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I've heard of spiked tyres, but that takes the biscuit !
And there's a leak in the front wheel bearing !

 

• Dec 23, 2023

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Oakland, 1918. "Crating Fageol 'walking tractors' at factory." Our first look at an unusual agricultural implement.
8x10 glass negative.

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• Dec 23, 2023

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January 1943. "A blimp of the U.S. Navy is led onto the apron of an East Coast lighter-than-air station before taking off
on a patrol flight over the Atlantic Ocean." 4x5 nitrate negative, Office of War Information.

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• Dec 23, 2023

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Oakland, California, circa 1918. "Fageol heavy-duty tractor and trailers." Visually answering the question
of what the heck this is. 8x10 inch glass negative by the Cheney Photo Advertising Co.

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• Dec 23, 2023

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What the hell!?

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Oakland, Calif., circa 1918. "Orchard tractor demonstration -- Fageol Motors Co. 'Walking Tractor'." Latest entry in the
Shorpy Catalog of Agricultural Anachronisms. 8x10 inch glass negative by Cheney Photo Advertising Co.

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Surly that's not the exhausts along the top!

 

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Circa 1902. "Richmond & Backus Co. office, Detroit." Our sixth glimpse behind the scenes at this printing,
binding and office supply business.


Submitted by Sébastien on Saturday, 26/03/2016....

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October 1942. "Men and women make efficient operating teams on riveting and other jobs at the Douglas Aircraft plant,
Long Beach, Calif. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F 'Flying Fortress'
heavy bomber, the A-20 'Havoc' assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane shown here for the carrying
of troops and cargo." 4x5 inch Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information.

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Hagstrom's??


Oakland circa 1956 and another motoring mishap, with yet another guilty-looking Buick.
4x5 acetate negative from the News Photo Archive.

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March 6, 1936. "Looking down Pike Street toward the Manhattan Bridge, street half in shadow, rubble in gutters,
some traffic." 8x10 gelatin silver print by Berenice Abbott for the Federal Art Project.

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April 1935. "Boys smoking log. Reedsville, West Virginia." Back before transistors or whatever made these portable.
4x5 nitrate negative by Elmer Johnson for the Resettlement Administration.

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Classy says I!

September 1952. New York. "Photos show people looking at fashion model Doris Erwin as she walks down Fifth Avenue."
Just passing Bergdorf Goodman. One of three dozen images snapped by Ralph Ginzburg for the Look magazine
assignment "A Young Man's Fancy -- Model on the Street."

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Hifi?

Chicago circa 1960. "Educational tapes." Specifically the "Electronic Educator" tape cartridge system, sharing space
with a Fisher Stereophonic Master Audio Control, Sherwood tuner and RCA Victor Deluxe color TV, as well as
drawer-mounted reel-to-reel and turntable. 4x5 inch acetate negative.

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Chicago circa 1964. "Marina City." The high-rise apartment towers on the Chicago River, and a compendium of
balcony-decorating ideas.

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"St. Clairs Coffee Shop and Mosher Record Store, Boston, night." Neon with a side of tailfin. 35mm negative,
photographer unknown.

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Chicago, 1949. "Theater traffic on State Street." 35mm negative by Stanley Kubrick, on the outside looking in,
for Look magazine.

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August 1942. "Aviation cadets in training at Corpus Christi, Texas, Naval Air Base." Kodachrome by Howard Hollem,
Office of War Information.

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Polychrome Pulps: 1942, by tedturner....

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1948. "George Daniels Pontiac, Van Ness Avenue." The San Francisco car dealership whose interior we've seen here.
8x10 acetate negative.


From San Francisco circa 1948 comes this nighttime shot of a Pontiac showroom, which our learned commenters reveal
was at 1560 Van Ness Avenue. 8x10 inch Kodak safety negative, photographer unknown.

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Washington, D.C. "Airplane, 1936, March or April." One of five similar glass plates in the Harris & Ewing archive.
Who can fill in the blanks?

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