For Rich B.

[Rich Eagle]

I thought you would enjoy this as much as anyone.
Rich E.

[Rich P. Bingham]

That's nothing less than WONDERFUL !!
Thanks for thinking of me, Rich !!

It especially tickles me because the "Lone Tire Ranger's" mount (also a pinto) has as much personality (and circumspection - maybe about the tire ?) as my Babe. This really made my day ! Could you please email that image to me ?? I'd be much obliged !

[Rich Eagle]

Image sent.
Hopalong Clincherdy.

[Rich P. Bingham]

The No-Skid Kid ?

[TXGOAT2]

Side note: Graham McNamee was a pioneering radio broadcaster of the 1920s/30s


"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen of the radio audience. This is Graham McNamee speaking...."

[Rich P. Bingham]

Fun side note on that issue's contents, Pat. Thanks for that. What I really want to know is the story behind the cover illustration !
(You'll note this was before Norman Rockwell gained a monopoly on that periodical's covers - he had provided the SEP with cover art as early as 1919, however !)

[TXGOAT2]

Artist's mark looks like XXXX "Edgar Franklin Williams" ///// !!!! Correction: Edgar Franklin Wittmack

The tire casing may be a Fisk.

The picture detail holds up well to magnification.

[Rich P. Bingham]

Yup. Edgar F. Wittmack, 1894-1956. A very active and sought-after illustrator in the '20s and '30s. As with so many in the golden age of illustration, impressive work, well worth a look.

[Rich Eagle]

Wittmack did a number of covers for Popular Science, Outdoor Life, Scientific American and others. The futuristic modes of transportation were so intriguing.

[perry kete]

Rich B. are you two related?

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[Rich P. Bingham]

Dennis, although Grandpa Jones was a great inspiration, being left-handed I never learned to play 5-string banjo. No, we're not related. However, Cuthbert Maddox is a distant cousin on my great-grandmother's side.

[JessieJim1]

Rich B. are you two related?

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It looks like a photo from a movie.

[Rich Eagle]

I thought this belongs somewhere.

[speedytinc]

I wondered what happened when a horse breaks down. Tow it to the vet or blacksmith's.

[Rich P. Bingham]

A very poignant image, the kind seldom seen among period photos outside of campaigns by the ASPCA. Very much the transition from horses to motors. The end of an era, no looking back.

John, when a horse breaks down, the next stop is neither a vet nor the blacksmith - it's animal products aka "the glue factory". The shabby building on the right is probably the terminal destination for the wrecker's load. The saddest axiom I learned at a tender age was my grandpa noting that "a horse is finished when it's down."

With all the affection we hold for our Model Ts, we can be glad that machinery doesn't suffer, even a broken crankshaft isn't terminal, and it doesn't mean parting forever in this life.

[Dallas Landers]

Rare rear engine model truck.

[Rich Eagle]

One caption from this photo's appearance is:
"The Hollendyke Wrecking Service, Clarksburg. West Virginia. 1933. (when your horse power is flagging call Hollendyke!)"
Another source identifies the wrecker as a 1920/21 Cadillac Type 59. The rear wheels being an addition.
The cracks in the brickwork are further proof that time marches on.
Further evolution is this H.A.M.B. ad for the remains of some Cadillac Type 59 chassis.
Where will it all end?

Rich