Tag: 2025-01 Interesting Photographs
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A Durant
This photograph is of my Great Aunt Suzy, my grandmother’s sister, and her son, Paul. I estimate the date based on Paul’s apparent age (2 years). However, the car offers some supporting evidence. The car appears to be a 1932 or earlier Durant Coupe. The following details help with this identification: Durant Motors was an…
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A Buick
Based on a handwritten note on the back of the photograph, this picture of my mother, right with dark hat and her cousin Paul, was taken in Palgrave, now a conservation area in Ontario, just north or Toronto. The two were very close, as their mothers, sisters of each other, were close. A year following…
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A Chevrolet
In this picture, my grandfather, Fritz Hertha, poses with what I presume is his car. Again we see the “Th” on the license plate situating the car in the German State of Thüringia. From my knowledge of the area, the photograph appears to have been taken in the driveway of his father’s place at Coburger…
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A Benz
This is a picture of my grandfather, Fritz Hertha, and a woman, who I expect is the owner of the car. I have yet to be able to identify the woman, however, she appears in several photographs in my grandparent’s photo albums. This leads me to conclude that she is either a friend or family…
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“Rundfahrten”
Looking at old photographs it is often difficult to figure out when and where they were taken. In these cases, one needs to look at the objects in the picture. Automobiles provide good clues, yet these clues often point you in unexpected directions. This post begins a series of posts on using automobiles to elicit…