History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

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Welcome to the HAMB Wally! Last time was on the Island the Bungtown Schoollhouse was still standing. Thats a Long Island Motor Club sign on the tree. Aunt Helen and Betty are in the photo. Bob

 

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A happy, safe and prosperous New Year to all HAMBers.

 

Yes, afftermarket E&J as Mr. Fire noted in 6923.

Same as the headlights aded to this customized Packard roadster of similar vintage.

Vintageride

 

Damn, that poor Studebaker. How much does a bale of cotton weigh, 500 pounds?
Bill

 

Bar Harbor Fire Department

 

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The Millinocket Fire Department lined up for review for an Armistice Day Parade along Penobscot Avenue

 

Old Town's 1st Motorized Truck



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This 1917 Garford Pumper is Old Town Fire Department's first motorized fire engine. It is also one of only two other Garford Fire Engines still in existence today (one is in Australia). The $3,310 Garford was used until it was sold in 1959. In the early 1990s Old Town Firefighter Bruce Johnson (now a Bangor Firefighter) led a team in the restoration of the venerable engine. Items of interest on the Garford include wooden spoked wheels, wooden sterring wheel, and brass oil lanterns along with the electric headlights.

The truck is now on display at the Hose 5 Fire Museum.

 

"(Almost) as usual, the Germans already invented it (well, something really similar) in one of their notorious scarcity phases (a.k.a. World Wars) when creativity had to compensate for a lack of raw material supply: "federnde Räder" (~"cushioning wheels") were used in World War I (1915 onwards) to replace tires (the natural rubber supply from overseas was almost entirely cut off) for cars, while trucks had to use 19th century wood/iron wheels."

http://defense-and-freedom.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html

 

http://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=669

"The most important MAN military prodect became taking a part in the design of a standardized 2.5-ton range Einheits-Diesel (6x6). MAN created 6-cylinder engine HWa-526D (6.2 liter, 80 hp) with direct fuel injection for this range. Among the first prototypes Einhcits Diesel were four original 4.5-ton 8x8 chassis with a 120-hp V8 diesel engine and independent suspension of all wheels. In 1939-40 two of them were turned into the amphibious trucks, which became the world's first military amphibian with the wheel configuration 8x8. The trucks were equipped with an open hull, 150-horsepower engine, two screw propellers and the hoists. In 1940-41 these prototypes had been testing in Austria."

 

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http://www.tc.gov.yk.ca/digitization/public/search_detail.php?imageId=56956

 

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/118728main_image_feature_352_ys_4.jpg

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/2270620978/

 

http://quarriesandbeyond.org/cemete...e/transporting_and_installing_cem_stones.html

 

http://www.sewerhistory.org/grfx/maint/swr_veh2.htm

 

Wow, way cool thread.