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Period images to relieve some of the stress


Walt G

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7 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said:

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Beautiful car, what is it? No license plates, maybe a factory photo?

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21 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said:

Amazing what you find when you zoom in on some of these what appear to be normal old photos...

 

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Coming across a 1924 Packard Single Eight Series 136 4-passenger Sport Model parked casually on the street would stop us in our tracks!  What is even more unusual is the car was fitted with wood artillery wheels where steel disks were standard and a side mount spare(s) where a rear-mount was the norm.

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I used to go across every morning to a Belgian carrier camp 2 ½ miles away to take a sick parade. Portrait of a soldier sitting in a very basic roofless car. Lt. Irvine was posted to a carrier hospital at Dodoma in July 1917. The image chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.

 

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I realize we all love the glamorous large vehicles of the era, but my reason for posting this is to show a fundemental use of the automobile that's rarely considered for the era. The make and model is not important, the fact that it encapsulates the task (or use) are points we often overlook. The transformation of any vehicles use for noble efforts should never be hidden from a historical point of view, on the other hand the outright customization of a fine rare automobile should always be discouraged in a historical context. Just an observation from one who loves the true history of any make and model.  Soapbox over...

 

 

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