Eric Sloane

 Eric Sloane was an American artist known for his idyllic rural landscapes. He was also a writer, two of his books being A Reverence for Wood and A Museum of Early American Tools.

Planes in formation, Tornadoes

Air International

By "this year" they mean 1984.

 

Monday Mystery, U E & M C Clamp

Just another old worn 6 inch C Clamp.... Although we know U.E. & M. Co. was located at 215–217 W. Ontario St. in Chicago, Illinois. They were in the large commercial tent and theatre hardware business for a period around the turn of the last century. AI insists that the name was a bit of a mystery to historians but Google Lens disagrees, it says it stands for Union Elevator & Machine Company. 

 

Buckle up!

 

Sidecar Sunday

 What's so funny?

Another job you may not want to do; armature winder

 

Imperial Airways 1935

  Poster for Imperial Airways by British artist and designer Theyre Lee-Elliott. The stylized, streamlined shapes come from his famous "Speedbird" emblem of 1932, which was adopted by BOAC after they purchased Imperial Airways in 1939 and is still being used by its successor, British Airways.

 

Standard wire gauge

 No name on this, nothing at all on the back, but a handy little thing to have lying in the bottom of your tool box I guess...

Stutz Bearcat 1920

 Just the thing for the man about town in that time...

Edmunds custom heads

  Eddie Edmunds was a mechanic in Portland, Oregon in the 1930s when he started developing and manufacturing intake manifolds and performance heads. After several years of manufacturing there he moved to Southern California where there were more mold makers and aluminum casting. He made these parts for many engines but eventually went bankrupt in the late 1940s. It's a wonder these parts still turn up. After that his focus changed to installing air conditioning units in cars. Apparently, he passed away in 1969.