History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

The first gasoline station in Canada opened in June 1907 on Smithe Street, Vancouver
[Photo courtesy of Imperial Oil]

 

One slightly damaged freight truck....

 

An Aussie Also two stroke motorcycle built from 1919 -1922:

 

Monte Luke and friends setting off to take photographs in Kangaroo Valley - 1927:

 

The Premier of Western Australia touring the State - 1915:

 

Another photo of the Premier, John Scaddan :

 

Jervis Bay Hotel, New South Wales - around 1915:

 

Ladies in a Lounge car travelling on the Trans Australia railway - 1917:

 

Huppatz Garage in South Australia - 1918:

 

The Perth Road Board carrying out inspections of a plank road - 1918:

 

Australian built Pasco JAP motor cycle:

 

Ballerina Irina Baronova (1919-2008) as photographed in 1939:

 

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Delaunay-Belleville, with its circular radiator in front, is perhaps the most representative of pre-war cars. Emerged in 1904 from an old boiler plant and machinery for the Navy and designed by M. Barbaroux, high quality and be one of the first to equip a six-cylinder engine were soon ranked among the leading French cars. Hence, they were preferred by the nobility and high social class. Among their clientele was French President Poincaré Raimond, King Alfonso XIII of Spain, King of Greece and Czar Nicholas II of Russia, for whom the brand built a huge exclusive orders of six cylinders and 70 hp. On the reliability and robustness of the Delaunay Belleville car can attest the feat performed by the English JJMann, which he completed in 1910 around the world with a 15 HP Type H ".

A car of this brand imported by Mr. Eduardo Vionnet, was the first with six-cylinder engine to reach Esperanza (argentina). It had electric lights and starter. It was bought on a trip to Europe at the Paris Motor Show 1911, by the founder (along with his brother Joseph) of the house of Vionnet House general store and cited it as an anecdote that also came "equipped" with its specialist maintaining and driving "his" chauffeur "- Mr. Aurelio Chesa-based then it gave rise to a prominent family in town.

The factory had achieved great prestige was based in Saint-Denis (France) had to cease production of its luxury cars at the start of the first war to produce war materiel. Resumed operation at the end of the conflict but failed to re-enter the market. Several subsequent attempts failed to position the brand that came to build cars with components from different factories and in 1950 completely disappeared
Vionnet's family had stables on the current Street between Moreno Castellanos and Cordoba Avenue, west side, more or less half a block and there kept his carriages and this car was covered with white, where it remained until its sale to the junkyard of Don Calisto Erni, who was recognized many years later regretted having destroyed to sell as scrap that block the first six-cylinder engine that came to Esperanza.

 

Note the hand scraped aluminum crankcase. Bugatti did this as well, any thoughts on weather it was decoration or an effort to seal pouris aluminum?

 

See The Limit and Auto Bolide or Dip of Death

 

ehdubya.....There is quite a story behind that Cadillac tow truck. He towed that bus in Australia?? a very long distance. I have forgotten the details but maybe you can find something on it??

 

The other photo was at the Wisconsin State fair. She jumped off of the ramp and did a summersault and then landed on a different ramp.

 

He was supposedly about to tow it to Brisbane from Sydney, I identified it as a Premier or Peerless ( I forget) from another shot.

 

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My guess would be an attempt to better
seal the crankcase. I think any oil leaks
would be a dangerous fire hazard in an
already hydrogen-filled eek Zeppelin.

Something else is seems 'odd' about that
Maybach Zeppelin engine. Besides having
overhead valves it also *appears* to have
another set of exhaust ports at the bottom
of the cylinders. Anybody know what's up
with this? And if they're not exhaust ports,
any other ideas or explanation of what
they're for??

Mart3406
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White touring in an orchard in California, 1910, with unusual 3rd light.

 

Two rural New York settings, pretty typical of small town USA, with some nice gas pumps.

 

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CAPTION - "Lydia had a real thing for 'hot
wheels' and men in uniform!"

Mart3406
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