... "Artillery Wheels" that were so popular on higher-end cars of that period.
An old saw "What, you want $20 to repair and ... a doctor."
Kissel Kar? There was once a time that cars were so few that individual sales were reported in the newspaper. Shaw ...
Bumper cars at the Glen Echo amusement park in Montgomery County, Maryland, circa ... the big feature this season, has twenty-five two-seat cars that dash here and there bumping into one another over 10,000 square feet ... [The mesh carries the electrical current that powers the cars. - Dave]
Bumper Cars You know you're getting old when the kids ...
... hard to tell from this angle, but the fourth and fifth cars in front of the cabin, (caboose to you non-Pennsy fans), look very much like helium cars.
These fairly rare cars were used by the U.S. Navy to ship helium gas ...
... was still used extensively for boxcar sheathing. Reefer cars (note upward protruding latch for the ice hatch) like the one just in ... in terms of construction materials. Some "war emergency" cars were produced, framed with steel as before, but using wood sheathing for ...
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From the City Directory 1541 Cahuenga Boulevard
Cars from the stars and czars According to the 1942 LA city directory, Monty ... looked pretty reflecting off the shiny paint of the new cars beneath. And back then cars came in much more vivid colors than the ...
... Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Cable Cars Back in the late 1800s, Chicago had a cable car system. My ... of car shown in photo)
Officially known as a "grip cars," these streetcars vary slightly from cable cars. A grip car utilizes a ...
... and St. Mary in the Mountains. I was going to identify the cars by make and year, but why should I spoil all the fun? View full size. ...
Oh, you *could* have Identifying all the cars yourself might have actually forced us to talk about some other subject ...
... Helin. View full size.
Counterbalanced Street Cars This stretch of Fillmore Street is so steep that, for many years, San Francisco's Market Street Railway employed counterbalance cars on its #22 line. These streetcars operated as normal electric cars for ...
... Post, May 29, 1921.
Scripps-Booth Passenger Cars
"The Utmost in Light Weight Construction."
Touring Car: $1295 ...
Scripps-Booth six-cylinder, valve-in-head passenger cars are noted for their beauty, distinctiveness, durability and economy of ...
... much more texture, and of course, so many more people and cars. Lots of photos on this site, when compared to modern day, feel the same. ... (Google)
Burton Tusler (Google)
The vintage of the cars
Jimos Hat Cleaners (Google)
"Andy Jimos, who had a hat cleaning ...
... babies or the wives of the Park Avenue rich.
Cars & Trucks?! Perhaps you would also consider categorizing Ms. Grier ... cylinder Chevrolet from 1942 until 1945. Wish we had both cars now!
Her mission According to the September 18, 1937, Charleston ...
... March 3-10, 1917." A display of Chalmers and National cars. National Photo Co. Collection glass negative. View full size.
Big cars in D.C. In these pictures of Washington, one thing that stands out to ...
... gears to shift, and no clutch -- shifting and clutching on cars of that era required quite a bit of muscle. - Dave]
Cloudy crystal ... streets. It seems that those signs were for trolleys and cars only. It anwered my question why my g-g-great uncle got killed by a ...
... could edit your comments at any time! - Dave]
Cable Cars I didn't know New York had them. Wonder if they had recently replaced street cars, former tracks for which are in the street where bricklayers are working. ...
... are the happiest crash victims I've ever seen!
Same cars These are the same cars as the first photo.
[Same guys, too. Same day. Same game. - Dave] ...
... gone.
Out of state Interesting that none of the cars shown are from Colorado. The left car has California plates, the center is ... a restaurant door: "Come in, it's KOOL inside."
The cars are the Stars! The partial car on the left is a 1940 Buick Special ...
... the soot stains on the arch).
The Gravity Cars apparently came later.
Wonder how they came back up the hill, Anti Gravity Cars?
Designated Driver I imagine the train ride sobered you up pretty ...
... too. Note the crank behind this contraption.
[Most cars of this vintage had electric starters as well as cranks, for use if the ... ground up under the wheels.
Baltimore passenger cars Does anybody know any history about Baltimore brand automobiles? I ...
... are pretty impressive. No parking lot full of Iron Age cars, though. - Dave]
Go Mustangs! My mom's an alum of Manitou High. Go Mustangs!
Naming cars From left to right: The tailfin of a 1958 oldsmobile, a 1961 Chevrolet ...
... system seems rather effective.
Big girls in small cars My father bought my brother an electric car for Christmas.... must have ... women sure knew how to cast a glance.
(The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, G.G. Bain, NYC) ...
... What a gorgeous looking day. Photoshop out the highways, cars, roads, bridges, people, stoplights, and signs, and you have an Ansel ... the dark for a few days.
So many memories!
Sparse cars I imagine it's been many a day since that road has been that lightly ...
... inch acetate negative. View full size.
Late 1950s Cars 1957 Cadillac; 1959 Ford station wagon; 1960 Ford; ? Lincoln ... on postcards). How much later I guess we can judge by the cars ... who knew "dating assist" was an AAA service ?
(The Gallery, Cars, ...
... I thought I would post one of my cousin Frank Klemm's cars. This is one of the best pictures. He took pictures of all the cars he owned, which was many. He loved cars. View full size.
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... improvements as well. The derail probably remained if cars were still left on that track if they could endanger the main line.
... but there was no requirement that they be installed on all cars. Cars without air brake equipment were run at the rear of the train so ...