Dang, Darren! I was =really= impressed for about 43 seconds. Rick
On Dec 19, 2013, at 7:15 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > Thanks Darren! Interesting sleuthing, but Odessa may have thrown you off the > track. > In fact we are dealing with Odessa NY, a burg of 300-500 people at the time. > (Smaller now.) > Nearest locales likely to have had dealerships (in rough order of distance) > are: Montour Falls, Watkins Glen, Elmira, Corning, and Ithaca. > My father's family were dairy farmers, and my grandfather was arguably the > most successful and affluent farmer in that portion of what was and is New > York State's poorest county. Big fish, small pond. He bought and leased quite > a few acres from others who didn't have the resources to make it through the > depression. > > On my mother's side, there was a long-standing preference for GM products. On > my father's side, IIRC the tendency was for Chrysler. I hardly knew my > grandfather, he died in the early '50s, but from the stories I've heard he > was likely to go for a good deal, brand-loyalty be damned. > > Crank the above into your calculations and see what that produces... > > stan > > On Dec 19, 2013, at 6:37 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > >> Well, I'll play Sherlock here. >> The lines of the car (we can't discount TRUCK, but the window shape of >> the open door suggests CAR to me) are definitely mid-30s. The photo >> was taken in 1937, which was essentially the close of the Depression. >> So a new car struck me a bit "affluent". So I did a little searching. >> Assuming that "Odessa" is "Odessa, Texas" we can do a little research >> on that area. It seems that Ector County was part of the Texas oil >> boom, with a big strick in the area in 1926. "Odessa became the >> shipping and oilfield supply center for the county's burgeoning >> petroleum boom. County lands produced almost 12,330,000 barrels of oil >> in 1938". In 1930 3,958 people lived in Ector County; the population >> increased to 15,051 in 1940. >> http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hce02 >> >> Now let's turn our attention to auto dealerships in Odessa in the >> mid-30s. Today there exists a Sewell Ford in Odessa. Did it exist in >> the mid-30s? Yep! In fact, "In 1935, (Sewell) sons Carl Sr. and Woody, >> purchased the the bankrupt Love Motor Company in Odessa. Located at >> 2nd Street & Texas Avenue, Carl Sewell Motor sold half of their >> 22-vehicle inventory on opening day. New cars sold from $695 - $1,035. >> A new truck could be bought for $635." >> http://www.vancesnewsletter.com/sewell-ford-history.html >> >> Could this car be a 1935 Ford Sedan, purchased on that opening day in >> 1935? Let's take a look: http://goo.gl/UcR6RB >> Notice the horizontal bar going across the grill that, if extended, >> would go across the top portion of the headlights? It can be seen in >> Stan's family picture. Notice the shape of the bottom corners of the >> windshield (also a match). Notice the groove running through the >> middle of the front bumper? I'm guessing that we are looking at a >> 1935 Ford Sedan, purchased from Sewell Ford in Odessa, TX in 1935. >> http://www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/car/?car=118448 >> >> But that's just a guess. >> :) >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Stan Halpin >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> No others at this point. My Aunt has many of the photos from that era, but >>> I don't have ready access. >>> >>> stan >>> >>> On Dec 19, 2013, at 3:37 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: >>> >>>> My first inclination was "Ford", too. Any other pix that show the car any >>>> better? >>>> >>>> -p >>>> >>>> On 12/19/2013 2:19 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: >>>>> It looks like a ford. Not much to go on here though. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Stan Halpin >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> A cousin is working on family history stuff and recently came up with >>>>>> this photo of my father (15 yrs old at the time) and his siblings in >>>>>> 1937. >>>>>> >>>>>> The question is, what make/model was the family car? >>>>>> >>>>>> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/e1babf2a8 >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>> >>>>>> stan >>>>>> -- >>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>>> follow the directions. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> I don't have a problem with idiots. >> I have a problem with the fact that they have an internet connection. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
