History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

The Mendoza in May 1922 on the occasion of the record flight with 27 people of which 24 were young women, referred to as flappers in those days



The Buckeye in flight over Cleveland, Ohio, in the summer of 1922.
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The Balboa at Cleveland, Ohio, in the summer of 1922

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First post - been HAMBurgurling for a while, though.

Just finished this excellent thread in the small hours of this morning and have to thank you ... does you all great credit as a community.

The above was particularly relevant to me as this is the valley between my home and town; i can vouch for how steep that pinch is, having walked - down - it, with a class from the local school. This 'road' would also have been the route for;

- too as, AFAIK, the 'Rex' road was of wartime construction. While the Bump Track, like the Mossman River are now nothing like as navigable as in the photos MrFire has found, some things in the area are almost unchanged; canefields, mill and pubs remain despite development for tourism.
Great to find this stuff here - because it's all new to me!

Respectfully, and i feel impertinent doing this, but i noticed some things that might still be loose ends; was any connection made between;

- and the clay model in Brook Stevens' studio;

and maybe even the Miller commission in the shop;

- and this contender:

- correct me, please?

Thanks for your wealth of knowledge and the way it is shared, also for the links; surely anyone loving this stuff like me would know by now about the wonderful archival thread on US aviation history, large format B&W digitised and posted by 'armyjunk' on WIX , but - just in case -
http://www.warbirdinformationexchan...&t=13327&sid=c3d198c291b9c05115f68cdd52f20082

steven

and i recommend Frank Hurley's work on the NAA or AWM site; both Wars, Polar exploration, corporate, travelogue - and a few cloudscapes ... back with links.

 

Good, thoughtful post there, Steven. From the tenor of your comments, it sounds as though you'll be an asset on the HAMB -- AND enjoy the same!

So . . .
Anybody out there translate French???




(If you collect early car ads, this is available on eBay!)

 

Grahame, CLASSIC, picturesque gas-station shot! George James surely kept a buttoned-down little station operation,
didn't he? Would this be about 1925-1930? And is "Benning" the LOCATION? Benning, Georgia??? Guys?

 

I always thought it was Maryland Jimi, note the East Capitol and Carmody Hills sign.

 

I didn't see the whole photo, but I wouldn't have known where East Capitol or Carmody Hills were/are anyway. Why I asked the question. Thanks!



1910, a little more humble establishment

 

Open front Town Cars had Go-to-Hell Chauffeurs, so what were these pilots refured to as?

 

Four-wheel drive truck with Sargent snowplow

 

CCC trucks, Alfred, 1935

 

Knox Coal truck, c. 1914

 

Nissen Bakery truck, ca. 1915

 

Sargent snowloader, Portland

 

Item 14267 zoom Description

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.

 

Open cockpits were the norm, note it's back under the wing.

 

So who's the point man in the nose?

 

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