Aluminum!

 

  The industrial production of aluminum was made possible by the invention of the electrolytic aluminum process in 1886. Aluminum had been discovered in 1825 and due to the difficulty of converting bauxite to the metal was basically considered to be a precious metal till the Hall–Héroult process came on line in the 1890s. This ad is from 1911, letting everyone know it was here to stay. Interesting that all the products are directed at the woman of the house. That would soon change with the metal becoming an integral part of the aviation industry during World War 1.

Fashion Friday, Gypsy Baron hat

  Gay as a gypsy, manufactured by Hodson Berg of Fifth Avenue. Probably didn't catch on, no definitive images online that I could find, but would probably suit a man in jodhpurs. The people look like our kinda people...

The artist George E Hughes appears to have been an illustrator for Saturday Night Post and other magazines. 

Magdraulic electric brakes

Electrically assisted brakes for your postwar Harley or Indian.

Pau Grand Prix poster

  Pau is located in the southwest corner of France. The 110-lap race was won by Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio after starting from pole position. 

650 Triumph, features for 1950

 

Steam tugboats

 Steam tug Pioneer among the squareriggers it guided to moorings at Port Gamble lumber mills in Puget Sound. Makes me wonder, how did these ungainly cargo vessels negotiate harbours and docks before tugboats?

 

Rolls Royce steak delivery

Car Collector magazine, Mar 1990

 Two of these unique refrigerated vehicles were constructed for the Gilbert Sirloin Store for local meat delivery in Rhode Island. They were apparently based on Rolls Royce chassis from the Springfield Mass factory. The body builder and dates are unknown but they seem to have been retired during WW2 as gas rationing came into play. No information online about these trucks or the store.

Schollhorn Company Lodi cutting pliers

These pliers feature the parallel action handle designed by W. B. Bernard shown in Patent No. 427,220. These cutting pliers were patented in Sept 25, 1894 and Nov 6, 1900. Patent 526480

 The Schollhorn company was founded by William B. Bernard in 1870 in New Haven, Connecticut, the company was active until being sold to the Sargent Co. in 1948. According to the history at Alloy Artifacts, W.B. Bernard had many patents with the Schollhorn company and was variously listed as engineer and salesman, even the vice president. 

1936 Bentley Airflow Saloon

 After those giant "truck-like" racers of the twenties, Bentley made elegant things like this car in the thirties.

 I'd drive a Bentley like this.. 

Monday Mystery meter

 The scale is in volts, there appears to be a resistance coil of sorts between what I assume to be the fixed probes so what is this meter for? I was pleased to find the company is still in business, making meters that don't look like this.