For Sepia Saturday this week, I remember going to races...mainly cars, and even a few horses. But never got to sit in a car to observe a horse race, as the photo depicted shows.
So I'll share a few car photos from my "Sepia album" but none racing!
Today's quote:
To know someone’s pain is to share in it. And to share in it is to relieve some of it. |
NNEDI OKORAFOR |
...I just bought a new truck, it's smarter than I am.
ReplyDeleteOh what fun, learning all the new bells and whistles!
DeleteOops, brakes must have failed! Love these.
ReplyDeleteAnd it looks pretty undamaged! Just need that tractor with a winch (did they have tractors yet?)
DeleteDriving across the country back then would have been quite a challenge.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed...since roads were still dirt (mud) or gravel meant for horse and wagons. A great accomplishment!
DeleteGreat pictures and congrats on figuring out what all those people were there for. I should have figured that out because I knew the Coronado Golf Club's new 18-hole golf course crossed the racetrack four times & now that you've mentioned a horse race & I looked good & hard at the prompt picture with a horse race in mind, I can see you're right. I was too focused on the golf course & airplanes!
ReplyDeleteThat's ok, since Sepia Saturday often takes us off on tangents. It's all interesting with lovely photos and comments!
DeleteI enjoy this look back. Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it. Your most welcome Cloudia and Pixie!
DeleteThis was a fun selection for our theme. Alice Ramsey's car is a Maxwell, the same brand of automobile that is in two photos on my blog post this weekend. According to Wikipedia she apparently liked driving cross-country so much that she did so over 30 times in her lifetime! The interesting thing in the Galveston accident photo is the huge painted notice about rat poison. And the last photo of the 1930s home-made trailer home demonstrates how determined people once were to escape the snow country for the sunshine state. Little did they know how it would transform Florida.
ReplyDeleteGreat to have more historic info on these cars/drivers. Here in Buncombe County NC we've just found out that trailer parks (ahem, Mobile Home Parks) have toxic chemicals in their waters, PFAFs for one. Trailers are good on the road and for short term life, but I won't live in one again (twice did so in FL!)
DeleteFrom Scotsue - a great set of vintage images. My Favourite had to be the first early one - loved that long coat! I do like your banner lake photograph too - beautiful and calming.
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