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History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

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  1. T-Head
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    I believe that it may be a 1906-08 Pierce Great Arrow 40 HP. It has their characteristic shape from that time along with their out front radiator position and the same frame horn shape as this Pierce below has. These Great Arrows came with two different firewalls one being flat like the car at the top which also appears to have their one piece fold down windshield and with the curved firewall top as the car below has.

    I do not think it is a Locomobile as in LGS126VEMS112's very good earlier post. The bottom photo shows one distinct Locomobile feature which they all had which is a very curved frame horns as in the bottom photo and thicker radiators. In that period most also had hood louvers. They had this front end shape from 1905-1907 and the 1908-10 models are similar.



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  2. Pierce was my first thought on this but the profile of the front fenders didn't match any pictures I found.
     
  3. T-Head
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    We think the same then.....Glad you agree.....
     
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  5. twin6
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    Photo dated 1922. Were wires an accessory before the '26/'27 T's? And what is that radiator cap? It almost looks like a hammer.
     

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    Chain drive ? in MN.
     

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    Built by Alec Issigonis, the man responsible for the Morris Minor and the Mini, she is still going strong although the old girl does spend a lot of time 'resting' at the Heritage Motor Centre nowadays. I snapped the car while she was having the engine rebuilt after throwing a rod at a hillclimb event
     

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  8. Foul
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    If you check around a little more on that Coke blog that MrFire found, you'll see that it is indeed a Rapid.

    As for the home delivery truck, it's a 1934 White with body by H. McFarlane & Company of Chicago:

    http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2010/11/08/have-a-coke-and-smile/

    dan
     
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    Check out this early I-H high-wheeler hack! I wonder the year and the city
    where this pic was taken (?).
     
  10. Bigcheese327
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    Yes, strictly wood spokes from the factory before that. Ford kind of made running changes with the T, but some sources have wire spokes not appearing until 1927.

    I think the hood ornament is an airplane. It has a vertical protrusion at the rear that appears to be part of the tail.

    -Dave
     
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    Wasn't sure about the truck in post #LGS126VEMS112, but this one clinched. It's written all over it in big letters: it's a Rapid!

    Easy to mistake it for the name of the hauler, but it's the brand of truck. Rapids were built in Detroit from 1904 to 1912, when GM bought the company. They continued to build them under the name GMC. Maybe you've heard of them? ;)
     
  19. 327-365hp
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    Thanks guys, I was hoping it was a Pierce. I bought this photo as a gift for a Pierce fanatic.
     
  20. mart3406
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    Wells Fargo - new 1939 Mack
    Model BM armored car - NYC
    1939.

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    [​IMG]

    http://www.stanleysteamers.com/nielsen.htm



    <TABLE border=0 width=780><TBODY><TR><TD width=595>"The add is perhaps from 1922. It reads:
    DRIVE "STANLEY" STEAM CAR
    and you will always avoid sooted sparkplugs, clutch and gearshifts, Magnet- and carbuerator disturbance, Carbon Dioxide poisoning, annoying motor vibrations
    Dealer address, telephone number and Dealer Demand a demonstration

    The add was shown before the movie in a Danish movie-theater."
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    Verso: "1899-1900--Steam car built by Howard
    Coffin while in College at U. of M. (Ann Arbor)
    modeled on lines of Locomotive steamer but
    with larger boiler and Engines (2 cyl)." Folder
    "Photo of Howard Coffin with steamer car."
    Box 30, Roy Dikeman Chapin papers.



    http://bentley.umich.edu/research/guides/automotive/
     
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