Classic old photo: what you think of the new car Tom?

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: Classic old photo: what you think of the new car Tom?
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erich Bruckner, Vancouver, WA on Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 04:45 pm:




Actually, that isn't a tom, but a hen. Had this on here before but it is one I like well. Also, the end of turkey hunting season is almost here in my neck of the woods.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kenneth W DeLong on Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 04:58 pm:

Just a old Ford that was new once,and it;s nothing to stick your neck out for! Tom.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob McDonald-Federal Way, Wa. on Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 05:13 pm:

He was only taking a picture of the turkey and the car drove by.

Bob


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erich Bruckner, Vancouver, WA on Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 06:13 pm:

Ha Bob, that's funny. I love the subtle things old photos tell us about those days. They are not in farm work clothes but nicely dressed, so I assume they are going in to town. Also, I assume they are husband and wife? Interesting how he drives in the front seat and she is riding in the back. Was that the custom? Hold over from buggy days? Was it improper for the lady to sit up front? Depends on the relationship of the two?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By A. Gustaf Bryngelson on Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 06:27 pm:

I think the photographer called shotgun


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jeff Rhoads on Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 06:32 pm:

Perhaps Ma didn't want to have to exit the car so Pa could get in and out on the right side to open and close the farm gate. A proper lady shouldn't have to do such things, you know.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erich Bruckner, Vancouver, WA on Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 06:33 pm:

Maybe a race? I'm not sure who would win. A turkey can run very fast. Lizzy takes her time getting up to speed.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erich Bruckner, Vancouver, WA on Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 06:34 pm:

Jeff, that could be. I hadn't thought of that.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gavin Harris (Napier, NZ) on Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 07:55 pm:

perhaps the photographer is (was) riding in the front seat


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dick Lodge - St Louis MO on Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 08:20 pm:

When I was a child (under eight, I guess), I liked to ride in the back seat because I had more opportunity to move around and look out of whichever side I wanted to. If my dad and I were going somewhere, just the two of us, and I wanted to ride in the back seat, he said I was being "just like a woman." It actually bothered him that I wanted to be in the back seat instead of the front, since he thought it raised questions about my masculinity. (At eight!!!!)

That does, at least, suggest a tradition of women sitting in the back seat.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erich Bruckner, Vancouver, WA on Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 08:24 pm:

Dick, that is rather telling. Folks sure don't think that way nowadays.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Warren W. Mortensen on Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 09:13 pm:

Where do you think the term "back seat driver" comes from?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Friday, May 30, 2014 - 12:33 am:

Yes, and especially in a large number of sub-cultures, it was considered appropriate for the wife/mother to ride in the back.
Great photo! (Whether it was posted before or not) Thank you all!
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Wells on Friday, May 30, 2014 - 06:48 am:

The car looks like a '17 to '19. Could be a gas gobbler.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ken Kopsky, Lytle TX on Friday, May 30, 2014 - 07:04 am:

Two separate nesting turkey hens we had here both had their eggs hatch. We're going to be over-run with turkey. Yum! :-)


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