1909schacht Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Any ideas as to who this person is in this vintage "Associated Press wirephoto" the plate is from 1936 -californiamust be someone of note to be in a wire photo...the parking sign in the background is 15 cents to day lucky to find a $15 dollar parking lot in the city ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 One of the wheels has a tyre missing.Manuel in Oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Looks a little like Winston Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 If you add a Charlie Chaplin mustache the person in the car would be a dead ringer for Oliver Hardy with wind-blown hair from riding in that car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest elmo39 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 if that was taken in 1936 that aint Winston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 It is not Winston Churchill, but the date of 1936 is not the reason why. He was certainly around then - he was born in 1874 so would have been in his early 60s in 1936. I don't think it is Ollie either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Commodore Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Well, the car looks to be a 1909 Schacht Model K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Commodore Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Possibly California Governor Frank Merriam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Too young to be Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Well, the car looks to be a 1909 Schacht Model K.I agree, but interestingly on the radiator where a badge would normally be is clearly written "Schacht 1900 MODEL". :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Schacht's foresight, in their ad, is amazing. It is, indeed, just the machine for collectors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Possibly California Governor Frank Merriam.Nope.....not him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG57Roadmaster Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 (edited) Thomas E. Dewey? Kinda pudgy here, though. Here's a neat pic of him in 1944TG Edited July 3, 2011 by TG57Roadmaster (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Thomas E. Dewey? Kinda pudgy here, though. Here's a neat pic of him in 1944TGThat's kinda who I thought, but not certain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 I agree, but interestingly on the radiator where a badge would normally be is clearly written "Schacht 1900 MODEL". :confused:Putting an earlier than correct date on old cars for display seemed to have been quite common in those pre WW2 years when peoples' memories seemed to be amazingly deficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidAU Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Not sure of the person although he looks pretty happy. Maybe he is the guy that owns the 15c parking lot and thinks he is going to make a fortune. (probably will) Here in downtown Brisbane, Australia some parking stations are over $20.00 for the first hour.The 1909 model in the ad seems to have a lot more upmarket fenders however according to my info, Schacht high wheeler cars were first manufactured in 1905 so maybe this is a proto type. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idrjoe_sandiego Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 I'm gonna guess that this is San Francisco circa 1936 from the Brunswick-Balke sign. They were making phonographs there at the time. A guy by the name of John Shelley was launching his political career for the 1938 California Senate. According to a few websites, it just so happens: He was president of the Bakery Wagon Drivers’ Union in the early 1930s, but found time to graduate from San Francisco Law School in 1932. He was elected president of the San Francisco Labor Council in 1937, then launched his successful political career with this 1938 run for the California State Senate. The one picture I did see of him bears some striking resemblance in the facial features but he had a lot less hair (Unless in that picture in the car he was wearing was a rug! ) He later went on to become mayor of San Francisco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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