It looks like some sort of gathering. Anyway, I have no idea what kind of cars these are, and the picture is too out of focus to do a good match. I did the first thing I could think of and went online and looked up the Ford Model T. After all, it was the best-selling car from the era. I found an ad for Ford cars from 1923, and it could be a match.
It looks like some photographer is chasing a couple of women down the street. Of course, more than likely, the cameraman knows his female subjects. I always search the background of photos for clues as to where and when the picture was taken, but no such luck here. I suppose I could try to match hairstyles and clothes to an era, but I don't feel like doing the research. Let's take a guess of the 1930s to 1940s. Is that the photographer's thumb in the bottom photo?
I have four of these postcards from the 1933 Chicago World's fair, The Century of Progress. I wasn't going to publish them back-to-back, but I have to confess I also wasn't going to have such a large gap between the first and second from this series. So, the caption on the back of the card, "Official Post Card of A CENTURY OF PROGRESS 225. General Motors Building at Night." The publishers and copyright are the same as the first card which can be found by clicking on The Century of Progress Collection in labels at the bottom of the post. The GM building was designed by architect Albert Kahn and housed an assembly line, not as large as one found in an actual GM plant, but one that made actual Chevrolet cars that would be sold at the fair. Once again, I don't know why, but blogger cuts a minuscule amount of the image on horizontal images, so click on the card to bring it up in a larger window to see it edge to edge.
This postcard was never sent, so I don't have an exact date that I can reference in this post. Just going by the cars, I'm thinking sometime in the 1950s to the early sixties. I have one clue, the identity of the publisher. "X.45 WESTERN PUBL. & NOV. CO., 259 SO. LOS ANGELES ST., L.A. CALIF." The hint is that there is no zip code, which were first used in 1963. Pierpoint Landing was a sport fishing venue with some kiddie rides and exhibits that was in business from 1948 to 1972. And the caption on the back, "PIERPOINT LANDING LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. The landing at the tip of Pier A draws nearly as many spectators as fishermen. There are many shops and cafes here as well as live fish and seal exhibits." The Long Beach inner harbor is far different now.
The last three photos from this very small collection. Each image is labeled "Erie PA" We already know the woman is Elizabeth Gibson from previous posts. The bottom photo in the column has something else written on the back. "Caught you napping-or is it only blinking? or winking?" Click on Erie Catholics in labels to bring up all three posts.
All three of these photos are labeled, "Elizabeth Gibson, Erie PA." The same Elizabeth Gibson mentioned in the first post of this series as being a friend to Father Lester Quinn. In addition, the first photo in the column also has this written on the back, "A typical jovial Tillie enjoying life abundantly. A heartfelt smile with a hearty chuckle." I grew up near Erie, Pennsylvania. I did a MapQuest to get mileage, and it came out to about 140 miles. Of course, as is typical with the site, that route included a significant dogleg to pick up the interstate. When we drove there, it was a straight shot on back roads, so fewer miles. Too, there's a Gibson Park a dozen or so miles northeast of Erie, so I'm thinking the Gibsons may have been a prominent family. If nothing else these photos give the appearance of financial wellbeing. Click on Erie Catholics in labels to bring everything up.
Why are they looking at their shoes? Or maybe there's something small and disgusting in the dirt.
