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I realize that this is not Model T related, but figured there may be some crossover knowledge from folks on this forum or someone might be able to point me where to go. Anyone have any idea what this steering column is from? Found it at an auction and would like to find it a good home, but step one ...

Since I came across the negative of the Model T's under the shed in Independence, Missouri (first post), I had wondered why a railroad would store worn out and rather decrepit looking automobiles under a shed. Scanning some more negatives today, I came across one that provides a little context for t...

Found another one, KCS Division Office Building, Pittsburg, Kansas

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A nice, shiny and new looking Model T Touring car in Shreveport, Louisiana

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Yet another one, this time a Model T Touring Car parked under the water tower at the KCS's East Kansas City Shops.

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Not a Model T this time but a bit of Model T era advertising in the form of a Champion Spark Plugs billboard from Siloam Springs, Arkansas.

Building is the railroad depot's "Coal House", used to store the coal supply for the depot stoves.

Jason Midyette

Very cool to see the Decatur Arkansas depot and shed still with us!

Here are a couple more I found today, both from Neosho, Missouri;

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A couple from Joplin, Missouri;

Negative is fairly degraded, but still kind of a neat photo.

Kansas City Southern Bunk House, Fullerton, Kansas

Found another one;

Found a few more -

Notice that the same two gentlemen and their car show up in the Switch Shanty & Yard Office photos. Perhaps the photographer was with them.

Jason Midyette

I recently acquired a large group of ancient (1910's to 1930's) negatives from the Kansas City Southern Railroad. These were once part of the railroad's files and are generally photos of railroad structures and the like. The Ford Model T manages to show up in some of the photos, so I thought I would...

I found these in a lot of paperwork that I acquired recently and thought others may find them interesting; img845.jpg Hall Motor Company, Fort Collins, Colorado img846.jpg Cooper Irvin Motor Company, Amarillo, Texas img847.jpg Higgins Motor Company, Higgins, Texas img848.jpg Jones & Lindley, Ford De...