History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

"1902

12 year old Hagerstown resident and future Indy 500 Chief Stewart, Ralph Teetor, despite being blind since the age of 7, builds his first "car" with his cousin, Dan Teetor."


Good site:
http://www.indy500hagerstown.com/full_timeline.html

 

A newspaper clipping from The West Australian - 7 February 1929 reporting on car usage in the new capital of Canberra. One car for every four and a half persons...




http://www.davesact.com/2010_09_01_archive.html

 

http://www.ayton.id.au/gary/genealogy/Wilsons.htm

 

http://www.hyperracer.com/hyper-racer/proracer/first-track.html

 

http://museumvictoria.com.au/collec...ory-circa-1920?startType=ItemTimeline&start=1

 

http://www.nama.org.au/about_nama.html

 

"An image from the 1920s about sports car racing that took place on Seven Mile Beach in NSW."

http://www.australiantraveller.com/component/content/article/2464

 

http://www.bonzle.com/pictures-over...cnic-at-cribb-island-brisbane-queensland-1912

Some years later....
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'Cribbies' and 'Cribby kids' were never well-off. The children of an English migrant family in the late 1950s sold soft drinks at the Redcliffe speedway between races, and promoted sales by a singing act. They were well received, and went on to become the Bee Gees: Barry Gibb graduated from the Cribb Island class of 1961.
...................."
http://queenslandplaces.com.au/cribb-island ).

 

http://museumvictoria.com.au/collec...ur-day-procession-ballarat-victoria-1920-1930

 

Some keen pix. If any are repeats of earlier posts, somebody please PM me,
and I'll remove any dupes to keep the thread uncluttered. Thanks!

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Hudson?​

 

Holy! Just WOW!

 

That's ALLOT of Model Ts and early Buicks! ...I also think I see a Dodge and an Overland or two

 

Yeah, MrModelT! It's like a car show, ONLY BETTER, 'cause it was CONTEMPORARY cars of the day, some brand new, I'm sure!!! Given leaway of a year or two in either direction, WHAT YEAR would you surmise this photo was taken???

 

On the Fords, I see steel cowls and brass radiators, which is a hallmark of the 1915 and 1916 models.

-Dave

 

I would say 1916...because all the Buicks are no newer than 1916 and the Model T Couplet in the foreground is obviously brand new...and is a 1916 model (there are 3 other 1916 T's in the photo as well).

 

Yes, and the also have black painted headlight and sidelamp bezels...making them 1916 cars

 

Jeez, guys, THIS is what I like about this thread! On other forums, people beat all around the bush. Here on the HAMB, people seem comfortable speaking their minds! Hell, I like that, as it is refreshing.

So, now I feel CLOSER to this previously vague (but wonderful!) photograph. Circa a presidential election year and a bit before World War I. I can SEE the inherent statement here about the MOOD of the country when the pic was taken. (Rather like the mood before WWII, I'd say).

THANKS for bringing it all into focus, guys!!! -- Jimi

 

Good photos on link:
http://photos.indystar.com/galleries/2115-starfiles-indy-500-through-the-years-1930-1939

 

Grahame, is that the Cummins-powered Auburn that ran at Indy in the mid-'30s?

 

This is why you're Mr. Model T, and I've got a small-block Chevy reference in my username.

-Dave

 

If you haven't seen too many 1915-16 T Coupelets the original price may be the reason, $750.00 vs $440.00 for the Runabout (roadster), the Center Door Sedan was $975.

 

I believe so, check some of the other photos on that site too.

Then, there is this, from Hemmings blog, ....... finished 12th ...... later converted to street use and driven through Europe. .....



http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/...ns-and-a-brief-history-of-diesel-automobiles/

 

http://www.dixi-automobile.de/0303.htm

 

http://www.aga-museum.nl/page/aga-race-wagen

 

http://sanmaur-mauricie-cantin.blogspot.com/2007/12/de-sanmaur-au-barrage-gouin-mars-1919.html

 

"Bentley Corniche prototype, 1939. To a design by Georges Paulin this body with its advanced streamlined styling was built by Pourtout (Paris)."

http://www.rrab.com/bmk5.htm

 

http://www.rrec.co.uk/Cars/Coachwork/Elegance.php

 

Note that you can't get to the drinks cabinet when you have guns in the rack...

http://www.rrec.org.uk/Cars/Coachwork/Hooper_and_Barker.php