Preston Hull

Thank you! Good enough for my purposes.

Alright, I'm back with one more photo. I found a couple other photos of the Hudson, Packard, and Model T I posted before, but I think this one's "new." What do you say?

Boy, shows what I know. I assumed the label was wrong. I guess this guys wasn't always a Packard man. Thanks!

Wasn't sure if I should make a new thread for this one or not--I just came across an extremely clear photo of the owner in a Packard. The photo is labeled 1914, so I assume based on the date and coloration that this is a different model than the one in the photograph I first posted that was identified as a 1916 Twin Six, but just wanted to confirm. I can't assume the date on this photo is accurate.

Thanks, that's great. Found one more photo—Forgive my ignorance, but are either of these the same cars? Pay no attention to the dog riding the horse.

Nice! Thanks. Just curious, what gives the 40s Ford away in the little bit that you can see?

OK, this might be my last post unless I get my hands on some more old photos. These might be tough because the views are bad. I am mainly interested in the car on the left in the photo with all the trees. However, there is another vehicle just barely visible on the right of that photo--I included one other photo that might be that same second car in the garage, but still hard to see.

I am probably allowed to tell you because it is a public site: Hampton National Historic Site in Towson, MD. I grew up less than 50 miles away and hadn't heard of it until they hired my company to do research. Probably the largest private residence in the country when it was completed c. 1790. We are researching the family garage and several other, older outbuildings to learn more about how the place actually operated. Very hard to put a date on some of these buildings that nobody ever cared to keep any records about, which is why I'm here asking about cars! Anyway, thanks for the info. Every little bit helps.

OK, this might be another easy one. I think these are the same vehicle? I'm sure somebody can read the model name in the one photo if you know the words you are looking for--which I don't.

Interesting, thanks. By '41 this family had been losing money for about 100 years, so I'm not surprised to see a downgrade. Re: octagon houses, I had to do a deep dive into them for the research I am doing. Fascinating 1850s fad. That house isn't there any more, but these folks have catalogued just about all of them around the country from what I can tell: https://octagon.bobanna.com.

Alright, we're into a new era here. This one should be a softball because it's labeled, but you tell me.

Thanks Dave for that clarification--that kind of detail is very helpful. Dusty, I am impressed--like my other post about the Packard, those are some details that I had from a grandson that I didn't know I could trust. He said "I can remember grandmother's first car was a Model-T Ford and it had brass headlamps, had brass windshield and brass things that held the windshield up....they paid extra and got a self-starter which had a magneto...and then you switched it over to battery or something." This guy was wrong about a lot of stuff, but apparently he was paying attention to his grandparents' cars. Any idea whether those accessories were options from Ford or aftermarket, or when they became available?

I appreciate the speculation about the other vehicle. I doubt this helps, but I know the owner purchased his first vehicle in 1911. However, I don't know what it was, and I don't know if the car in the garage is it.

Ok, here's the second one (see previous post for explanation). Even I think I know what this is, but there's no badge on the grille, which is enough to throw me. Maryland license plate from 1918 or 1920, I believe. Could this be what's parked in the garage in my first post?

You guys are good. I didn't want to bias you, but now I will tell you that the owner's grandson told an interviewer that his grandfather was "always a twin six man." The grandson was wrong about a lot of other details, so I couldn't trust him outright. Thanks for the confirmation.