History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

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I doubt he minded one bit! When the
bill came though, you shoulda' just
told the waitress to hang on to it and
give it to your ol' good buddy,
President Grant, the next time he
comes in!!! LOL

Mart306
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General Grant's ghost! LOL.

Hey, so should we suppose that those street cars were motorized in 1917?
I do believe that D.C. was JUST as architecturally and aesthetically picky
as it is today (meaning in the central area where the Capitol, White House
and all the monuments are located). So MOTORIZED would seem to make
sense.

MEANWHILE, can anybody supply any info on the old iron horse below???



Ca. 1920, a gorgeous outdoor display of what the Library of Congress IDs
as the "Sabine" engine of Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Line. Makes me
hungry enough to look up the details, 'cause there must be a great back
story! Washington, D.C., National Photo Service photo in the Library of
Congress.

 

We actually joked about that!

 

I love train photos, but, I know very little about the various configurations etc. . I am probably wrong about this one, but there's a great read anyway.



From this site:

http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/steamtown/shs2t.htm

"..........................
In August 1904 (different sources disagree on the date), the Union Pacific, since July 1897 again a "Railroad," sold Locomotive No. 737 and a few similar 4-4-0s to either Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company or the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, both of them components of the Southern Pacific System. ........................."

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and now I'll be singing this to myself (and the dog) for the rest of the day.

"This is not 38, it's the Ol' 97" ......................

 

The above are glass plate negatives from 1895, possibly taken by Australian photographer Arthur Phillips.

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/search_tags.php?tag=Phillips

 

Any VINTAGE women's mud wrestling glass-plate images there, MrFire???

 

Anybody wanna WAG at the year? Two fellas with an unidentified car stop
to watch two U.S. Army "lighter-than-air" vehicles on a training maneuver
out of Langley Field. These "blimps" were designated as TC-5 and TC-9 and
were, in most respects, unlike the rigid-framed dirigibles the U.S. Navy was
trying hard to make into practical air "ships." COOL piece of history! Photo
THANKS to the Library of Congress.

 

Not on glass-plate, but ...



1931 - Thames River - England.

http://www.sportsartifacts.com/phmud.JPG

 

Photo of living conditions for migrant potato pickers, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, August 1939

 

http://www.historicalstockphotos.com/details/photo/172_car_on_dirt_road.html

 

Goodyear's Pilgrim, built in 1925, was the first commercial non-rigid airship flown using helium. With a landing wheel replacing bumper bags and the first passenger car held flush against its bag by internal cables, Pilgrim's contributions to aeronautics were recognized by the Smithsonian Institution, which exhibited the airship as a milestone in aviation progress. The mast, called a belly mooring, was an experimental portable design developed in 1930 to enable cross-country operations independent of permanent hangars.

http://www.goodyearblimp.com/archive/h_pilgrim.html

 

http://www.eaglerockhistory.org/photogallery.html

 

Packard Diesel Radial Engine


http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/duxford/Aviat.htm

 

A 1913 Sunbeam with special coach work

http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Transport/Cars/Sunbeam/Coatalen.htm

 

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=85679ddd5993d22ed23d9b3ee28f141e&topic=6358.300

 

http://www.bigbearlake.net/about-big-bear/history/

 

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Alternate Caption: "Bill had tried to
warn the people for years that the aliens
were coming. But everyone thought
he was crazy and nobody would listen.
Now it was too late."!!!!


Mart3406 ("who earnestly believes
that just because you're paranoid,
that doesn't mean they're not out
to get you!")
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Thankfully, the two alien probes were just on a recon mission to determine if the strange pinnacle obelisk was part of a primitive earthling space probe, intended to conquer the universe and place Cal Coolidge in charge. Whew! Close call. No lasers fired, folks!

And now, back to our regular programming.



What's the waiting car at right??? Spring 1938, a busy workman at a Ridge Avenue
junkyard in Manayunk, PA, Philidephia Co. Shot by Paul Vanderbilt for the Farm
Security Administration. Photo THANKS to the U.S. Library of Congress.

 

It might be a Pontiac with that oval rear window.

 

Can't see the radiator clearly but this car might be a circa 1925 Davis.

 

This I think is a 1928 Nash Special Six. It has five stud wheels whereas the bigger Advanced Six had six studs.

 

Looks like a 1930 Pontiac. Most have a rear mounted spare but this one obviously has the optional side mount.

 

Don't forget to haul over and visit us soon.

 

Yup! Anybody into automotive NOSTALGIA/HISTORY will LOVE the "Old Motor." It's actually by the original sponsor(s) of THIS very thread. But there are lots of special-interest DEPARTMENTS and themes there, whereas this thread is based on one general theme or guideline.

As the guy on the TV commercial said years ago: TRY IT! YOU'LL LIKE IT!" Honest! LOL! Just click on the link OR on the Old Motor Icon/Avatar. Enjoy!

 

Here's some nice bodywork for 33Chevy, LGS, MrModelT and EVERYBODY
who loves to ID the oldies! (Only hint: They made their own engines.)

 

Looks like a 1928 to 1930 Marmon Model 78 to me....those Louvers are kind of a dead give away

 

What's up with the spare rim and no tire?

-Dave

 

Was thinkin' the same thing! The wheels are demountable...but the spare appears to have the demountable rim with just no tire mounted.

Don't know why though....weird

 

There is something odd about this car. I agree it looks like a 1929 Model 78. As far as I can work out those louvres were 1929 only. I wonder if it is a protoype of some sort. The Standard Catalog does not list a two door sedan for this model. This car appears to be a four door with its rear doors welded shut (that is how Willys created a two door sedan in the 1937-8 era). It also looks to be a on a very long wheelbase. The standard wheelbase for a 1929 model 78 is only 120 inches. Assuming this car is on 19 inch wheels its wheelbase is over 130 inches. I note that it also has no visor but maybe they were an option.

 

Yeah, when I saw the pic, "MARMON" was the first thing on my mind. So I thought you guys would at least find the challenge amusing. It's said to be a '29 Blackhawk, which may help to explain why it's harder to nail. Stutz even put two DIFFERENT engines in these, since they were trying to spin them off as a REALLY SEPARATE, free-standing make.

But, Stutz stepped on their (you know what) by debuting these in '28 as a lower Stutz model, THEN calling them Blackhawk for '29. As when Packard spun off the Clipper as a not-exactly-Packard for '55/'56, the public didn't buy the story in '29, especially with the depression dawning.

Anyway, I'd still say Marmon if somebody flashed this pic at me! Yike