchard Beach and drove to Portland to give a talk

 

Charles Lindbergh, Old Orchard Beach, 1927

 

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Following Charles Lindbergh's landing on the beach at Old Orchard on July 24, 1927, the Spirit of St. Louis was housed in an airplane hangar belonging to Harry M. Jones, Old Orchard Beach's noted aviator, where many stopped to have their photos taken. Harry Jones' hangar was located at the current site of the Friendship Motel in Old Orchard Beach

 

Can anyone read the sign in this photo? Just wondering if the photo was flipped, sure looks like a 1903 Autocar, but the steering is on the wrong side.

 

Kennebunkport, 1901

 

"Undertaker"

PS Could the car be a 1903 Ariel?

 

1916.




......................... but, I cheated.



"San Benito Texas, 1916

This is a real-photo postcard of downtown San Benito, Texas. The card is cancelled in 1916, with the message on the back written by a soldier stationed on the border."

 

Thanks, Mart. . It's great that, what was a random photo, isn't really random at all. (I hope that makes sense to somebody other than me.)

 

Daimler CK, new in May 1927



The larger vehicle in the centre is one of two Karrier WL6/1 buses purchased by Salford, either BA 6261 or BA 6263 (chassis numbers 42009 or 42010) with Hall Lewis B32D bodies. All these Karriers were delivered in 1927





AEC 413, for delivery to Autocar Services of Tunbridge Wells around the end of 1926 or early 1927



Maudslay ML3, new in October 1926



Guy FBB, new in February 1927



1930 Guy FC of Newcastle Corporation














http://automjetet.publiku.com/note/107146/autobusa-shume-te-vjeter-klasik.html

 

MrFire (Grahame) owns up:

1916.

......................... but, I cheated.


"San Benito Texas, 1916


Jimi: Sorry Grahame! We don't tolerate HONEST CHEATERS here!
You have to have that racer's larceny in your heart. Sad to say ...

turn in your HAMB card, bro .

(LOL)

 

Gary, do you happen to have more background on this
trestle? It would be great to know when it was built,
who engineered it, etc. My wag is 1890s. I am forever
AMAZED at the things human beings have built, under
harsh conditions AND in seemingly IMPOSSIBLE
locations! Dams, monuments, tunnels, bridges, sky
scrapers ... you name it! Railroad trestles hold a
particular fascination for me, though. GREAT pic!

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This bridge is NOT ONLY functional. Like the Eiffel Tower, this is practically a work of art and architecture! Yowee.

 

Anybody old enough to remember when the WHOLE TOWN turned out for a PARADE???
Mostly not the big deal anymore that it was back before multi-media, eh?

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Brownsville, Texas. Somebody want to date this pic??? Is it the July 4 parade, maybe? ​

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Looks as though a lot of hours went into turning the car into a floral float for the big parade! ​

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What's a parade without the boys in uniform? About WWI-era? This is on the site of RGVOldCars.com, the site of a bunch of Rio Grande valley area old-car enthusiasts, and the majority of the photos are from Texas, all the way from the gulf to north Texas. They have a ga-zillion vintage pix. Go check 'em out!​

 

Only Ebenezer Scrooge could NOT like THIS pic!

WHATEVER lay ahead in life for these young ones, THIS
day was their oyster! Ya got yer chums for company,
and mom's digging in the cookie jar, 'cause the Good
Humor man is in the neighborhood!!! Could life be
ANY better on a summer day, about 1930?

 

Irresistible shot , but somebody let me know if this
one's been posted before.​

 

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Ya let the kids have the keys, and -- whammo! -- it always starts!​

 

what a great photo!!!!

 

All the info on that bridge can be found here:
http://wnyheritagepress.org/photos_week_2010/letchworth/portage_bridge/portage_bridge.htm

The bridge was over the Genesee River gorge in Letchworth, NY.
It opened in 1852, to me an engineering feat due to the equipment available in that time.
In 1875 it burned and collapsed into the gorge.
Great story and history. And more pictures from then and now..........

 

I did get a morsel of info. It took 200 acres of timber to build this trestle!!!

 

Big Six? What year? Looks about spankin' NEW!​

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This is an Overland - 1916 I think. There were several models - this might be a 35hp Model 83 which had a 106"wb. Ther was a bigger 40hp model on a 114"wb.

 

The sign says 'undertaker' so the car is right hand drive. Maybe you could order your Autocar with the steering either side?