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Title: Photos from 1919
Post by: hookstrapped on May 16, 2019, 05:13:22 PM

Boy, 100 years fly by

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/05/100-years-ago-photos-look-back-1919/589528/ (https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/05/100-years-ago-photos-look-back-1919/589528/)

Title: Re: Photos from 1919
Post by: Bryan on May 16, 2019, 06:21:18 PM

Seems like just yesterday.  Thanks for sharing, I was happy to see a photo local to me, the electric car at Mt. Rainier.

Title: Re: Photos from 1919
Post by: Francois on May 16, 2019, 10:01:08 PM

This reminds me of the family photo archives. I have a ton of old pictures and negatives, but mostly of the roaring 20's up to the 50's.

Title: Re: Photos from 1919
Post by: ManuelL on May 17, 2019, 05:51:23 AM

Great photos. I find it interesting that there was a fully electric car in 1919.
Technology didn't come too far since then, did it?

Title: Re: Photos from 1919
Post by: Bryan on May 17, 2019, 01:47:48 PM

Quote from: ManuelL on May 17, 2019, 05:51:23 AM

Great photos. I find it interesting that there was a fully electric car in 1919.
Technology didn't come too far since then, did it?

The basic design of cars hasn’t changed in over 100 years, just improvements to the components.  I want to know how that electric car made it all the way to Mt. Rainier, I can’t imagine there were any charging stations in 1919. 

Title: Re: Photos from 1919
Post by: Francois on May 17, 2019, 03:29:43 PM

It didn't need much power since the hard thing is going up. The ride back would be the easy part ;)

Funny thing I learned a few years ago is that the Ford model T had the same fuel consumption as a modern Ford Explorer....