Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
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Monday, September 5, 2011

Friday, August 19, 2011

Art of the automobile (not car) examples of the race cars and advertising of the first 1/4 of the 20th century from OldMotor.com


 This was a jab at the outspoken nut reactionists who didn't want the automobiles to be legal and on the same roads as the horse and carriages. Auto's were loud, fast, and unknown. Sorta the same reaction that Rock and Roll of the 50's, and hot rodders of the 40's had to deal with. So when the Sportsman in the above image asked about the motorist killing anything it was indicating the conservative notion of the old folks that autos were going to wantonly kill pedestrians, horses, and whatever else was in it's way. Maybe there was a thread of truth, because no one was familiar with engines, gasoline, batteries, and powerful cars... all dangerous, explosive, and in the hands of people with zero experience with the dangers of each.



 The above is the artwork of Stephan Marjoram, a fantastic photographer I've posted the work of before, I recommend you follow this link to the 2nd page, and see the awesome photos Stephan posted http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search?q=marjoram&updated-max=2010-02-28T22%3A44%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=20. I didn't know he was such a really damn good artist, but he is. http://stefanmarjoram.com/art.htm

The Zust from the 1908 New York to Paris race finally shows up in a photo thanks to OldMotor.com

Italian Zust which finished third to the Thomas Flyer and twenty two days behind the German Protos

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Thursday, August 11, 2011

2 samples of cigarette cards of the predesessor to the stage coach, and the passenger train

Menu covers from train and car club banquets 1891-1908




found while browing around in http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/

1885 to 1929 interesting cars

 1885 horseless carriages in Russia
 1893 Haynes with E. Haynes in both photos. It was the first successful automobile in America

 1901 Franklin
 1902 Cadillac
 1904 Caddilac
 1907 Isotta Fraschini (really shiny paint)
 1908 Ford, the first model T
 1916 Studebaker landaulet roadster (I've got thought that a roadster can't be a landaulet, and vice versa)
 1925 Lincoln club roadster with body by LeBaron
 1925 Locomobile
1929 Studebaker with Neysa McMein (great first name) she was a designer at Studebaker
Found digging through the photos at http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/

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