History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

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LA area......

 

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Looks like a '33 Olds to me. Here's some '33 Oldsmobiles being transported.

 

One of Frank Kurtis' earliest custom efforts was this boattail speedster based on an Essex frame. It was powered by an Oldsmobile engine, the grille was from a Cadillac.

 

An Oldsmobile-engined boattail speedster built by Kurtis in 1933. The body was hand built, and the fenders were rescued from a dump.

 

Willett Browns 1934 LaSalle Roadster

 

Acme Beer Truck Circa 1933

 

Would you like to buy a Chevrolet Truck????

 

Josef Ganz riding atop an early Beetle in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1933.

 

Some Packards that have seen better days...

 

If you look through too many photos long enough, very strange things happen. TH dug up the dog photo at left some time ago, but in the Bain collection at the LOC, the same dog appears elsewhere and now I think we know who "Mime" belonged to: GGB himself. This is not his Stutz; what is it?

 

Saco Drive Inn Movie Theater ... First Dive Inn Theater In Maine..Car looks like a 1940 Chev. Coupe

 

T6..... It finnally came to me I think it maybe a Mora???? that was made in NY.....Or did EG bring that up??

 

1910 model 60, 10hp.

 

I928 ... University Of Washington Photo ... Car????

 

The car is what they call a horse collar Franklin.....

 

There are some cool signs posted at this place.

 

Is this a high quality Clement-Bayard?

 

Oops, I posted the wrong photo. I meant this one...

 

Early Camping

 

Time for Coffee ... New Orleans Downtown ... 1935

 

This is great! My dad had this as a poster in his garage for years when I was a kid, but after years of welding/grinding/painting in the garage it finally got messed up and he got rid of it.... Does anybody have a high resolution of this so maybe I could blow it up some and print it for him to hang up again? He would get a kick out of it!!

Love this thread by the way...

-Gary

 

Go to http://www.shorpy.com/image/tid/57 You should be able to find it there.

 

I found this photo earlier when looking for something else at the Massachusetts DMV or Registry as they call it. The caption is the youngest registered driver.

It appears to be about a 1904-05 Peerless and he looks to be all of 10-12 years old. My how times have changed.....

 

Two early Old's and a Locomobile?? In front of some more great signage in San Diego.

 

Paul Bunyan Used Cars. Bemidji, Minnesota

 

An upside Ford V-60 in a midget racer from Colorado...... Read all about it at the SAH website ....... http://www.autohistory.org/feature_1.html