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Adding more to the Evangeline story is that her brother was John Lafayette Cote who married Mildred Gray. Apparently Mildred and Evangeline hung...
But that kept it in the 'Ford Family'. Evangeline's brother was John Lafayette Cote. John married Mildred Gray. Mildred was the daughter of Edward...
Isn't that the way that Gar Wood raced? He drove and Orlin Johnson would manage the engine, including controlling the throttle, etc.? Is that one...
Do you know where those photos were taken? Cool!
This one is interesting to me, a Chris Craft during the time my grandfather worked for Gar Wood. And this doesn't look like the Grayhaven area...
I checked my grandmother's notes and indeed, that is the 'Mildred G. III', the yacht that Edward Gray lived on while developing 'Grayhaven' where...
[ATTACH] My mother with Phil Wood's boat, Gar's brother, at Grayhaven where Gar's home was. My grandfather worked for Gar Wood from 1936 until...
The most expensive photo ever taken, or so the claim Henry Ford made of this one as he shut down the Model T plant in Highland Park and had all...
Thanks so much!
Cool old family photo!
In 1916 during WWI (the Great War), the price of gasoline must have been on the rise- or was there some other reason for concern?[ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Amazing how many car companies there once was- c. 1914
Later on you can see they inclosed those balconies, I'm sure parts were rolling off in the beginning, this from the 1920 version of 'Ford Factory...
Grandpa was a chauffeur, mechanic and delivery driver for Charles Gauss, a tobacconist in Detroit. He was informed of his hiring by letter. Any...
[ATTACH] A few of my own 'rides', the 1959 Austin Healey 3000 was a mistake to have in New York (Rockland County) as I had to bring the battery in...
When you travelled from Detroit to Delaware (and back again) in 1931, you had to stop and stay places along the way, tourist homes. Roads were...
Thanks for the update, there were no notes with this one.
Dune scooters, Lake Michigan, out of Ludington-[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A friend's car, came over to give me a ride-[ATTACH]
Yeah, these are all family photos- fun old stuff!
And a stop for gas along the way- one cousin had a gas station in Delaware and other was a rather famous 'pit stop' in eastern Pennsylvania,...
[ATTACH] 1931- I don't know how Grandpa could take the time off for such a long trip during the Depression [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
From what I understand that's great grandpa's 1919 Cadillac, great grandpa to the right and his wife sitting inside and my grandmother on the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] So while my mother's father was working for Edward Gray at Highland Park, my dad's father came to Detroit about the same time...
Ha! Funny you should say that! When I first found the photo I didn't know where it was. I thought it was from one of my dad's photos somewhere in...
Of course grandpa bought a Model T for himself c. 1915 but only because when his boss, Henry Ford's Chief Engineer Edward Gray, left Ford he moved...
My grandfather's photo of the craneway at the Highland Park plant soon after it was finished. He worked directly for Ford's Chief Engineer, Edward...
I know this is a LONG time past the original post but the guy to contact on Wills Sainte Claire is Terry Ernest, a fellow photo lab owner buddy of...
Thanks hemi32. You may glad to know that dad worked at the old Dodge Main plant in Detroit- long auto history in the family. The video is cool. I...
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