L'Albatros motocyclettes

  Not much information available but they seem to have been in business from only about 1907 till 1912. The single and twin-cylinder engines were sourced from Givaudan.

Morgan maintenance

Remember, safety is overrated...

When pigs fly

  In response to the old adage, 'When pigs fly!"  J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon takes a pig named Icarus II  for a flight on Nov 4 1909. Neither of them seem to be enjoying it.

 

Safari Toronto

 Cars in the 'hood. Here is a Land Cruiser station wagon fully outfitted for the wilds of the urban streets, I expect someone has imported this lovely old truck from parts unknown.  It's a very basic model, there aren't even seatbelts for the bench seats in the back. 

Another job you may not want to do; Making billiard balls

 

Making celluloid billiard balls at the Albany Billiard Ball Co. (late 19th C)

 Previously made from ivory,  celluloid was developed in the 1860s and was the material of choice for billiard balls till the 1980s when phenolics replaced it. I'm curious about that, bakelite were patented in 1909 and no one got around to trying the material for balls for 70 years?

Sidecar Sunday

Basic wooden structure of a 1950s wooden sidecar by Watsonian.

Velocette in 1960

 

Andree basin wrench

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We probably all have a cheap chintzy basin wrench that does the job just fine when occasionally needed but doesn't this old Andree wrench just look so much more business-like?

 

Happy Halloween

From Kladderadatsch, 1931.

 Kladderdatsch was a satirical journal published in Germany from 1848 till 1944.

 No idea what the context of this sketch is, but it looks enough like Halloween to use it here.

Westinghouse ultraviolet tubes

 The fluorescent tube lighting system was introduced in 1938 by GE. The next year the 4 foot tube was released, it became the industry standard. Eighty five years later, fluorescent is still spelled incorrectly by about 50% of the population.

  In 1950, Westinghouse introduced this healthy ultraviolet tube to fit the same system.