Eyes on Vintage

Showing posts with label collection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label collection. Show all posts

Sunday, January 13, 2013

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Model of Zedel Car no. 90, the "Zedel" taxi cab, circa 1910, Photolithograph, Printed Ephemera Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.
An evocative advertisement from around 1909-10 explains the luxuries of the Zedel taxi cab. 
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Monday, December 31, 2012

Three-wheeled Mail Collection Motorcycle

This is an image of a three-wheeled mail collection Indian motorcycle in Washington, D.C., on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 12th Street. The motorcycle was used only on an experimental basis in DC. 1912 
Smithsonian Institution  |  National Postal Museum | Flickr

Tuesday, September 18, 2012