History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

[swi66]

Originally Posted by jimi'shemi291

SWI, any story behind all those beat-up cars?
Or, is it simply that they were all in accidents?



I like the period moralizing and use of GUILT in this old ad !!!
GREAT stuff, SWI!

They were just cars in accidents, and that the photo's survived.
Looking for old pictures you run across certain sites, like I search for Buffalo related pictures and fiind a treasure trove.
Especially cars built in Buffalo like the Babcock, Pierce Arrow, Thomas, Atterbury, etc........
Also the Rochester Kodak Museum Archives is another. almost any town has an historical society, or museum.
Search the areas you are familiar with, and dig deeper.

Isn't the internet fun!

[early guy]

Here are a couple more Kansas pics. The woman on the motorcycle looks like she knows what she is doing.
The other shows a 1902-3 Rambler and the great wide open-ness we enjoy out here.
And an old ad that reminds me of you guys...Always at your service.

[SUNROOFCORD]

St Joseph County Fair ... SO Bend IN ... 1916

[T-Head]

Sure Early Guy......Make fun of us.....We'll kick you out the club.....And send our dogs after you.....THEY BAD.....THEY GOT GUNS

[SUNROOFCORD]

This car took these people from Minnesota to New York in 1933. Any idea what the car might be????

[twin6]

On a hot summer day, what better way to cool off than to look at early snow removal efforts in NY. On the left, New York City with a horse drawn affair. On the right, a Packard truck in Rochester (RMSC photo).

[kurtis]

Sheesh, T-Head's a little grumpy today. Maybe 'cause he's stuck in the mud.

[jimi'shemi291]

Now, what's this then?!?!? A 3-sheet poster
for the epic, "Planet of the Assistants" ???

[gnichols]

Originally Posted by T-Head

Sure Early Guy......Make fun of us.....We'll kick you out the club.....And send our dogs after you.....THEY BAD.....THEY GOT GUNS

Look out! Gun-sled-dogs!! (sounds like a Japanese Sci-fy movie about armored fighting suits! Gary

[kurtis]

Model T Ford's used by Australian servicemen during the Great War.

[gnichols]

Originally Posted by kurtis

Model T Ford's used by Australian servicemen during the Great War.

Man, that rail truck is the cat's pajamas! Gary

[T-Head]

Walter Christie and his T tank, a T camera man and another T rail car......

Kurtis......Your 1st military T looks like they were running it on wood gas.....

[Road Runner]

[Road Runner]

And one more....

[T-Head]

Twin6 wanted to cool off earlier.....come on over and let's go for a ride on the Harley-Davidson powered snow machine...... Photo RMSC

[T-Head]

I warned you earlier all about our unique airplane, well here she is along with the mad inventor.

In the first photo John F. Cooley, the inventor of the plane, stands to the left, in front of the airship along his manager Jacob Goldenson.

On December 4, 1910, the Rochester Herald announced in a lengthy article and page of photographs that the Cooley "airship" was nearly ready for trial flight. This "airship" was under construction in Rochester by New York City inventor John F. Cooley, reputedly with the financial backing of wealthy Rochester men. The gigantic aircraft measured 81 feet overall and 42 feet in width and was to be equipped with two six-cylinder, ninety-horsepower engines. Canvas stretched over wooden ribs covered the "hull" or cabin area. Four "planes" of "naiad aeronautical Irish linen" ran horizontally, two on each side, along the hull to give lifting power.

Construction continued through the winter of 1910/11. In April of 1911, Mr. Cooley disappeared from Rochester and was reported to be selling stock in a New York City airship enterprise; workmen, left to finish the project, abandoned the aircraft. Finally, Mrs. Anna S. Burns, a grocer to whom Cooley owed $92, obtained a writ of attachment on the machine. The final fate of the Cooley airship is unknown. Photo RMSC

[UnsettledParadox]

Originally Posted by Road Runner

they called that a '56 pontiac wagon but it is infact a '55. i feel so smart now lol

[T-Head]

Big Oil......

[Straight Eight]

How about a 37 Packard Brand new, with model sitting on hood?

[early guy]

Odd sales pitch here...I'll let you fill in your own comments.