Cheryl S Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 I'm trying to date the attached photo and all the tires on cars I've seen from the early 1900s have open spokes, this one doesn't. Can anyone identify the auto or truck and the model year? Any help appreciated. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) Maybe about a 1925-26 Chevrolet....here is a 1926.... Edited March 23, 2018 by keiser31 (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Something odd about the visor on the mystery car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipdang Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Could the "visor" in the photo be a lamp on the post running up the right edge of the photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) Could just be the angle of the photo. I had a coupe like the one I posted and it sure looks like the car in question to me. That does sort of look like a lamp. Edited March 23, 2018 by keiser31 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_a Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Great photo, Cheryl. It would make a neat cover for a novel about life ninety years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 That might be a bell behind the car. My cousins had one similar to that on their farm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Boat on the roof was my first thought. Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 It looks exactly like the car in keiser31's post. Visor, headlamps, hood louvers, disc wheels with "Jaxon" clamps all point to Chevrolet 25-26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidAU Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 She doesn't look happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, DavidAU said: She doesn't look happy. Funny you say that. There are many photos of older women posted with cars on the HAMB - Vintage shots from Days Gone By - and there are plenty of less than happy older women there. Plenty of smiles as well though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl S Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) Thank you all for responding. Funny you say she doesn't look happy. Supposedly she was not a happy person per her granddaughter. Could it possibly be an early truck? I obviously don't know much about cars. But now I'm really confused because it does look very similar to the 1926 Chevy posted by keiser31 and this woman died in 1908 Edited March 24, 2018 by Cheryl S (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Possibly she died in 1928. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl S Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) No I know the woman she is supposed to be died in 1908. S now I'm wondering if her granddaughter had her info correct. But I have another photo of this woman holding the granddaughter and she looks to be the same person. I was thinking it was around 1905-1908 because telephone lines in rural areas weren't common until around 1905 Edited March 24, 2018 by Cheryl S add info (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarfudd Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 In 1908 cars still had brass trim, gas lamps, and wood spoke wheels. If that woman died in 1908, her ghost takes a mighty good picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFranklin Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Maybe that is the daughter of the lady that died in 1908. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 That is a lot of exposed leg for 1908, do a Google fashion comparison for 1908 vs 1928. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) 9 hours ago, DavidAU said: She doesn't look happy. I think she is squinting in the sunlight, which is coming onto the left side of her face. Probably also trying to stand still for the photo with a longish exposure. Those are not wires of any sort. They are cracks in the photo surface. The lady's shoes are early to mid '20s too. Edited March 24, 2018 by Spinneyhill (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike36 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Cheryl, I guarantee you the lady in the picture did not die in 1908. Nowhere in the world were autos being built that looked like that in 1908 or earlier. I agree with Kaiser that she may have died in 1928, or the lady in the picture is not who you think it is. At any rate, the styling of the auto is mid 1920’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Well, we CAN tell you that the car is a 1925-26 Chevrolet. What we CAN'T tell you is who that lady is, how old she is or when she died. We DO know that she had to have been alive at the moment the photo was taken. We also know that she could NOT have died in 1908 since the car is 18 or so years newer. You asked. We answered. I would say that the granddaughter is mistaken. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 On 3/23/2018 at 11:16 PM, Cheryl S said: I was thinking it was around 1905-1908 because telephone lines in rural areas weren't common until around 1905. I concur without a shred of doubt that the car is LONG past 1905, so either the person is misidentified, or her believed date of decease is off by a couple of decades. If the car is indeed is a 1925-1926 Chevrolet-- and our experts here are very good--that establishes that the picture is from those dates OR LATER. (Did 1925 Chevrolets come out at the end of 1924?) The car could be several years old in the picture, meaning that the picture could be from, say, 1929 or 1930. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Family recollections are NOT trustworthy. I was raised by maternal Grandparents. When trying to trace my Fathers family tree I contacted three uncles. These as well as my Fathers second wife sent me the family history. All four were at odds with one another. I managed to sort it out about 90%. Now after contacting fifteen or sixteen people on Ancestory. com I realize what I had was only about 70% correct. Now I have it 100% correct with official Government documents to back it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Man Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I am always curious why people take these pictures? Glad they did! but not a great picture of the lady, not a good picture of the car, not a good landscape picture (surrounding farm?) just a good picture.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moskowitz Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I think you guys have the car wrong. If you blow up the hub I think you will see the difference. It clearly looks to me like an Olds 4 Cyl of 1923 vintage. Key is the hexagon shape in the center of the hub and the hub cover for the bolts. No time to get you a picture but I am sure some of you sleuths will look further to prove me wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 (edited) Most 1923 Oldsmobiles had the slanted hood louvers and the hubcaps have a red depression in the center. Not to mention the six wheel lugs.. Edited March 26, 2018 by keiser31 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 The hubcap looks like the Chevrolet item to me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hill Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 (edited) As soon as I looked at the picture, I thought "1925 Chevrolet" . As I look at it more I still am leaning that way although the radiator cap does not match the cap of a 25 but of course it coudl have been changed. Bob Edited March 26, 2018 by Bob Hill (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hill Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 On 3/23/2018 at 10:16 PM, Cheryl S said: No I know the woman she is supposed to be died in 1908. S now I'm wondering if her granddaughter had her info correct. But I have another photo of this woman holding the granddaughter and she looks to be the same person. I was thinking it was around 1905-1908 because telephone lines in rural areas weren't common until around 1905 No way this picture was taken in 1908 or earlier due to the carin the picture. Either she didn't die on 1908 or it isn't the woman you have been told it is. One thing about pcitures - they don't lie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFranklin Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, Bob Hill said: One thing about pcitures - they don't lie That no longer is true, but I don't think they did much photoshop in the '20s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hill Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, JFranklin said: That no longer is true, but I don't think they did much photoshop in the '20s. well that is true LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_a Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 My wife thinks the woman's mode of dress takes it 5 or 10 years into the future past 1925, when the clothes tended to be plainer and more dowdy(if you leave out Wallis Simpson, Greta Garbo, Katherine Hepburn, etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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