Brewster Car Bodies

As the 1925 ad states, the company started out making high quality carriages in 1810. As automobiles grew in popularity, they imported high quality makes from France and England, making bodies for cars for the American market. As that fad passed they struggled financially and in 1925 were bought by Rolls Royce America as their body manufacturer. This also did not last and the company went bankrupt in 1935 despite building over 100 cars under their own name, built on a Ford chassis.
 An aeronautical division kept going, coming out with several models of aircraft, including the Brewster Buffalo.

SS Queen Mary

It's July 1947, and after a long conversion from troop ship back to luxury liner, the flag ship of the Cunard line, the Queen Mary prepares to leave on its first postwar voyage to New York City. In the foreground a rider on a Scott Flying Squirrel pauses to take it all in.

Canadair Challenger #1

The Challenger had started out as a design by Bill Lear but was developed and substantially changed by Canadair during the program, gaining a wider fuselage, new wing and avionics.
 The top photo shows the plane during assembly in 1977, the lower during an early test flight. The first prototype first flew in November of 1978. On April 3, 1980 the aircraft crashed during stall testing in the Mojave desert and was destroyed. Two crewmembers parachuted to safety, the pilot's parachute failed to deploy and he was killed. More here. 
The third prototype had a much longer life, acting as a testbed for many modifications and tests as the Challenger matured. It was finally retired in 2005 and is now at the Canadian Air and Space Museum in Ottawa. 
The comprehensive story of the program and aircraft here.

Another job you probably don't want to do. BSA production line worker

Or maybe you would. The BSA C11 production line in the 1950s. 
But, pick an era!
 

Early wartime, V twin production

Late wartime, M20 production

The new conveyer belt line, 1960s?

SS Bonnington

The SS Bonnington ran on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia from 1911-1931 for the CPR system. The boat was built in sections in Ontario and shipped out by train and assembled. The compound steam engines were made by Polson Ironworks in Toronto.

Illinois Guaranteed Banjolele

I'm not sure the world needs or needed a ukulele-sized banjo, but they're not uncommon online. Despite the cracked drum the sound is much more pleasing than a ukulele!

Sunday morning ride

Turn of the last century edition, picture probably dates from 1898. That's 120 years ago.

Sidecar Sunday

That man Eric Oliver again...

Know your Armstrong shock absorber

New for 1952. Available with springs of 85-130 lb force, damper oil is 10W, quantity of oil is 140cc for the 4 inch stroke model. 

Farming heritage

In the background, golf course and suburbs.