89tc Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I saw this car in the "Period Photo Thread" and was curious as to where the photo was taken, so I did a little research. It was taken in front of the "Soldiers and Sailors" monument, Washington Square, Rochester New York, some time after 1912. The picture below is of the same location today. The South Park Garage, 941 Genesee Street, was in business in 1912 as an auto repair shop with a detached garage. In 1938-1941 is became a gas station, and then as a dry cleaners from 1947-2003. The buildings were knocked down in 2009, and as of today is an empty lot with chemical contamination (brownfield), slated to be cleaned up and the property re-used for a new purpose.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89tc Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Here's 941 Genesee Street, today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Looks like about a 1911 Locomobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89tc Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 I was thinking that with all the ropes and pulleys, they were using it as the company tow truck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLynskey Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 With the "Loco" nickname on the fuel tank I believe Keiser is correct --- again.Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Tow truck maybe, but might be rigged for a cross country tour since it looks like winter?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 My guess is a cross country tour. The block and tackle is to pull yourself out in the event you get stuck. But in those days it was not if but when you became stuck. They planned on driving at night as well by the looks of the Prest-o-lite tank on the frame. It appears to only have one seat as well. Going cross country alone in 1912 would have been a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Dean Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 1911 “LOCO-mobile”… I really like this photo; I think it is significant that although this “LOCO-mobile” was promoting the ‘South Park Garage’ across the street, they chose the "Soldiers and Sailors" monument as the backdrop. Wow this guy was going cross country in the winter, solo! Also note the Winch on the back, plus all the Snatch Block and Pulley’s and enough rope to forge a river crossing; he could pull himself forward as well, and ‘all wheel chains’. Under the center there is what could be a PTO Shaft; this is back “When Iron Men Sailed Wooden Ships”!This could have been some sort of retrieval / rescue vehicle but without a Boom on the back it would have been limited on what it could do.Can anybody figure out what the long horizontal 3’’ tube with a ring, hung along the side would have been for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Probably a tow bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Probably a tow bar.My thought exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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