Old Photo - Sitting On The Porch Admiring Their New Ford

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2013: Old Photo - Sitting On The Porch Admiring Their New Ford
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 11:26 am:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By James Chochole on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 11:35 am:

I wonder what the neighborhood looks like today? I can see how close the houses are together- my minds eye says it doesn't look good anymore.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kenneth W DeLong on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 12:25 pm:

They are all sitting there thinking [Creep now!!] Bud.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Aaron Griffey, Hayward Ca. on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 12:38 pm:

Actually they are waiting to see if the guy that parked on the wrong side of the street gets a ticket.
Oops
Since the toolbox is on the right side maybe the car is right hand drive and it is in a country that drives on the left. ??


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Halpin on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 01:27 pm:

Picture is probably reversed. Notice the front wheels are turned toward the curb on a hill, like we were all taught to do before cars had a 'Park' on the gear shift selector.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kenneth W DeLong on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 01:32 pm:

I think it's USA left hand drive because the Acct gen or Presto lite tank is on the left side.Parked like he also has a self starter.Bud.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Derek Kiefer - Mantorville, MN on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 01:42 pm:

I don't think it's reversed negative, or a RHD car.

The toolbox is likely mounted on the passenger side because the carbide generator would be in the way on the drivers side... unless the lights have been electrified, then it could be the drivers side we're looking at.

I see a front door hinge, which would rule out a reversed image of a USA built car.

If those front tires are 30x3 (hard to tell for sure) then it would also rule out a Canadian built RHD car.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gary H. White - Sheridan, MI on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 05:27 pm:

Interesting. House looks like a duplex. Did they have them in those days?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Fred Dimock, Newfields NH, USA on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 05:42 pm:

I can't tell which side the steering wheel,is on


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis-SE Georgia on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 06:41 pm:

I know I don't want any neighbors that close! I have some, but I have to look hard to see them, especially in summer when there's leaves on the trees.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 06:49 pm:

I would think that in those days, a lot of areas would not have had laws against parking on the left side of the road. Outside of major cities, there wasn't enough traffic to matter that much. Even in the '50s, I remember a lot of people doing that.
That could have been a duplex. They have been around for a long, long, time. Some were cheap housing and many have not survived this long. Others, it was common for siblings to build a duplex and spend much of their lives as neighbors. That building looks fairly nice and I would guess that to be a possibility.
Nice car. Great photo! Thank you again, Jay!
drive carefully, and enjoy, W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Henry Petrino in Modesto, CA on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 07:15 pm:

I'd bet almost anything it is a duplex. I zoomed in as best I could on the little sign under the eves on the right side of the building. I can't make out what it says, but it does look like the first letter on the left is larger than the rest, suggesting it's a capital letter. So, I'm thinking it is probably the name of the occupant and since the first letter, a capital letter, is on the left, the photo is not reversed.

I very certainly could be wrong....


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Patrick on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 07:23 pm:

They're sitting there wondering how they are going to move into their new house. Dang builder forgot to put in the doors.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Aaron Griffey, Hayward Ca. on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 08:31 pm:

See how the porch goes around the house and the door is behind the kid? You can just see one edge of the door.
You would appreciate that set-back door on a windy day when it was -10 or colder, or when the wind is blowing 80 mph.
There is probably a door on the other side too.
There is only one house number though, but it could still be a duplex.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Larry Smith on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 09:45 pm:

The house is a duplex, and the car is a '13, and it's parked on a one way street!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By george house on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 09:58 pm:

Looks like the old man sprung for a $5 Ford Special speedo. They're just sittin' there wondering if they should ever drive their new Ford since it doesn't have the accessory under-the-axle wishbone support.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Charlie B actually in Toms River N.J. on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 10:31 pm:

Not a very picturesque building but I always liked the way canvas window awnings looked.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kenneth W DeLong on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 10:47 pm:

I wonder how long the flat roof on the porch will hold up?? No driveway to shovel in winter! Bud.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Dallas TX on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 10:56 pm:

George,

The speedometer in a '13 would not be a Ford Special, and there was no extra charge for a speedometer in 1913.
1913 speedometer would have been either a Stewart model 26 (early) or a Stewart Model C (bottom picture).




Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Patrick on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 10:57 pm:

What is that blur behind the center column? A swinging porch swing? A rocking chair? Perhaps someone was sitting and rocking or swinging when the photographer asked them to come down for the photo and left it rocking or swinging when the picture was taken. Looks like there is another child sitting in a chair, hidden by the box and the roof of the car. You can see his legs between the top of the box and the roof. Perhaps he didn't want his picture taken so he jumped up and moved. What say you Watson? Jim Patrick


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Craig Anderson, central Wisconsin on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 11:42 pm:

Don't know if this helps but........


T_edit


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Aaron Griffey, Hayward Ca. on Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 12:14 am:

The houses in those days did not have a driveway.
They had a horse barn behind the house which was usually accessed from the alley behind the house.
The horse barns were converted to garages in great numbers.
If the horse barn (or garage) was accessed by a drive along side the house, the houses were much further apart.
The old ally-behind-the house trick is gone.
allies were used to take feed and bedding to the horses and for hauling away horse apples.

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Larry Smith on Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 09:49 am:

Royce: Did that model C get mounted on a slant, or haven't I had enough coffee this morning!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Dallas TX on Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 10:31 am:

Larry,

If so someone will have to be in Russia to fix it!

Here's the unedited image:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kenneth W DeLong on Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 05:02 pm:

It look's like the hubcaps are painted on the ends? Bud.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Dallas TX on Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 05:27 pm:

Bud,

Hubcaps were black on the ends for certain years. Check the encyclopedia for more info.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kenneth W DeLong on Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 06:21 pm:

Yup,But car was said to be a 13 and i thought the painted ends were 14? Bud.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Dallas TX on Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 07:46 pm:

Picture of brand new 1913 showing black oxide hub caps. In 1914 Ford went to a cheaper black enamel on the hubcaps.


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