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Circa 1908. "High Street -- Holyoke, Massachusetts." High Street highlights include the Three Amigos as well as Guy Checking Out Car. View full size.
The Naumkeag Clothing Company on High Street was a popular place at the turn of the century.
Wow - those are massive. Ingenious way to really move air in those stuffy upper floors on a hot Mass. July day. Although on a windy day you better be careful or the window sashes end up 3 blocks away.
Ford had a Pinto Runabout model (Wiki defines it as a small light vehicle) in the early 70's, I don't know if they ever used that name for any models after that or not.
[In those days "runabout" was a generic term for the body style, not a model brand name. -tterrace]
Looks like it might be a 1906 Model 'N' Ford.
The car that the man is checking looks like a 1906-1908 Ford Model N. It was equipped with a 15 hp 4-cylinder engine and was Ford's least expensive model. The Model N was superseded by the Model T in late 1908.
Could that be a 1907-1908 Autocar runabout? Did they make a boattail model?
Still, a few familiar facades line the street:
I wonder if he's trying to crank-start it, since back then there were no self-starting cars.
[He's at the rear of the vehicle. - tterrace]
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