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- Tough Guys
- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
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Factory Branch: 1926
1926. Washington, D.C. "Four Wheel Drive Auto Co. oil truck, H Street N.E." My favorite detail here: "Minimum Labor Charge 50¢." View full size.
Wanted:
Man to drive oil truck with loud horn, suit and hat required.
Smooth Ride
The two dome-topped cylinders between the radiator grille and the front bumper are probably early versions of hydraulic shock absorbers. Similar designs -- perhaps less robustly constructed -- were available as aftermarket accessories for passenger cars in the late 'Teens and early '20s. We tend to take shock absorbers for granted these days, but early cars which lacked them tended to rebound for a considerable time after encountering a bump or pothole; this is not only uncomfortable but also inimical to keeping the tire in contact with the road surface.
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