History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

TWIN6 out in his Poochmobile......He hates to spend $$$$ on gas.....

 

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Whoa! Wait a minute! We heard some dude named
T-Head was dissing "pachyderms" on this thread!



No photo tricks here! From Royal Feltner's great site,
earlyamericanautomobiles.com, an actual miniature
1906 REO made especially for adult "small" people
of the Barnum & Bailey Circus.

 

The Elbridge Go-Devil, a motor-driven iceboat, on Irondequoit Bay near Rochester. The Go-Devil was timed at speeds reaching one hundred and forty miles per hour.

I have a hard time believing the speed that they are reporting as this was in the teens.

The engine appears to be an early Cunningham. Photo RMSC

 

Hey, T-Head, at first glance, I thought these guys
were delivering some SERIOUS deep-dish pizzas!



Just trying to do my punny part, SINCE I could see the thread is BACK to going to the dogs again! LOL (BTW, imagine what was going through this dog's head???)

 

Jimi..... This baby Reo still exists, a friend of mine used to own it.

 

The orginal Wiener Mobile introduced in 1936.

I realize that it is not a photo but think it is a pretty cool drawing and prior to WW2.

 

1915 Saxon Model 14. Hmmmm?!?!?! SOMETHING tells me
this pic wasn't snapped in Detroit.

 

T-Head, is the REO in private hands? Glad to hear it survived, man!

And HERE is a serious WHAT IS IT???

 

Minnesota.
Armistice Day blizzard 11/20/40.

 

Thanks for taking the time to share those gold nuggets of history.

 

Some old shots.

 

Cool.

 

What wrong with the Poochmobile? I'd have sprung for the shoe car, but they clapped the Denver boot on it. Here's a shot of T-Head, quite distracted during the lunch hour and trying to show EG he's not the only one with nice tools. His lunchbox is right there in plain view, but no, he'd rather cut wood. Maybe he's making a new Stanley...

 

Those are all neat Hot Rod photos that I posted on Vintage Shots a while back.

 

Well, at least I'm doing something productive during lunch.

Here is a photo of Twin6, he is supposed to be staying with his organ grinder guy, but no, notice he is shaking this poor guy down for some cash.....and being generally irritating at the same time......

And PS.... if you really pay attention I have a whole bunch of burgers cooking on the stove top....

 

American Gothic. Nice Pierce Arrow with 1913 NY plate.

 

Here is yours truly on the left and twin6 on the right last winter racing w/our sled dogs. As you can see the only thing he can jockey is a desk. Early Guy is way behind as you can see, I think he spends to much time playing with his tools and not his sled.....

 

This is a gent who was called Rattle Snake Pete and he was quite a character, he ran a Museum in Rochester, NY.

He was an early and very enthusiastic motorist who used to take his St. Bernard's out every day for a ride and participated in all the automotive events in the city. He used to milk Rattle Snakes for their venom as you can see in the forth photo. RMSC Photo

 

Not only that... he wore a hat, shoes, and a coat all made from snake skins. He'd be a welcome addition here on the HAMB. Peter Gruber. RMSC photo.

 

Definitely welcome here, as he apparently had a heavy foot. I like the serpent horn on the fender - certainly fitting for Ole Pete. RMSC photo.

 

Claimed to be a postcard of a Studebaker. Year????

Antique Studebaker Reading Room

 

Rockne's being unloaded in Africa

Antique Studebaker Reading Room

 

Ypsilanti, maybe?

I don’t think left-hand drive became standard in American cars until around 1920. Cadillac stayed right-hand drive until 1916. I don't know anything about Saxon except that's what the bad guy in Last Crusade chases young Indiana Jones in.

-Dave