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1923
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1922 the last horse drawn fire truck in New York
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1927 Dodge trucks belonging to the Treasury Department
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1908 subway train
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1920's
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Model T runabout
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Predessesor to the ladder truck, called a water tower, pre-1922 which was the last year for New York horse drawn fire engines from what I read
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1925, and brilliant advertising photo of the "Capital Brand" with the Capital building just over the hood
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1920
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REO dealership floor, 1920
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The Baltimore automobile above demonstrates a safety catcher for pedestrians... I wonder if it was due to unsafe drivers who couldn't safely operate the cars, or pedestrians who couldn't avoid being hit by the comparably quiet cars
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Oldsmobile Sales Co. interior, 1919 or 1920
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The Hackett Motor Car co, Jackson Michigan
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1912 is the time of the photo. Terrific delivery wagon, precursor to the truck
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1904 in France
The car in the top photo is a 1923 Durant A-22 touring sedan, which was the most expensive model of the A-22 range, selling for $1,465.
ReplyDeleteThe photo of the Hackett factory is very rare - the company was only in business in Jackson and Grand Rapids, MI between 1917 and 1919. It is also interesting to compare this factory with the Ford factory in Detroit - no production lines. Cars would have been manually moved to different parts of the factory according to what parts were being added.