History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

Imps...

 

After the Long Beach, CA quake, 1933.

 

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What's the story on this pic and the
damage to these cars? It almost looks
like they're covered in volcanic ash
and/or they went through an explosion
or something. If this pic is truly pre-WWII,
all the junked and damaged vehicles in this
yard would have all only been just a few years
old and still practically 'late models' at the
time.

Mart3406
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It just looks like accident damage to me, much like you'd see in a late-model wrecking yard today. As for the paint, that's a MoPar isn't it? I've heard that prior to 1939 that Chrysler Corporation had serious issues with paint that were only solved by trading the rights to the Lockheed hydraulic brake system to Ford for FoMoCo's paint formulas.

-Dave

 

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CAPTION - "While still confined
to the Nebraska State Asylum for the
Terminally and Incurably Insane, evil
inventor, sociopath and noted misopede,
Frances Ferdnurgher Krakpotkin patented
the world's first automobile 'child seat' in
1920. Fortunately, the possession, sale
and use of Krakpotkin's so-called 'child's
car seat' device was soon banned, first in
the U.S by a special act of Congress in
1921, and then, later, internationally, by
a League of Nations treaty the following
year."

Mart3406
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Twin6 shown here being the typical frugal Vermont Yankee, getting his rabbit supply in for the winter.

 

I heat our house and my shop with wood......Just started the first fires of the season recently and thought this photo shows the story from back then.

Schultz's Express, Firewood and Gas Station......

 

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Jeeze....I didn't know people had photoshop
programs for their home computers back in
1937!!! LOL (I've heard that
back then too, that the internet - believe it
or not - was only available on dial-up!!!! )

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PS. - Speaking of very early computers,
here's a drawing of an experimental,"ABC"
('Atanasoff-Berry Computer') computer
developed at the University of Iowa, circa
1937-'42 - and then lost until it was rediscovered
in the 1960's.
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The Packard gals aren't big fans of rabbit, but here are some of their favorite foods...

 

Rainier Brewery, circa 1933, at 1550 Bryant St., San Francisco

 

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One of ten 1937 GMC Streamlines produced for Rainier

 

Rainier Brewery circa 1939

 

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How about those early race cars and the men who drove them.

 

Hemrich Brewing plant No.1 at 2918 Airport Way, Seattle circa 1933

 

The new Hemrich Brewing Company, Plant No. 2 - circa 1935

 

Hemrich Delivery Truck, circa1936

 

Winter scene very far away...

 

Depending on what year it was White King used a swastika on it's label. wonder how many people would buy soap named White King with a swastika on the box nowadays?

 

LOL! I thought it read "sugar" when I posted it with the Packard girls in mind.

 

Unloading dinner rolls for the Packard gals...

 

49RatFink, LOTS of great pix, bro! Hey, is this a gyrocopter, autogyro, or what? I seem to recall that there were differences. Gyrocopter? One even appeared in the Gable/Lombard '34 comedy, "It Happened One Night."

 

Long--Long ago!!-----Don

 

Autogyro. they have a short T/O and can land on a postage stamp but no hover. The main rotor, on most, is just freewheeling.

 

Cornhusker in a ?

 

The Housewife's Friend: 1915 - Kitchen
Appliance." A three-burner Alcohol Utilities
stove with griddle and toaster circa 1915."

Someone has obviously converted this original
circa-1915 still picture into a modern-day
animated 'GIF' image but both the original still
pic and especially this updated GIF version are
already so totally bizarre that I don't dare add
my own caption!!! LOL!

Mart3406
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