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NEW / OLD FROM THE VINTAGRAPH VAULTS >> LET'S GO GET 'EM
Free Air: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 4:53am.
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"North Capitol Tire Shop, 1919 or 1920." Approaching the camera: A two-horsepower biofuel vehicle. View full size. National Photo Company.
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Making fun of horsepower
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 3:01pm.
Oh sure, you make fun of horsepower now but you just wait until we're all you've got left to ride around town on/in again. Make nice with us!! The only fuel we require is some oats and hay and water, and we leave fertilizer behind.
Best regards,
Mr. Ed
Here's your electric wire, and yours, and yours...
Submitted by Jennifer Dressel on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 10:13am.
It looks like the electric service could get complicated. Wonder what was in that transformer to keep it cool?
[Or would those be telephone wires. - Dave]
What a Great Shot
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 9:30am.
What a great shot! Love the Model T's, the brick commercial buildings, the early automobilia, etc. I'll bet those are sleeping porches on the building at the right. I wonder how many times the sleepers were awakened by clanging metal sounds at tire shop?
Snow and Slush
Submitted by RV Droz on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 9:11am.
You can almost feel the bone chilling cold that must have been in the air. Time to go inside for some Vulcanizing (just kidding). I see it's another Texaco location. I wonder if the current site occupants know there was a gas station there once.
Look at that road ...
Submitted by LocktownDog on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 8:26am.
And I complain about the city maintenance around here.
[That's slush. Seems to be brick paving underneath. - Dave]
Hooves
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 8:21am.
The hooves are pointing in the wrong direction.
[Ha ha. Now I get it. Thanks to AT for the explanation. "Treads." - Dave]
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