Period images to relieve some of the stress

[keiser31]

8 minutes ago, StanleyRegister said:

Same license plate, happier times.

Interesting quilted winterfront on this American underslung.

[md murray]

Same driver and right rear passenger as car with the quilted winter front. Wonder who they were? The owner's daughters?

[1937hd45]

Hood is also covered, Great photos! Bob 

[StanleyRegister]

2 more of this beautiful car.  The collection at the Detroit Public Library is a national treasure.

[John_Mereness]

For my Packard friends:  

Caption: View of motorists in 1934 Packard Twelve convertible participating in Decoration Day parade at Winnetka, Illinois. Two boys ride bicycles next to car; Tudor style house in background. Handwritten on back: "Decoration Day parade, Winnetka, Ill. 1934 Packard Twelve, Eleventh Series, Model 1107. 12 cy., 160 b.h.p., 142" whb., phaeton ~ 4 pass. (body-type #731)."

 

[1937hd45]

More Underslung photos! My Grandfather left Sweden in 1907, by 1910 he was a chauffeur driving this 1910 Regal for a family in Stamford, Ct. 

 

 ….. I'd post MORE buy I've hit my AACA FORUM LIMIT OF TWO PER DAY, sorry Walt wish they allowed me more.

 

Bob 

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[John_Mereness]

Detroit Public Library: Packard Co. file photograph of two 1937 Packards facing each other parked in driveway, left; top folded with girl sitting on tip, male in passenger side seat, right, top folded with male behind wheel. Inscribed on photo back: "Left; Packard twelve, fifteenth series, model 1507, 12-cylinder, 175-horsepower, 139.375-inch wheelbase, 5-person convertible victoria (body type #1027), right; Packard super eight, fifteenth series, model 1501, 8-cylinder, 135-horsepower, 134.375-inch wheelbase, 5-person convertible victoria (body type #1007), setting: Lima Peru, residence of Antonio Chopitea."

 

 

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[John_Mereness]

Detroit Public Library: View of a 1934 Pierce-Arrow convertible coupe roadster. Printed on front: "Salon. 1934 Pierce-Arrow." Handwritten on back: "Pierce-Arrow, 1934. 1934 Pierce-Arrow, Model 1240A, 12 cy., 175 h.p., 139" whb. -p. convertible coupe roadster. License plate: Land of Lincoln. 2119000. Illinois, 1950."

[John_Mereness]

Detroit Public Library:  View of a 1934 Pierce-Arrow convertible coupe. Label on back: "Pierce-Arrow, a well finished smart design, the last of a great American automobile line." Stamped on back: "Chassis: Pierce-Arrow. Model: V12. Coachbuilder: [blank]. This photograph and coachwork design is the property of the coachbuilder and/or manufacturer. Reproduction permission granted to International Automobile Photos." Handwritten on back: "Pierce-Arrow, 1934 conv. coupe. 12 cyl., Model 1240A."

 

[John_Mereness]

Detroit Public Library:  View of a Pierce-Arrow convertible coupe. Handwritten on back: "Pierce-Arrow, 1936/37 conv. coupe."

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[John_Mereness]

I do not think I have seen this photo before either:  Detroit Public Library:  View of 1934 Packard Twelve convertible car displayed at the Hall of Precision exhibition in Chicago, Illinois. Room is decorated with placards on easels, vines, chandeliers and area rugs. "Test your eyes for color" demonstration display in background. Handwritten on back: "1934 Packard Twelve, Eleventh Series, Model 1108. 12 cy., 160 b.h.p., 147" whb. Convertible Victoria ~ 4-p. (body-type #4072) by Dietrich. Packard Motor Car Co., Hall of Precision exhibition, Chicago."

 

 

[3macboys]

 

This just showed up in today's Toronto Sun chain of papers

[John_Mereness]

17 hours ago, John_Mereness said:

This photo surfaced a few years ago and correct all cars have blackwalls (which is rare for most Auburn photography), but the controversial part involves the phaeton to the left - it may be just the way the light is hitting it, but it appears to possibly have a front axle painted the same color as the car (and color keyed undercarriages are not known as an option for 1935 and 1936 Auburn's). 

 

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[1937hd45]

  Check all the photos of the ladies in the American Underslung, note the license plate change, same car, same winter? Bob 

[John_Mereness]

Jack Dempsey out on the street in LA w/a Rolls-Royce

 

[John_Mereness]

1930 LaSalle Town Sedan out in Los Angeles:

 

 

 

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[John_Mereness]

These photos are from LA-PL and has an interesting story:  Herman J. Schultheis was born in Aachen, Germany in 1900, and immigrated to the United States in the mid-1920s after obtaining a Ph.D. in mechanical and electrical engineering. He married Ethel Wisloh in1936, and the pair moved to Los Angeles the following year. He worked in the film industry from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s, most notably on the animated features Fantasia and Pinocchio. His detailednotebook, documenting the special effects for Fantasia, is the subject of a 14-minute short-subject included on the film's DVD. In 1949, he started employment with Librascope as a patent engineer. Schultheiswas an avid amateur photographer who traveled the world with his cameras. It was on one of these photographic exhibitions in 1955 that he disappeared in the jungles of Guatemala. His remains werediscovered 18 months later. The digitized portion of this collection represents the images Schultheis took of Los Angeles and its surrounding communities after he relocated to the area in 1937.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[1937hd45]

[John_Mereness]

1931 Cadillac 355 Town Sedan in the wild

 

[John_Mereness]

1928 Cadillac Town Sedan in the wild

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[John_Mereness]

Packard spotting 

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[John_Mereness]

Pierce Arrow in the wild

PA

 

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[John_Mereness]

[3macboys]

 

 

Here's the accompanying story on these cars from my hometown: https://woodstocknewsgroup.weebly.com/woodstock-automobile.html 

 

I doubt that any of these survived  

[W_Higgins]

25 minutes ago, John_Mereness said:

That's a TCD photo I've not seen before.  Is that an early '30 running board splash apron with the separate nose?  It looks like there's a vertical line up front but the resolution is a little lacking on this end.

[3macboys]

 

This is from the same site but from during the war.  I know that I've never seen trucks like these one.  Anyone know if any of these survived after the war?

[TerryB]

The first Hershey meet? 😀

 

[John_Mereness]

Lincoln Convertible Victoria on far left - at 1938 Rose Bowl Parking Lot

 

 

[John_Mereness]

Vauxhall 

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[John_Mereness]

 

[John_Mereness]

34 Cadillac

 

[58L-Y8]

Here's a better look at that 1910 Regal.

[John_Mereness]

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[1937hd45]

Rare car, (just checked, Ford built 192 of them) sure it is a few years old in the photo. Back bumper and tail light don't quite look right. Here is a photo of a new one. Bob 

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[John_Mereness]

Two Buick Convertible Sedans 

 

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[John_Mereness]