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It survived but lost its character.
205 W. Broadway Leland IA Likely the Post Office

The 13th photo from the top of the mechanic using a ‘speed wrench’ is kind of unusual. It makes you wonder why it was taken but it’s everyday life as it was. Really interesting photos to say the least as they always are! Some are posed and it seems other were just taken as what was going on in the place they were taken. Life as it was.

Each one is a treasure in its own way.
I don't know where you find them.
Rich

Ford Z-tool - head bolt wrench.

My favorite in this batch is the 2nd picture - the thrown together T delivery hack. Wagon seat, 15-16 hood former, no hood, hauling empty Coca Cola cases. But I don’t believe that right rear fender is a famous Rootlieb fender.

I thought the same thing about the T delivery truck. Sort of thrown together as it seems and no headlights on crooked. That T was used and used until———————.

That first picture makes me think of this place on Third Street.
I picked the right place to live.

Nice bunch of photos again! Thank you Tom R.

Number one, I love the late 1915/'16 runabout. Black lamp trim and electric horn button. The wheels and under the fenders are well coated in dried mud. However, one can still see that the tires have whiteish sidewalls. Fronts appear smooth, rears have some sort of tread design. Ford mixed tire styles around for a few years there in the mid to late 1910s.

What a cobbled up mess of a car! But still doing the job. 1915/'16 firewall/hood former, 1917 or later radiator, I think an electric horn button although I can't see the horn on the other side of the engine? Left headlamp is twisted or bent back, although the left fender appears to be there. Right headlamp is a gutted bucket, but appears to be straight.
Again, heavily muddied wheels and tires, but one can still make out the whiteish sidewalls, even on the fancy treaded rear tire.

Number three. A great look at an early to mid 1915 touring car! The bulb horn, brass trimmed lamps date it. The oil sidelamps are not the real early transitional style, so the car was likely somewhere February into July of 1915. You can make out the black background on the hubcap faces.

Number four, Leland Iowa. Interesting that what was probably the Post Office building has the "N" backwards. Culturally, that used to be quite common with several letters of the alphabet.
The model T, probably a 1915 (lamp trim appears to be brass?), and I suspect another runabout. It also appears to have an after-market horn.

Number five. Maybe 1911 or 1912 mother-in-law roadster in front? Interesting, both cars appear to have electrified headlamps?

Number six. Mid 1912 "slab-side" touring car with nice pinstriping.

Number seven. 1914 touring car with a nice accessory bumper and bad front shock absorbers.
A lot of people on that car, yet it isn't sitting low in the back? Ohio license plate maybe?

Number eight appears to be a photo booth photo. Maybe at a local fair? Lots of smiles on those kids!
I don't see anything to narrow down whether it is early or late, 1915 or 1916.

Number nine. 1914 touring car. Acetylene generator and a reflection of the bead at the bottom of the doors.

Number ten. A 1917 mid model year based upon radiator and fenders with the even folding windshield. Whiteish sidewalls on tires can be seen. Front tires appear to be smooth, no tread. Rears I can't be sure about the tread or not.

Number eleven. I wonder what is going on here? Interesting looks on people's faces. 1914 touring car, another Ford behind it. Another set of those bad shock absorber on that T. Good looking horse pulling the carriage with advertising on the umbrella. I wonder if that is the harness maker in the carriage?

Number twelve looks like another 1917 (tombstone rear curtain and even folding windshield). With better Hassler shocks this time!

Number thirteen with the head bolt speed wrench! What I find interesting is the closeup look at an after-market "sedan" kit. I often wonder how practical those things were?

Fourteen appears to be a late 1914, very dirty. A carload four adults, this one is squatting quite low in the back.

Number fifteen is another photo booth/studio photo. I wonder who is doing the pennant advertising (I know, Tanner Bros Garage) and why here in the photo booth? Car is early, but how early I don't know. It also appears to have been around for awhile. Paint is chipping and flaking off the wood body.

Sixteen is a nice looking roadster with after-market pickup box on the back. And pulling a rather substantial load by the way!
Ever dug a hole to "plant" one of those big poles? I have, several times. About two feet diameter and six to eight feet deep! The "low tech" end of communications systems contracting. We did it all! I still have the "spade" and "spoon", the special shovels for such a task.

The last photo, just before my post, is my favorite! A wonderful human being in a wonderful car.

Rather than thrown together, I recon the CocaCola delivery truck is basically a 1915-6 car which just has a later radiator fitted. Rather neat that they fitted the radiator steady rod through the hood hinge rod hole.These days the Coke crates are probably worth more than the car!

Allan from down under.

Allan’s exactly right. It’s a worn out 15-16 with a high radiator squirked onto it. Looks like a Holley G.

That 1912 touring is fantastic, super sharp. The accessory headlamps were not an inexpensive option.