Showing posts with label Shorpy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shorpy. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

What do you make of this? 1910 Memphis Tennessee street photo caught a Model T Town Car... rare. Steve dug into the research for the ID and numbers

clipped from a much bigger photo http://www.shorpy.com/node/9647?size=_original

1909-1910 Ford towncar compared to landaulet - the only difference is that the landaulet ($1,100) does not have a covered drivers compartment and the towncar ($1,200) does. 

1909 -  236 produced; 284 sold .  1910 -  377 produced; 304 sold

The grids in the sidewalk on the top of the photo are glass blocks in the sidewalk that let light into the building basement under the sidewalk

Monday, July 11, 2011

Pere Marquette Railroad parlor car No. 25, 1905

http://www.shorpy.com/node/9955?size=_original
assigned to the western shores of the lower peninsula of Michigan between Ludington and Frankfort. vacation service on trains No. 1 and 5, and Nos. 9 and 10, the Resort Special.

 for 1905 of the Great Central route stopped at Little Manistee River (Fishing Camp) when signaled, an indication of casual operation in good old summer days. The car was characterized by a curved rear bulkhead with plate-glass windows to match, giving onto an observation platform of uncommon depth.