History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

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Just another underage driver...

 

...and another...

 

When blown up on the top it said that it made around 200 HP ? can't really read all of it.

 

FOR SALE CHEAP. "Ran When Parked in Ditch." Call BR549.

 

Or, "For parts only. NOT elegible for eBay Purchase Protection."

 

T-Head, you know I'm a nut for junkyard pix, man.
I dig this one, as you can SEE the steam-shovel in
the frame. ANY idea at all approx. YEAR and what
CITY this was in? That building in the background
does not say "small town" to me. Thanks, my simian
bro!

 

Listen carefully, Bruce. Don't brake hard going
into the turns! The dog-catcher will get you,
and he will kill you. Momma can teach you to
drive, but the rest is up to you. Your life is
in your own paws, so don't mess up, for God's
sake! ... sniff ... for my sake!

 

Willys Knight in Australia 1926:

 

Overland over jump 1920's:

 

Overland down the steps of Sydney Town Hall 1920's. Watch the oil - don't slip:

 

End of 1,000 mile rally in 1927 that was organised by Overland:

 

Sir Malcolm Campbell in "Bluebird":

 

The 100,000th Overland - inside a horse drawn wagon:



and, here it is:

 

Don Harkness at Royal Auto Club hill climb 1926:

 

Taken in 1918 at Camp Dodge, Iowa (named after civil-war Union commander Grenville Dodge of Iowa), this publicity still would have been published in newspapers and, surely, was seen by reps of the Kaiser in Germany.

How would you like to be the Germans -- stressed from trench fighting since 1914 -- and see the photo of 18,000 healthy soldiers, SOON to get on ships to meet you on the battlefield???

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FACTS to put this in perspective:

Base to Shoulder: 150 feet
Right Arm: 340 feet
Widest part of arm holding torch: 12 1/2 f eet
Right thumb: 35 feet
Thickest part of body: 29 feet
Left hand length: 30 feet
Face: 60 feet
Nose: 21 feet
Longest spike of head piece: 70 feet
Torch and flame combined: 980 feet
Number of men in flame of torch: 12,000
Number of men in torch: 2,800
Number of men in right arm: 1,200
Number of men in body, head and balance of figure only: 2,000

Total men: 18,000


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Sorry, folks, apparently the pic file was too big.

 

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Hmmm?? That pic kinda' gives a whole new meaning
to the slogan "Go Greyhound.....and leave the driving
to us!"!!! Or maybe the women in the passenger seat
is blind and that's her "seeing eye dog' doing the driving
for her! Didja' ever think of that, huh????

Mart3406
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Item 6686 zoom Description

Back of photo reads "This rig was used to take the Sunday Papers from Portland to Canton, Me. on The Portland and Rumford Falls Railroad. Copy photo from an original in S. Gordon Collection." It was called a steam railroad rig.

 

Neat rig. Made me think of the one run on the Mt. Washington cog railway called Peppersass.

 

T-Head, you know I'm a nut for junkyard pix, man.
I dig this one, as you can SEE the steam-shovel in
the frame. ANY idea at all approx. YEAR and what
CITY this was in? That building in the background
does not say "small town" to me. Thanks, my simian
bro!

Jimi.....I believe it was from the San Diego area.....

 

T-Head, huge thanks, buddy. Since no car in the pic seems newer than the '20s, I'm guessing it was taken in the early '30s. What'cha think?

Twin6, thanks for locating a lower-res copy of the WWI Camp Dodge war-bond pic. I found one, too, but your efficiency beat me to the punch, you ol' Bonobo, you! LOL

Turns out that was only one of several staged patriotic-theme shots set up by two Chicago photogs -- another being the Liberty Bell. I'll try and find some of those others for this thread. (A good thing they didn't try & depict one of the Packard gals. There probably weren't enough recruits at any one training camp!)

 

I wish we could see more of this guy's rig. It looks like a T speedster, and I never get tired of looking at them.

 

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A tidy looking tourist camp in NH, complete with gas pumps.

 

Posted elsewhere on the HAMB....

 

AHHHHH.....Sunday......