History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

Tudhope Carriage Company

 

George B Selden driving automobile in 1905

 

No photographs exist of the founding of San Francisco's first auto club. We know that the original members of the club met at the Cliff House from an article which appeared in the San Francisco Examiner on March 3, 1900. J.M. Wilkins, the proprietor of the Cliff House, was one of the founding members and offered his facility as a first meeting place. First automobile to reach the Cliff House.

 

1929 Pontiac with custom Headlights

 

1920 Allen Touring Car

 

1923 Oldsmobile

 

Oak and New Chambers Streets, Manhattan Oct 28, 1935. NYPL photo.

 

I am pretty sure those lights were made by E&J, Detroit.

 

1930 Pierce Arrow 7 Passenger Sedan

 

Doesn’t this guy know what a cliche E&Js are? Nobody really had them back in the old days.

-Dave

 

Well I count four looks like 2 horse's and 2 mule's

 

This might not be what I originally thought...

 

St. Louis, 1936.

 

Twin Six's prize childhood chicken after they both grew up, above and earlier below.....

 

Maybe you'd like to explain to the uninformed what your referring to. Nobody knows every thing.

 

Here's an interesting conversation you guys might enjoy regarding the legitimacy of E & J headlights on restored vehicles.

http://forums.aaca.org/f121/e-j-model-20-headlights-kissel-255971.html

 

Found on the web.

 

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That car looks like a customized Chevrolet. Maybe it was a G.M. prototype. That is all I know.

 

Early Reo (1906?) in Lewiston, Idaho.

 

NYPL still from movie "Doctor's Orders", 1913.

 

Apparently the combination gas station and car wash is not a new concept. I wonder if pre-purchasing a car wash got you a couple cents discount on gasoline back then?

For some reason, this picture makes me want a T coupe.

-Dave

 

Heck, I was ghetto when ghetto wasn't cool!
Everybody, sing along!

Seriously though, anybody wanna thoerize about
the POINT of this guy's Model A experiment???