History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

Ramsgate Fire Brigade taken in the Fire Station Yard, Effingham Street



Charabanc operated by R.W. Harding of 33 Duncan Road.
This photo is taken in Church Street, Minster.
The driver is Owen Spain



Charabanc run by Benjamin Redbourne & Sons, outside their premises at Granville Garage, Thanet Road



Ozonic Mineral Water Company was at one time based at Westwood at the junction of Margate Road and Westwood Road. It's believed that Ozonic purchased (amongst others) a drinks company at 28 Turner Street Ramsgate (formerly Ramsgate Taxis) and there are many bottles buried under the present structure



A rare photo of joint collaberat​ion between the British Red Cross Society and St John Ambulance Associatio​n at Ramsgate



A later example of British Red Cross and St John Ambulance Associatio​n collaberat​ion, this time covering Thanet.
Photo taken outside Ransgate Fire Station in Effingham Street



This truck didn't quite make it around the bend at the bottom of Grange Road into St Augustine'​s Road.
The truck is thought to be an army vehicle and from the look of the wreckage it appears a motorcycle was involved

http://my-ramsgate.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html

 

On a post from the Disney History blog, J.B. Kaufmann noted: "According to a syndicated story that appeared in newspapers in 1934, an Australian admirer sent Walt a gift of two wallabies, a male and a female. By the time they reached the States, they had produced a third. According to this story, the Disney staff promptly named the male wallaby Leapo, the female Hoppo, and the baby Poucho. This of course became an obvious inspiration for the cartoon Mickey's Kangaroo, released the following April. Joe Grant told me in 1988 that the newspaper story was true; he remembered the wallabies being kept in a pen outside the story department. I asked him if the name that appears on the mailing label in the cartoon, Leo Buring, was the name of the real-life person who sent the animals to Walt, and he thought it probably was."

http://www.2719hyperion.com/2008_08_01_archive.html

 

http://www.prewarcar.com/magazine/previous-features/the-south-african-travellers-mystery-014975.html

 

Killara at Cowes (photo supplied by John Jansson)

The first roll-on roll-off car ferry was the ex Sydney Harbour car ferry Killara. She was 146ft long and could carry about 40 cars and 1,000 passengers, with probably many more passengers on car and bike race days. She ran from 1933 to 1942 and was sold because the boiler was nearing the end of its life.

http://www.basscoast.vic.gov.au/Ser...ry_of_ferries_between_Mornington_Peninsula_an

​

 

http://mtateresearch.com/CobourgHarbourandCarFerries.htm

 

http://wigrr.com/activities/boating-boat-tours/cassville-car-ferry/

 

http://www.bobbinheadcruises.com.au/history.php

 

Loading the scow, Hoffman's Ferry on the Mohawk River, NY


http://www.flickr.com/photos/28643631@N07/4599779924/

 

http://www.byronbaydirectory.com.au/blog/pictures-of-byron-bay

 

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhousto/photo_locations/Trinity.River.htm

 

http://moggill.nnub.net/tags/moggill

A vehicular ferry still operates at the exact same spot on the Brisbane River. I have, in the past, used it many times.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Moggill,_Queensland

 

I wish this photo could be enlarged. Grahame, this one's very significant,
at the still-small town of Cassville, Wisconsin, on the upper Mississippi.
Starting in 1833, it is the oldest operating ferry in the state and is Cassville's
chief tourist attraction. It is also on the National Register of Historic Places
and connects two official scenic byways. 178 years of history aside, though,
the current administration allotted stimulus money to replace the old-style
ferry, with the new one opening this year.

 

Downtown Jackson street scene in the late '30s

 

1936. If that little one were a tad OLDER, those ladies
would have never made it by the confectionary!



Headed home from church? Two young fellas seem to be
cooling their dogs outside the cigar store, Jackson, 1936.

 

Wow, the Duece is only four years old! Super pic of newsboys in downtown Jackson was apparently snapped by a New York news photographer. All four of the previous photos are available on eBay, if you are a collector or just love one of these and want it on your wall. For fun, somebody want to run these two plates?

 

Chewin' the fat. (Hey, is that a Graham back there???
Year & model?)​

 

Looks Like a '35 Pontiac to me Jimi....

 

These pictures of ferries are really neat. We still have a ferry across the Cape Fear River about 45 miles south of me that looks much like this. It is operated by the state DOT and is gasoline powered but still uses the cable to keep it from floating too far down stream.

 

Thanks, SunRoofCord/Jim on the '35 Pontiac!

Joe, thank YOU for the note RE the old-type ferry on the Cape Fear! I recognize that most of those use an updated propulsion system, BUT they are still cool.

I am familiar with the Cape Fear and an old plantation down from Wilmington. Hampton, it may have been called. Long time gone for me isnce I was in that neck o' the woods, bro! Would that ferry be anywhere near that old plantation???

THANKS, both of you, for the replies! -- Jimi

 

Xxx

 

http://griffyclan007.wordpress.com/

 

"The Car Ferry MILWAUKEE. On October 22, 1929, the car ferry MILWAUKEE became one of Lake Michigan’s most famous shipwrecks when she floundered during a gale en route from the City of Milwaukee to Grand Haven, Michigan under the command of Captain Bob “heavy weather” McKay."

http://griffyclan007.wordpress.com/



"The steamer Wisconsin was a steel freighter of 215 feet in length. On the night of October 29, 1929 off of Kenosha, Wisconsin, the Wisconsin’s cargo of iron castings, automobiles, and boxed freight shifted during a north gale."

http://griffyclan007.wordpress.com/

 

"Outside Joseph D. Ferry's Garage and Machine Shop at 125-131 South 11th Street in Harrisburg, a group of men dressed in overalls stand with several cars, including one marked "The Boyer Joy Giving Car." "

http://www.dauphincountyhistory.org/research/photos/weeklyphoto/

 

In 1935, a man pulled a car through the city streets of Berlin



Strongman Steve Eble could pull a truck carrying 20 adults in Vienna in July, 1933

http://society.ezinemark.com/strong-mouthed-men-and-women-worldwide-77366c6658c3.html

​

 

http://www.cowboypoetry.com/lk.htm

 

http://atomikaztex.wordpress.com/2009/07/

 

photo credit: National Archives and Records Administration



photo credit: National Archives and Records Administration

http://www.netl.doe.gov/newsroom/100yr/history.html

 

A Highways Transport Leyland truck carrying a load of petrol in 44 gallon drums
[ca. 1930]

http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Photos/disc8/IMG0023.asp