History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

Thanks to Dave Martin for this picture. Marsh made bikes in the USA from 1901 to the late 1910s. They also bought the Metz motorcycle factory after which they became known as MM, or Marsh-Metz

http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/pictures/1910-marsh-metz/

 

http://thevintagent.blogspot.com/2009/01/rudge-book-of-road.html

 

http://www.realclassic.co.uk/postoffice06022300.html

 

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1302565@N25/pool/page11/

 

http://rapidhare.blogspot.com/2010/06/1925-model-25-norton.html

 

http://www.svvs.org/genpics10/cca_1922_Ford_Model_T_Raceabout.jpg

 

".................a picture of photographer Dorothea Lange. The picture was taken in 1936. ...................."

http://old-photos.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html

 

http://old-photos.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html

 

http://fulgione.net/Old EAu Claire/ec bus taxi 1920.jpg



http://fulgione.net/Old EAu Claire/new firetruck 1917.jpg

http://fulgione.net/Old EAu Claire/

 

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http://wallawalladrazanphotos.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html

 

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?43838-Driving-Around-New-York-City

 

The first electric taxis hit the streets of New York City in 1897. Before the 1920s, electric automobiles were competing with petroleum-fueled cars for urban use of a quality service car. In 1897, electric vehicles found their first commercial application in the U.S. as a fleet of electrical New York City taxis, built by the Electric Carriage and Wagon Company of Philadelphia. (Electric Vehicle Company)



http://www.electricvehiclesnews.com/History/historyearlyIII.htm

 

http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/6790/56320.html?1128634929

 

I don't know about the rest of you, but I am
down with every word of it, especially the last
three. And my classmates thought I was
kooky for studying Dutch as a second language!
Ha!

 

I know I can't be the only one who loves some of the pix Grahame posted
of late??? This WICKER sidecar is boffo, and even the little girl has her
goggles and is set to go! What a great photo, MrFire! Makes up for that
AWFUL photo two days ago!!!!!!!!




Madge, you can put the paddle DOWN, dear. We're not THERE yet!

 

Just an interesting pic of an early ALMOST-bad day!!! From the WikiMedia Commons project,
this photo was published opposite page 48 of "California Highways: A Descriptive Record of Road
Development by the State and Such Counties as Have Paved Highways", 1920, written by Ben
Blow. It is captioned as follows: "On Ridge Route in Los Angeles County. Guard rails sometimes
save careless drivers."

 

One bare-bones electric job! I wonder who he is and details of the photo.

 

Artillery passing presidential reviewing stand during Inaugural Parade of President Herbert
Hoover, 3/4/29, THANKS to the U.S. Library of Congress.

 

Looks like at least one resident of the civil war soldiers home out for an excursion!
Washington, D.C., streetcar, circa 1890, according
to the Library of Congress.

 

Two proud gents with a King V-8, circa 1920, with the Lincoln Memorial as a grand backdrop!

 

He's the head engineer on the Ford-Edison electric car project in the teens. His name was Fred Allison.

That's Highland Park in the background. There's a later picture of another built on a Model T frame.

-Dave

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michielverburgh/2241048003/in/photostream/

 

1907 - Walden W. Shaw formed Walden W. Shaw Livery Company (33% interest in company acquired by John D. Hertz in 1907 for $2,000); Shaw as president, Hertz as secretary, treasurer - above in 1910);

http://www.flickr.com/photos/businesshistory/4399944515/

 

A holiday party catching a taxi at Paddington Station, London, 1910.
Photo by Topical Press Agency

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8451607.stm

 

Kaka‘ako Taxi Stand, ca. 1920. (Photo courtesy Yuri Ishibashi.)

http://www.oralhistory.hawaii.edu/pages/community/kakaako.html

 

http://www.ecommunitiesonline.com/g...:1910-1919-highlights&catid=60:1910&Itemid=70

 

Established in the year 1910, in Lahore, Sohal Tourist Taxi Services started their work in Pakistan. After the partition, we moved to Delhi and started our services here. Sardar Daya Singh Sohal made a lot of efforts in establishing the company in Delhi, India. It is due to his fruitful efforts that Sohal Tourist Taxi Service is in existence today

http://www.sohaltourist.com/about-us.php

 

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?2399526/page2

 

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?2399526/page2