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Here’s an interesting Garage photo in Cleveland Texas that sold Ford parts besides everything else probably. Maybe he was a Dodge Brothers dealer since he had a sign on top of the bldg.
Aren’t those two new looking Dodges next to the bldg?

What year would you guess this picture was taken? 1920? I would love to climb into the picture and take a stroll through that garage and parts store. What treasures must lie therein! Jim Patrick

I would guess this picture is around 1926 or 27. The T appears to be a 24 or 25 with paint that is a year or two old and the Dodge appears to be shinny and new and a 1927 at the latest.

Is that an old tree on the right serving as a power line pole? I remember in the 1950’s when I was about 6 years old, when power line poles had those screw-in foot pegs going up to the top and I remember climbing halfway up a pole equipped with these in front of our house before wisely decided against going further and climbing down. I was not worried about the danger of getting electrocuted or falling, But was more worried my mom would see me and wear me out, which was a common occurrence. As an adventurous kid I would probably not have survived my childhood if my mom had relied on timeout as a punishment. Timeout did not scare me at all, but my mom chasing me down with that belt was terrifying. She was very fast and I eventually learned not to run ‘cause she hit harder when she was really mad. This reminds me of the Marine sniper’s warning…”You can run, but you’ll only die tired…”

Maybe too many curious kids getting hurt or killed is why you no longer see the climbing foot pegs on power poles. Jim Patrick