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Showing posts with label Panhard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Panhard. Show all posts
Sunday, August 14, 2011
The Gould family chauffer giving the kids lessons on driving, 1900
0 comments Posted by st at 10:01 PM
For a gallery of close ups on each of the kids cars, and the story behind the family: http://theoldmotor.com/?p=16131
Thursday, August 11, 2011
I missed noting on this photo what this car is. But Greg identified it as a 'Duesenberg Model J'
Billie Burke in San Francisco's Presidio Park drving her Studebaker
Century
Dodge... with a chauffer? In a Dodge? Really?
Henry Ford in his first automobile
Franklin
1927 Holland Tunnel in New York
New York hot dog stand 1935 in Manhattan
a safety idea that didn't stick
1909 flight of the Wright brothers... but look at the elegant horse carriage
Lady Astor, a parliament member in England and her Terraplane
a Packard 12, 7 passenger limo
Panhard and Levassor
Regal
This Supercharged Graham 120 won over 4 other v8 autos in a contest to win the favor of this fire dept chief
REO Flying Cloud
The first Oldsmobile, 1896
A Winton stripped down for racing
all found while browsing through http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/
Saturday, July 30, 2011
The Corbin 4 Passenger baby tonneau
Corbin 4 passenger roadster
Notice in the above description the roadster is said to have a "mechanician's" seat. What the hell? I've learned a new word! According to Wikipedia a mechanician is an engineer or a scientist working in the field of mechanics, It is also the term by which makers of mechanical automata use in reference to their profession.
found among hundreds of great old car catalogs at http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?word=title_id_list:454055&slabel=Automobiles%253A%2520Manufacturers%2520catalogues%252E&sScope=images&sLevel=1
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