History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

Back when automobiles were still just smoky, noisy, EXPENSIVE toys for the rich, the horse still ruled transport -- even fun, family transport!



The Lawton Family out for a light-hearted sleigh ride. Chester Co, PA

Lawton Tanguy homeplace in about 1900 (above), in 1937 (below). Chester Co., PA

 

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John Whitaker of West Nantmeal Twp., Chester, Co., PA.
Below, John, some years later!





Nice pig there, gran!

 

Yellowstone tour​

 

This is a keen pic. I wish we knew more about it.

 

"Hey, whose turn was it to check when the tide was coming in???"

 

"Horace, this won't look good on EITHER of our records!
Pinched for speeding by a cop on a bike!!!"

 

"Young Indiana Jones"?



Below, Indy's dad, a pro flight instructor.

 

Slow sales day at the Stude dealership???



And HERE is a jolly crowd! (Suppose they all bought Studebaker stock?)

 

[That is a plank road, probably in Oregon or Washington. The reason for them was they were cheaper than gravel. There was once an extensive lumber industry in the Northwest. The roads made of small diameter logs were called "cordoroy" roads. They found plank road under U.S. 26 in Sandy, Oregon last summer while doing road repairs. QUOTE=jimi'shemi291;6461119]

I've seen bridges done like this, but not a stretch of roadway. This being WAY after
so-called "washboard" roads of logs, what would be the background story?




Busy for a cold winter day, what? [/QUOTE]

 

Thanks, 33-Chevy! I guess that makes sense. If you have timber out the wazoo, you'd use the cheapest material around to surface roads! You gain new insights all the time on the HAMB -- things you wouldn't otherwise think about.

 

Boxing Legend Jack Johnson and his cars.

 

Max, if my memory holds up, I think Jack like the Stearns. When he decided to try his hand at racing, Barney Oldfield (he later attested) decided to accept Johnson's challenge. He said it would be far better to whomp the boxing champ's ass WHILE he was new to competitive racing than to have to face him after he (Jack) had a few years of experience!

In a back-handed way, I think that was a compliment to Jack. But, Jack laid off after losing two in a row to Barney, and that was what Barney wanted.

 

http://buessing.gerlts.de/1929/komnick/komnick03.htm

 

http://www.elblag.net.pl/index.php?id=niezbednik_&pid=15&strona=1

 

http://www.autotechnikauktion.de/mg/archiv.php?id=archiv&type=page&auktion=14&lang=2

 

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/tiegenhof/xfot007.jpg

http://www.forum.dawnygdansk.pl/viewtopic.php?t=3646

 

http://www.marienburg.pl/viewtopic.php?t=3234

 

Uzbekistan - 1928

http://www.aefl.de/ordld/Komnick/Neu171204/06/taschkent_1928.jpg

 

http://www.republika.pl/slawkowo/trambuszagadka.JPG

 

http://www.forum.dawnygdansk.pl/files/zamiatarka_gdynia2.jpg



http://www.forum.dawnygdansk.pl/fil..._3__www.jugendzeit-ostpreussen.de_.kbg039.jpg

http://www.forum.dawnygdansk.pl/viewtopic.php?t=3646&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30

 

1906 Bussing



1912 Bussing



1914 Bussing



Bussing 4ZW Gun Tractor



1931 Bussing

http://www.onlinetruckers.org/main/...emid,41/func,view/id,8472/view,flat/catid,53/

 

http://www.dartzkombat.com/en/history/the-world-of-motoring-in-the-mikhailovsky-manege-1910-26075

 

http://www.automania.be/fr/auto/bugatti-f/bugatti-historiques/bugatti-story-



Kolbenschmidt-Gründer Karl Schmidt am Steuer eines NSU bei der Prinz-Heinrich-Fahrt 1909

http://www.meinklassiker.com/de/magazin/buecher/geschichte_eines_automobilzulieferers/10/1/2580



http://www.autobild.de/klassik/bilder/100-jahre-audi-933691.html#bild6