twin6 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ply33 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 48 minutes ago, twin6 said: I haven’t seen too many photos with a 46 star flag. Or, for that matter, with an armored vehicle parked in the middle of a bunch of more conventional cars. A bunch of military uniforms including on people in the touring cars so maybe some sort of “sending the troops off” event. Photo legend in bottom suggests southern California for the location. Arizona and New Mexico were admitted as states in 1912 so this photo may pre-date that. The military actions I am aware of along the Mexican border were a bit later, around 1918 and I would have expected a 48 star flag to be pretty common by then. Anyone have the back story on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibarlaw Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 18 hours ago, nzcarnerd said: Probably more of a 'what is it'. A jitney bus based on something American maybe. Hubcaps look to be hexagonal. Clarity not helped by it being inside an album pocket. 1909 or 1910 Model 17 Buick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Are these a fleet of Cadillacs sent with the Expeditionary Force to fight in WWI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 From the Route 66 Postcards fb page, the Chevrolet and Oakland dealership in Granite City, Illinois. Not sure of the car in the photo. Might be an Oakland but I am not convinced. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jukejunkie1015 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Tuning a pipe organ at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle yesterday ( helped out there for 30 years) and finally paid attention to one of the historic photos on the wall. Early 1929 all talking movie showing but what caught my eye was the Rolls Royce parked at the curb. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Here's a better look at that speedster: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Good interior shot of what? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK500 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Hollywood glamor - Packard 120 Darrin's - likely near Darrin's showroom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK500 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 The caption says this '38 Isotta 8A was intended for his majesty the sultan of Iraq. Still in existence? This pic was taken in Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5219 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 5 hours ago, nzcarnerd said: Good interior shot of what? I don't know the car, but I believe that the driver is William Desmond Taylor, a prominent Hollywood director whose 1922 murder was never solved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 13 hours ago, twin6 said: Is that in Washington State by any chance? In the 80s and 90s there used to be a small chain of parts stores in the South Puget Sound area called C.R.A.P., for "Cut Rate Auto Parts". I remember seeing a lot if C.R.A.P. branded car batteries in cars that came in for service. I swear I'm not making this up. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 10 hours ago, 5219 said: I don't know the car, but I believe that the driver is William Desmond Taylor, a prominent Hollywood director whose 1922 murder was never solved. Car supposedly a McFarlan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 9 hours ago, Bloo said: Is that in Washington State by any chance? Maybe Ohio. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Garages sure evolved over time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickelroadster Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 I am reaching back to the White car in front of Yellowstone lodge. It looks to have a person in the Military in the back seat and he is probably on duty. They used the military instead of having park rangers in the early days of Yellowstone. My grand father was stationed there in the army from 1911 to 1913. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H.Boland Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Here's a few more ads found in 1917 Farmer's Advocate magazines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Here's two found on other sited: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCK81403 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 This photo was posted several pages back. What is this brand of automobile, and what is the purpose for the suicide seat that appears permanently mounted on the right running board, while the left-side passenger seat is not occupied? Suicide seats as used on the Kissel and Stutz slide out from the body, unfolded and were not permanently fixed. Perhaps the seat on this car actually folds out of the way somehow that it is not obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukejunkie1015 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 14 hours ago, Bloo said: Is that in Washington State by any chance? In the 80s and 90s there used to be a small chain of parts stores in the South Puget Sound area called C.R.A.P., for "Cut Rate Auto Parts". I remember seeing a lot if C.R.A.P. branded car batteries in cars that came in for service. I swear I'm not making this up. It was all Cut Rate Auto Supplies that I can recall. Tacoma WA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 2 hours ago, LCK81403 said: This photo was posted several pages back. What is this brand of automobile, and what is the purpose for the suicide seat that appears permanently mounted on the right running board, while the left-side passenger seat is not occupied? Suicide seats as used on the Kissel and Stutz slide out from the body, unfolded and were not permanently fixed. Perhaps the seat on this car actually folds out of the way somehow that it is not obvious. Is it possibly an Oakland, c. 1912? The headlamps from 1912 would not have been electric, but I think Oakland had headlamps mounted high up like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 8 hours ago, twin6 said: Is it possibly an Oakland, c. 1912? The headlamps from 1912 would not have been electric, but I think Oakland had headlamps mounted high up like that. As far as I can see Oaklands of that era have eight bolt front hubs. This car has six. Also the crank hole is in a different place in the radiator. Varun used this photo as an example of a 1912 Oakland to identify a similar model on a facebook page. No doubt Oakland made ongoing changes during the model year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 A photo from Hawaii posted on a facebook page by Jim MacDougall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 From the fb page Clinique d'Image, a Rambler modified for use as a WW1 ambulance. I had not seen one like that before. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hddennis Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Random Google image Howard Dennis 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nzcarnerd Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Another WW1 ambulance. The disc wheels suggest it might be a Fiat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted March 8, 2022 Author Share Posted March 8, 2022 Like that Cadillac conv sedan that Howard Dennis posted the photo of, AND the fur collar/coat sisterhood and Cloche hat sorority. Well boop boop a doop. Mae Questel who was the voice of the Betty Boop cartoons sang a song in the era that car was made titled "Is there anything wrong in that" . It mentions a Cadillac there too, go find the lyrics , I think you will smile when you read them . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibarlaw Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Walt: I have that song on a CD collection of Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) from the early 1920s to mid 1930s. In several of those songs Cadillacs are mentioned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCK81403 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Great looking Ruxton with a little bling on the front end. Is the lady an actress? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 14 hours ago, LCK81403 said: Great looking Ruxton with a little bling on the front end. Is the lady an actress? Rita LaRoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCK81403 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Canadian promotion to open up western Canada. The vehicle appears to be electric driven but the electric motor or motors is not obvious. However, the vehicle appears to be equipped with gear-drive hubs at the wheels; four-wheel drive. There are articles about gear-drive hubs for heavy trucks in that time period but those where shaft drive from a gasoline engine to a differential, thence shaft drives to the gear-driven wheel hubs (two-wheel drive). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) Edited March 9, 2022 by twin6 extra upload (see edit history) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Too easy, that is a Tudor, very popular style house in the 1920's. Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George K Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 2 hours ago, twin6 said: Nice Locomobile conversion service truck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Unusual chain-drive, solid tyre truck. No information on location or make. I see the words 'The Badger' on some crates at the top. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, nzcarnerd said: Unusual chain-drive, solid tyre truck. No information on location or make. I see the words 'The Badger' on some crates at the top. I believe it’s an American made Saurer truck from about 1911 or 1912 made in Plainfield, NJ. The parent company was Swiss. EDIT: So this deserves a little bit more information. Saurer Motor Truck Company was founded in 1911 to manufacture trucks under the Saurer name. Saurer being Swiss that produced both trucks and cars. Interestingly Saurer Motor Truck Company merged with the Mack Brothers. American made Saurer trucks were produced until 1918 of course the company formed by the merger (International Truck Company) eventually became Mack trucks. As a note a Saurer was the first truck to complete a transcontinental trip in 1911. There is at least one book detailing this adventure: "A Grand Adventure: America's First Transcontinental Truck Run" Ron Colbert. Edited March 10, 2022 by Terry Harper (see edit history) 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George K Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 7 hours ago, twin6 said: Started out a Landaulet. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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