Showing posts with label brass era. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brass era. Show all posts

Sunday, July 24, 2011

the beauty of the 1909 full color catalog for the Palmer Singer various models

found among 900 images at http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?word=title_id_list:454055&slabel=Automobiles%253A%2520Manufacturers%2520catalogues%252E&sScope=images&sLevel=1

Henry Ford racing Alexander Winton, crazy hot headed young hooligans, they must have reached speeds in the 40's (whoopee!)

found on http://edwardianera.tumblr.com/page/67

Friday, July 22, 2011

Side of the car tiller steering

photo of Rockford Illinios, not dated.Found on http://edwardianera.tumblr.com/Looks like a 1909 Model 22 Studebaker electric Stanhope phaetonfound at http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=454635&imageID=1163604&total=907&num=320&word=col%5Fid%3A153&s=1¬word=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&lWord=&lField=&sScope=images&sLevel=&sLabel=Taking%20the%20Wheel%3A%20Manufacturers

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Vintage 1909 movie props from "The Airship Destroyer" ... steampunk all the way

 Airship destoryer in the above image, it's used as a unmanned drone to blow up blimps/airships... the petal propeller and dragonfly wings are comical these are both images of the front of this "Armored" horseless carriagethese images are from the 1909 movie "The Airship Destroyer" found on Richards blog http://electric-edwardians.blogspot.com/2011/05/airship-destroyer-1909.html and you can watch

Sunday, July 10, 2011

1908 Herald Square, New York. There is a lot to look at in this photo, hundreds of people, dozens of cars and carriages, and every head has a hat

 Top hat (in front) and fancy carriages for the very wealthy Top to bottom interesting stuff; upper right corner is a guy trying to jump out of the way of a street car, to his left the open touring car has a uniformed and gloved driver, in the upper left side are 3 horses side by side pulling a cart(see below left side for a better view) I've never seen a 3 horse cart. The open touring cars are