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Topic author - Posts: 2789
- Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:26 pm
- First Name: Dallas
- Last Name: Landers
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 26 Rpu, 23 TT, 24 coupe,
- Location: N.E. Indiana
- MTFCA Number: 49995
Here's your sign
My cousin thought I needed this sign
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Topic author - Posts: 2789
- Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:26 pm
- First Name: Dallas
- Last Name: Landers
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 26 Rpu, 23 TT, 24 coupe,
- Location: N.E. Indiana
- MTFCA Number: 49995
Re: Here's your sign
This one is made of cardboard/ paper. The steel wheel reference would suggest some age to it.
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- Joined: Sat Mar 09, 2019 2:05 am
- First Name: Brent
- Last Name: Burger
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1926 TT closed cab flatbed
- Location: Spokane, Wa.
- Board Member Since: 2014
Re: Here's your sign
Having old junk around the place creates a nice ambiance. Signs are always fun,
especially if they are relevant in some way. My Great-Great Grandfather was a
builder and worked with these guys in the late 19th Century to do interior finish
of the places he built.
especially if they are relevant in some way. My Great-Great Grandfather was a
builder and worked with these guys in the late 19th Century to do interior finish
of the places he built.
More people are doing it today than ever before !
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- Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 11:47 am
- First Name: Herb
- Last Name: Iffrig
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1911 Torpedo, 1918 TT Hucksters
- Location: St. Peters, MO
Re: Here's your sign
It's hard for me to make out what the sign says in the first photo.
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Topic author - Posts: 2789
- Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:26 pm
- First Name: Dallas
- Last Name: Landers
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 26 Rpu, 23 TT, 24 coupe,
- Location: N.E. Indiana
- MTFCA Number: 49995
Re: Here's your sign
Tounge in cheek behind my lathe.
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- Joined: Sat Jan 05, 2019 1:57 pm
- First Name: Mark
- Last Name: Gregush
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1925 cutdown PU, 1920 Dodge touring, 1948 F2 Ford flat head 6 pickup 3 speed
- Location: Portland Or
- MTFCA Number: 52564
- Board Member Since: 1999
Re: Here's your sign
LOL I for one got that!
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas!
1925 Cut down pickup
1920 Dodge touring
1948 Ford F2 pickup
1925 Cut down pickup
1920 Dodge touring
1948 Ford F2 pickup
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- Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:27 pm
- First Name: BOB
- Last Name: CASCISA
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1916 TOURING
- Location: POULSBO, WA
- MTFCA Number: 16897
- MTFCI Number: 16628
Re: Here's your sign
Respectfully Submitted,
Be_Zero_Be
I drive a Model T ... Microseconds don't matter
For every Absolute Model T Fact there are at least three exceptions.
Be_Zero_Be
I drive a Model T ... Microseconds don't matter
For every Absolute Model T Fact there are at least three exceptions.
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- Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:31 pm
- First Name: Dan
- Last Name: Hatch
- Location: Alabama
- MTFCA Number: 49974
Re: Here's your sign
Here is one I wish I could find out story on. Saw a picture of one in a1910 Ford Times. That is all I have found on them. Dan
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- Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2019 4:56 pm
- First Name: Frank
- Last Name: Brandi
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: Speedster (1919 w 1926)
- Location: Moline IL
- Board Member Since: 2018
Re: Here's your sign
Model T owners, not.
The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.
Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
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- Joined: Sat Mar 09, 2019 2:05 am
- First Name: Brent
- Last Name: Burger
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1926 TT closed cab flatbed
- Location: Spokane, Wa.
- Board Member Since: 2014
Re: Here's your sign
One of my favorites, ... a VERY early Bell system sign, from the days
when phones were not in homes and one went to a "station" to place a
call. Telephones were installed in places like pharmacies and general
stores. The business owner operated as an agent of Bell, getting a cut
for doing so. Things were a little different in steam era America.
when phones were not in homes and one went to a "station" to place a
call. Telephones were installed in places like pharmacies and general
stores. The business owner operated as an agent of Bell, getting a cut
for doing so. Things were a little different in steam era America.
More people are doing it today than ever before !
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- Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:51 am
- First Name: Richard
- Last Name: Eagle
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1909 TR 1914 TR 1915 Rd 1920 Spdstr 1922 Coupe 1925 Tudor
- Location: Idaho Falls, ID
- MTFCA Number: 1219
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Re: Here's your sign
I was particularly pleased to be gifted with this sign. In the 1960s Tony Douglass was still babbiting engines in Idaho Falls. His shop was dark and dank with brick walls. It was like stepping into the 20s to walk into it. The smell of oil and smoky steel permeated it. Tony could have been a Hobbit with quilted welding hat and wire rimmed glasses. He was all business but fatherly to we youngsters.
I never found out who the Shoe Douglass's were.
Rich
He had played marbles with Rich Bingham's Grandfather in his younger days. We went there often to check on Rich's T engine progress. That babbit is still fine in my Touring car engine. Memories from those days are simply magical today.I never found out who the Shoe Douglass's were.
Rich
When did I do that?
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- Posts: 1922
- Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 11:23 am
- First Name: Rich
- Last Name: Bingham
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1913 runabout
- Location: Blackfoot, Idaho
Re: Here's your sign
W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. of Brockton, Massachusetts was one of the largest shoe manufacturers in the world from the 1890s well into the 20th century. W. L. Douglas passed away in 1924 at the age of 79, having established a nationwide chain of shoe stores. Doubtless there was a store in Idaho Falls as well, perhaps close enough to cause some confusion with Douglass Machine & Bearing which Mr. Antone Douglass had established in 1919 ?
Any road, Douglas Shoes had faded before our earliest memories, eh Rich ?
It's great to see that sign, and fun to look into the reason for the reference to the "shoe Douglass" !
Any road, Douglas Shoes had faded before our earliest memories, eh Rich ?
It's great to see that sign, and fun to look into the reason for the reference to the "shoe Douglass" !
"Get a horse !"
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- Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:51 am
- First Name: Richard
- Last Name: Eagle
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1909 TR 1914 TR 1915 Rd 1920 Spdstr 1922 Coupe 1925 Tudor
- Location: Idaho Falls, ID
- MTFCA Number: 1219
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Re: Here's your sign
Thanks Rich. Perhaps in the location of Hudson Shoe on the other end of the block. Didn't they sell the "Buster Brown's"?
When did I do that?
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- Posts: 1922
- Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 11:23 am
- First Name: Rich
- Last Name: Bingham
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1913 runabout
- Location: Blackfoot, Idaho
Re: Here's your sign
Yup ! Hudson's Shoes had a store in Pocatello too, also a corner location. It would be interesting to know if they succeeded a Douglas's Shoe Store. Yup again, they sold Buster Brown shoes. Apparently you can still buy Buster Brown shoes, product of Brown Shoe Co.
"Get a horse !"
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- Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 11:00 am
- First Name: Michael
- Last Name: Peternell
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: TT gas truck, T tractor conversions, '15 touring, '17 speedster, '26 16 valve speedster
- Location: Albany mn
Re: Here's your sign
Got this one at a model T swap in southern Minnesota.
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- Posts: 2345
- Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 11:25 am
- First Name: Dave
- Last Name: Hanlon
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 24 Touring car
- Location: NE Ohio
- MTFCA Number: 50191
- Board Member Since: 2018
Re: Here's your sign
It’s a tough job but somebody’s gotta do it
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