History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

I think she was one of the Packard girls mother......

 

A photo from 1916 showing the making of hand-made tires - Putting on the first ply.....

 

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T6..... Retread here can take care of that bad tire for you.....

 

If not send him to see Curtis at the tire shop, he should be able to fix him up....

 

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By 1924, tires had come a long way. And in Massachusetts, ladies grew quite attached to them. Maybe she was related to the Franklin lady?

 

Must have been big money in tires back then.....Look at all these suits that owned this company in Rochester NY. RMSC photo

 

Which way do we go now??? Or is this how they give directions in Kern County California where this photo was taken??

 

Automobiles parked on a future townsite, the owners of which are looking at home sites near Berkley California.

 

Pea pickers from Vermont who in 6 weeks earned $7.00. They are at squatter's camp in California during the depression.

Look like they are doing a little top end work on this sedan.

 

Nyc 1913......

 

Relatives? At least they had better accommodations than these folks...

 

Camping during more prosperous times in 1909.....

 

The weekend is just around the corner. Think BIG. This was Wm Vanderbilt's racer, but I'll have to defer to T-Head on just what happened to it. As I recall, it never raced. LOC photo.

 

Steamy and hot this PM.....let's move a little snow, maybe it will cool us off??

 

I believe you are right, but you should check in over at Kurtis's Cave on that car.

 

A couple neat ways to cool off (hey,it's already cold!). LOC photos.

 

1925 Service car operating in North Queensland:

 

Sugar cane "Trams" in North Queensland:

 

The first car in Mossman, North Queensland, - 1919:

 

Ransome threshing machine with operators:

 

In Western Australia:

 

A Fowler Compound Traction Engine in New South Wales:

 

Cliff & Bunting built in Melbourne, Victoria around 1907:



another one working:

 

Twin6, this was a trick question, wasn't it? Somebody
obviously put Charles Darwin in there at left on the
sidewalk, using PhotoShop. The nicely skirted fenders
say 1932, and the four carbide lamps say 1909 A.D.,
so my gut averages that out to -- oh -- Bavaria in 1911.
The large wheels are very ghetto. So, I conclude that
THIS was the earliest RatRod on geologic record!
Ain't science wonderful???



Actually, I was just shittin' you, bro. It's a 1906 Heine-Velox,
built in San Francisco by daytime piano maker Gustav Heine.
I happen to know that Gustav loaned this -- his personal car
-- to California National Guardsmen to transport the injured
survivors of the '06 earthquake. Honest, man. I wouldn't monkey around on this serious thread.

 

Stripper Harvester in operation:

 

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