OLD PHOTO THREAD

Post by **Jay In Northern Ca.** » Sat Jan 19, 2019 8:47 am

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I have one of the REPEAL plates on our 1915 Roadster pickup

Post by **Rich Eagle** » Sat Jan 19, 2019 8:57 am

Another Coupe with that funny visor.
Thanks
Rich

Post by **Jay In Northern Ca.** » Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:17 am

Richard, Do you think that might have translucent (Green?) celluloid panels??

Post by **Rich Eagle** » Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:27 am

Yes, I have this one and it had some small green pieces left in the groove. There were a couple of forum posts where I posted this photo but a Google search didn't bring them up. It was interesting and I'll do a little more searching.
Rich

Post by **Rich Eagle** » Sat Jan 19, 2019 10:12 am

These aren't the thread I was looking for but does address these visors. It's always a great trip down memory lane to see the old forum discussions. Also this photo of one on a later Roadster. It may be one of yours too.
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/822076/836366.html
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/59 ... 1456101872

Post by **KWTownsend** » Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:33 am

Jay In Northern Ca. wrote: ↑
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Jay,
Do you have any other information about this photo? It is very interesting that it is a 1911 touring with aftermarket fore-door with the latch on out outside. With the electric headlights, top boot, and rebound springs, I wonder if this photo is taken a few years later, maybe after being repainted, too. Does anyone recognize the license plate state and year?

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Post by **Jay In Northern Ca.** » Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:32 pm

Sorry Keith, It's just one of well over ten thousand "Old Photos" on my hard drive. Hard to say who,what.why or when about it.

Post by **CudaMan** » Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:40 pm

Note the rebound straps on the front spring!

Post by **Rich Eagle** » Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:50 pm

The license plate is the only clue to year I can see. 3 numerals and a short named state could be a 1912 Maine. Dark blue on yellow porcelain with no date. Earlier and 1913 had lighter letters than the backgrounds. 1914 they started the dates. Unusual and unique.
Rich

Post by **Oldav8tor** » Sat Jan 19, 2019 5:43 pm

My family's first car was a 1917 Touring, similar to what I own today. This photo shows my grandparents in the back, father in the passenger's seat and uncle behind the wheel. The photo was taken about 25 miles from where I live today.

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Post by **Rich Eagle** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 9:13 am

Those parts counters are delightful. I can almost read the labels.
Rich

Post by **Jay In Northern Ca.** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:43 am

Richard, I thought of you and your painting when I posted the parts counter photos.

Post by **Rich Eagle** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:49 am

That first one at 6:53 am would make a nice one. I'll add it to my list.
Thanks

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Post by **Rich Eagle** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 11:44 am

The clowns in that last one are having too much fun. "I Have Seen...Hard Winters..."
I will stick my neck out and say New York 1918, 1919 or 1923 license plate. That would have given them plenty of time to restyle the '16 T.
Great photos.
It would be neat if we could post between each photo but we can't have everything.
Thanks again.
Rich

Wayne Sheldon · Post by **Wayne Sheldon** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:34 pm

The one at 6:42 am is one of those rare wonderful street scene photos showing a (probably) random shot of a model T speedster being driven in the real world of daily life. I have looked closely at many hundreds (probably more than a thousand) original era photos of speedsters (T model and other) over the many years. Most of them, 95 percent at least, the photo was being taken of the car. A special in whatever setting it happened to be in. Usually, there is no indication of whether the picture was taken by the cars owner, or one of his close friends. Or, maybe a chance encounter by someone that simply wanted a picture of something different. On the other hand, I have also studied many hundreds of street scene photos. Maybe not yet a thousand? But probably getting close to it. In all those, so very many I have used a magnifying glass (or blown up on the computer) looking at details on as many cars as I could. Out of all those hundreds of general street scenes? I would bet less than twenty had a speedster in them to be seen, and about half of them were so small and out of the focus that very little could be identified about the car.
Seeing an actual speedster in an original era street scene photo is usually the high point of my day!
Thank you Jay for that! And for all the wonderful pictures you post.

Post by **Jay In Northern Ca.** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 8:41 pm

Looks like it turned out to be a bad day to shop for tires for the owner of that Model T!!

Wayne Sheldon · Post by **Wayne Sheldon** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:29 pm

The model T appears to be a center-door sedan (almost definitely!) The year of the car is in doubt, the front fender looks like it could be brass era, however nothing else indicates that. I just find it hard to believe a later fender could bend that direction from a hundred pounds of bricks from above? However, I found another photo online showing a different angle of the same car and buildings. It was posted on a University of California site, and identifies it as the "Santa Barbara Earthquake, 1925".
Google/Wikipedia says it occurred June 29, 1925 at a 6.8 magnitude. An active region in those years, another six pointer occurred nearby in 1933.

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jagiven · Post by **jagiven** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:17 am

Lots of great pictures, I really enjoyed them Jay! I added a few to my screensaver collection.

I did find at the bottom of each thread there is a way to show the thread in ascending and descending order. I wish this button was on the header of each thread, maybe once the Admins have a chance to catch their breath, we can see if it can be relocated.

Post by **Rich Eagle** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 9:33 am

A wonderful hat and nice glasses in the last one (5:58).

Post by **ModelTSpeedster** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 9:42 am

San Marcos, Texas circa 1915

Post by **CudaMan** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 10:37 am

I always thought an old fire station would make a great house for me.