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Showing posts with label Mitchell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mitchell. Show all posts
Saturday, August 20, 2011
1909 WC Fields in the back of his American Traveler
1910 Teddy Roosevelt in the back of a Mitchell
1921 to 1924 Jack Dempsey behind the wheel of a very special McFarlan roadster
1926 Babe Ruth being given an Auburn roadster
Clark Gable in his famous 1936 Model J Duesenburg body by Bohman & Schwartz
The wonderful Mickey Rooney (loved his performance in Black Stallion) in a 1949 movie The Big Wheel
all found on http://theoldmotor.com/
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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