Johnny177 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Another mystery vehicle I would really love to identify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95Cardinal Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 I'll suggest 1908 Peerless, just to see if I'm in the ball park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 The location is in British Columbia, but I can't remember the name of the park. I have several photos taken at the same spot - like this Rolls-Royce. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Ah, I see from another post it is Stanley Park. Must make a note on the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 On 1/14/2018 at 10:41 PM, nzcarnerd said: I have several photos taken at the same spot That looks like a photo of a dog! The car and people are the supporting act. The young woman is going to a lot of trouble to make sure the dog features in the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dictator27 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 The hollow tree in Stanley Park is still there - but just barely. It is literally on life support with steel cables and trusses being used to prop it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Is this the same tree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny177 Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 Yes, it is. I believe your two pictures were taken a few years back when the Vancouver parks board was refurbishing the tree. The city wanted it removed as a hazard but after a public outcry came up with a plan to keep it standing. Search "Hollow Tree, Rawlings Trail, Vancouver, B.C." in Google Maps and you can check it out in Streetview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny177 Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 Just to add to my last post, the tree is famous because for more than a century every woman and her dog have gone down there to have their picture taken. In earlier times you could back a horse and carriage or car into the hollow. Google "Hollow Tree in Stanley Park" for the story. After that nice little diversion, I'm still wondering if 95Cardinal has it right -- is that car at the top of this post a 1908 Peerless? The date certainly fits what I know about the photo. Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 On 1/15/2018 at 10:03 PM, Johnny177 said: Just to add to my last post, the tree is famous because for more than a century every woman and her dog have gone down there to have their picture taken. In earlier times you could back a horse and carriage or car into the hollow. Google "Hollow Tree in Stanley Park" for the story. After that nice little diversion, I'm still wondering if 95Cardinal has it right -- is that car at the top of this post a 1908 Peerless? The date certainly fits what I know about the photo. Anyone? "Back a car into the hollow." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Holmberg Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Auburn 1927 and Packard around 1923. Leif in Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 ....and the return of the Auburn. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFindlay Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Yes, that's our Auburn at the re-opening of the restored (rescued?) tree. For decades people used to back their buggies, then cars, into the tree for a photo and there are hundreds of such photos out there. Eventually, as cars got bigger, they were causing damage to the tree and no longer allowed. We were probably the last car ever in the tree for a photo shoot when they did this shot. Here are the before and after pics. I'm on the passenger side and my father is on the driver's side. The women were provided by the photographer and my mother is sitting inside the car. It's not the same car, although ours was purchased new in Vancouver of Dec. 1926. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 Sport Sedan Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 It was the car the original poster wanted to identify, not the tree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 We knew that all along but it kinda got diverted. There was a similar era pic to the original one posted here some time ago which was an Oldsmobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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