Hendon Middlesex
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Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Art of the automobile (not car) examples of the race cars and advertising of the first 1/4 of the 20th century from OldMotor.com
This was a jab at the outspoken nut reactionists who didn't want the automobiles to be legal and on the same roads as the horse and carriages. Auto's were loud, fast, and unknown. Sorta the same reaction that Rock and Roll of the 50's, and hot rodders of the 40's had to deal with. So when the Sportsman in the above image asked about the motorist killing anything it was indicating the conservative notion of the old folks that autos were going to wantonly kill pedestrians, horses, and whatever else was in it's way. Maybe there was a thread of truth, because no one was familiar with engines, gasoline, batteries, and powerful cars... all dangerous, explosive, and in the hands of people with zero experience with the dangers of each.
The above is the artwork of Stephan Marjoram, a fantastic photographer I've posted the work of before, I recommend you follow this link to the 2nd page, and see the awesome photos Stephan posted http://choosingscars.blogspot.com/search?q=marjoram&updated-max=2010-02-28T22%3A44%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=20. I didn't know he was such a really damn good artist, but he is. http://stefanmarjoram.com/art.htm
All found on http://theoldmotor.com/
The Zust from the 1908 New York to Paris race finally shows up in a photo thanks to OldMotor.com
found on http://theoldmotor.com/?p=507
Italian Zust which finished third to the Thomas Flyer and twenty two days behind the German Protos
The Gould family chauffer giving the kids lessons on driving, 1900
For a gallery of close ups on each of the kids cars, and the story behind the family: http://theoldmotor.com/?p=16131
some photos from the 1910 Salon de l'automobile in the Paris Grand Palace
found in http://gallica.bnf.fr/Search?ArianeWireIndex=index&p=1&lang=EN&q=1910+Salon+de+l%27automobile where some photographer went car to car and took photos of the engines of the cars also
2 samples of cigarette cards of the predesessor to the stage coach, and the passenger train
See a whole gallery of similar cig cards of early 1800's trains at http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?num=140&word=Railroads&s=3¬word=&d=&c=&f=2&k=0&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&imgs=20&pNum=
1885 to 1929 interesting cars
brass era,
Cadillac,
carrozzeria,
coach builders,
Franklin,
Haynes,
Isotta Fraschini,
Lincoln,
Locomobile,
model T,
studebaker,
vintage
1885 horseless carriages in Russia
1893 Haynes with E. Haynes in both photos. It was the first successful automobile in America
1901 Franklin
1902 Cadillac
1904 Caddilac
1907 Isotta Fraschini (really shiny paint)
1908 Ford, the first model T
1916 Studebaker landaulet roadster (I've got thought that a roadster can't be a landaulet, and vice versa)
1925 Lincoln club roadster with body by LeBaron
1925 Locomobile
1929 Studebaker with Neysa McMein (great first name) she was a designer at Studebaker
Found digging through the photos at http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/
sort of a hurdy gurdy... don't know what else to call a hand cranked piano on wheels
found on http://vintagemarlene.tumblr.com/
the 1920s photos from fuckyeah1920s.tumblr have such a wide variety, from celebrities as Laurel and Hardy, Harold Llyod, Buster Keaton, and Babe Ruth, to kids with pedal cars (it's like Shorpy!)
airplane,
Buick,
bus,
celebrity,
Dealership,
Hollywood,
Motorcycle,
movie,
pedal car,
racing,
sidecars,
tool,
vintage,
wreck
The wonderful Laurel and Hardy
League against indecent bathers.... really. Some people had nothing bettter to do than interrupt total strangers enjoying a swim.
I've never seen a tool like that. Obviously there were better wrenches at the time, but I'm glad to have found this photo of an unusual obsolete tool
Motocycle chariots!
1922 French Gran Prix
At Western and 11th in 1925 Los Angeles
Emergency landing in Teheran 1927
Harold Llyod in "Hot Water" 1924
Jack Donovan in 1928 with his DeLage and the house that was the result of a huge Hollywood scandal (a level equivalent to George Clooney sueing Jennifer Aniston)
Jack Donovan was an actor, producer, architect, yachtsman, lifesaver, civil plaintiff, criminal defendant, bon vivant, playboy, mama’s boy, father, illegal landlord, spousal abuser, aviator, mental patient, perpetual litigant, animal lover, cafe proprietor, writer, Chairman of the Santa Monica Red Cross
this auction page is part of a huge 4 part report about the Donovan - Murray scandal and lawsuits at http://paradiseleased.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/the-houses-that-jack-built-part-i/
Santa drives a Packard! Macy's in New York 1925
Marion Davies, 1924 "The Cardboard Lover" what in the heck is she sitting in? That is TINY
Marion Davies again
Lemonade and sandwich vendor
Look at the incredible reflection in that cars paint.. wow
Pretty cool to find a photo of the Spirit of St Louis getting lettered
Babe Ruth
Wow, luxury bus!
That is one monster huge car!
A ford dealership and gas station... the sign over the rear bumper says, "Gas strictly cash"
San Francisco parade, looks like Model T's under the facade of early tanks... pretty cool!
Mary Astor on the set of the movie "Sea Tiger" 1927
terrific dairy delivery trucks... lettered Cab A and Cab B... notice the small opera side windows to the right of the drivers side curtain window, and no side mirrors
road sign painters
Buick sales and service
that car's hood is as high as his shoulder!
I've seen huge front shocks like that before on Grahams
Been a while since youve seen dog carts I bet
Citreon
trying to compete with horses on the jump track?
Should need no caption to tell you what that streamliner is... looks longer than a bus from the same year
Some early kind of carnival ride I think
Miss Bradley has her very own pet deer. Beverly Hills, 1927
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