As some might know, I'm heir to all the family archives, being the last one, and I've been spending quite a bit of time, when not working in real life or hanging around conservativecave on the internet, sorting through pictures and papers and things, going back to the 1720s, as much of it will eventually devolve onto the nephews (but I hope not for a very long time yet), who know less than I do.
I'm always coming across photographs with motor vehicles in them, all of them before my own time.
I never paid much attention to cars--really, no, I didn't or don't--interested in them only insofar as all four wheels turn the same direction.
When I lived in Lincoln, I used to live in rich people's houses when they went on extended trips to here or there--hiring me was cheaper than putting the dog and the cat into a kennel--and I had use-of-the-automobile privileges. Some of these people had five or six cars.
I always just took the first one handy, whereas friends used to insist, "But how about taking the Porsche instead?" or "Haven't you tried the Peugeot yet?" or "Oh, no, let's take the Lamborghini instead" or
ad nauseam. Sometimes we did, but really I always preferred to simply take the first car in the driveway or garage, no matter what it was.
To me, a car is a car is a car is a car. Just so all four wheels turn the same direction.
So I'm serious here; I don't pay attention.
Anyway, can anyone illuminate me on identifying any of the following (and there's probably going to be a whole lot more photographs of family vehicles, posted as I find them)?
From 1927, Clarion County, Pennsylvania.
From 1939 (I guess), Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
I know, I know; a tractor, but that's a motor vehicle. From, I guess, 1943, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Not a motor vehicle, but I'm curious. From 1944, New York City; that seems too fancy of a uniform for the soldier taking the photograph. An officer, perhaps? What service?
From 1949, North Platte, Nebraska; anybody know what kind of airplane that was?
Notation says "July 1951;" I'm guessing the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Notation says "August 1951," and it's in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
I'm guessing 1952, known for sure to be in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Now, we're getting nearer my time; the motor vehicle my parents had when I was born.
Can anybody identify any of these motor vehicles? Thanks.....and there'll be more.