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<font size="+1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">I originally made the quip
that the Main Street photo must<br>
have been in 1925, not in 1945, based on the automobiles<br>
visible in the scene.<br>
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That was too rash.<br>
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Yesterday, I found my way to an "Old Timers Gallery",<br>
which among other, included an extensive collection of<br>
photos, for automobiles around the world, by years.<br>
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The third closest car in the Main Street scene appears<br>
to be a Ford in the 1933, 1934, 1936 model range. The<br>
spare wheel being attached to the rear is one clue.<br>
Another is the downward curve of the bumper, beneath<br>
the rear spare wheel. Another visual clue is the specific<br>
shape of the one-piece rear window.<br>
<br>
Ford then discontinued mounting the spare wheel on<br>
the rear. Chevrolet quit that one year before Ford.<br>
Some other makers mounted the spare wheel just<br>
forward of the driver's door, while others placed<br>
it just forward of the front passenger's door.<br>
<br>
Statistically speaking, the few automobiles parked on<br>
Main Street, near the camera's view, do not a good<br>
sample yield of automobile ownership in Moscow.<br>
<br>
And as someone wrote a few days ago, Moscow is<br>
always 20 years behind times.<br>
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Even so, the photo had to be taken at least recently<br>
enough to include the most recent automobiles<br>
visible in the photo: 1933-1936.<br>
<br>
Hey, do we have any experts on old automobiles<br>
who can fine tune the answer to this question?<br>
<br>
My web source is this:<br>
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</font></font><a href="http://www.autogallery.org.ru/pfordus.htm">http://www.autogallery.org.ru/pfordus.htm</a><br>
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Also, I reviewed the 150-plus photos that I took<br>
last Saturday at the Palouse Car Show.<br>
<br>
Sam Scripter<br>
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Don Coombs wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Ralph Nielsen wrote:
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<pre wrap="">That is because practically no new cars were made during World War II.
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Wars used to go by more quickly in the old days, even
world-wide wars. So there were really only three years
without civilian cars in this country-- 1943 to 1945.
My first car was a 1942 Pontiac, which had many design
flaws. No, I did not buy it new.
The key to the picture in question is that there were
no car models even close to the late 1930s in the
picture. So I think the picture had to have been taken
far earlier than 1945, as others on this list have
suggested.
Don Coombs
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