Ancestral Vehicular Photos

[NNICKB]

Gordon posted some very nice pictures of his late Mom, with some cars. I always enjoy seeing old pictures of people in back in other times and places. As a car nut, I especially enjoy seeing cars and trucks. So, I thought I'd post some photos of my grandparents, and encourage others to do the same.

[Gordon Maney]

Neat!

[Gordon Maney]

Rabbit hunting

My father [left] and his brother, my uncle George, hunting rabbits in the early 40's.

George told me recently, "We ate a lot of rabbits then."

[712edf]

I once had a book that had historical pictures of vintage race cars. You could order prints of some of the photos.

One of the photos was taken about 1903, along a beach on the Atlantic Ocean. It contained a man on horseback, one on bicycle, one in a new fangled contraption soon to be known as an automobile, a couple afoot, and it seems like one in a Wright Bros type plane & possibly somebody in a boat..... The caption mentioned that it was possibly the only known picture featuring every method of transportation (at the time) present at the same time/place. It was a unique shot.

Bucky

[Doc Dave]

My father [left] and his brother, my uncle George, hunting rabbits in the early 40's.

George told me recently, "We ate a lot of rabbits then."

Thats a great picture. Now I have to look around for one here!

On a related note, just for kicks one day, I Googled my grandfather's name. He managed a gas station in Kansas - was not someone I would expect to find on the Internet from way back (unlike politicians, wealthy people, etc). I was amazed to see an image of his pop up that I had never seen before, from a wedding party in 1923. A distant relative had uploaded it to some site and voila! I wonder if any other PW folks have tried that...

[Kevin Mienke]

Uncle Frank, Dad, and Uncle Jim. Not sure of the make of the car.

[NNICKB]

Kevin, looks to be a '41 Chevy, or maybe a '46 or '47.

[Paul Cook]

I can't remember...

Okay, the Plymouth is a P2. If I were a Plymouth, I'd be a P3. If I were a Dodge 1/2 ton truck, I'd be an MC. If there was a new, current model 1/2 ton Dodge sitting there just out of camera range, it would be an RC.




Funny I can remember the model numbers, but I can't remember the years.

[Steve G]

Here are some of my grandpa.

First: his unit, the 168th Iowa Infantry 1940

Second: Him on his dad's shoulders about 1926

Third: Grandma and Grandpa mid 1950s

[Gordon Maney]

Great thread!

[NNICKB]

If I were a Plymouth, I'd be a P3.

Hmm, if I were a Plymouth, I'd be a '58 Fury. Like in the movie "Christine."

[Frank Irons]

This is a photo of my Grandfather with his Dodge Brothers oil delivery truck.

Frank

[Gordon Maney]

No cigar because of safety, I suppose?

[Hobcobble]

My Grandfather's '37 Dodge pickup after some "drift busting".
This photo was taken in '38. My dad was 6 years old at the
time. My cousins still run the family farm just outside of Kamrar
Iowa.
John

[Gordon Maney]

Beautiful!