Rather than clutter the "Studes in Roadside America" thread with too much distracting chatter, I thought this picture (post#6445) deserved some special discussion.
Notice the vehicle curbside on the right. It has iron wheels, a very long chassis, that seems to articulate/pivot near the driver's position. It is a rather long vehicle, with some kind of odd apparatus above the chassis. What is this thing? What purpose or utility did it serve?
Years ago, I had the privilege of thumbing through an old Studebaker horse drawn vehicle catalog with the late Carroll Studebaker. While we often see pictures depicting Studebaker farm wagons, carriages, and buggies...that catalog contained pictures of vehicles I had never seen. In addition to the water sprinklers pictured above, there were "sweepers," and "dump" wagons. These had geared mechanisms that operated the street sweeper brushes, and dump functions of the wagons. (Similar to dump trucks)
Another odd body offering (or lack of body) was a wheeled bare chassis used for hauling logs. Is this what is pictured (the large wooden wheeled vehicles) above?
Back in the 1980's, a news photographer showed up at my home to photograph my Studebaker truck. After the pic was published, along with a brief article, I got a call from a man in a nearby county. He tried to sell me a Studebaker horse drawn "Log-Hauler." He said he had inherited it from his grandfather. However, after he described it, and gave me a price I couldn't afford, I told him I would have to pass because, (at that time) I had no place to properly store it. The un-bodied chassis, shown above, looks a lot like what he described.
One additional comment regarding this great picture, I've counted five children. Zero horses, so I assume this is a "staged" photo. Anyone know where Lyons Implement was?
Notice the vehicle curbside on the right. It has iron wheels, a very long chassis, that seems to articulate/pivot near the driver's position. It is a rather long vehicle, with some kind of odd apparatus above the chassis. What is this thing? What purpose or utility did it serve?
Years ago, I had the privilege of thumbing through an old Studebaker horse drawn vehicle catalog with the late Carroll Studebaker. While we often see pictures depicting Studebaker farm wagons, carriages, and buggies...that catalog contained pictures of vehicles I had never seen. In addition to the water sprinklers pictured above, there were "sweepers," and "dump" wagons. These had geared mechanisms that operated the street sweeper brushes, and dump functions of the wagons. (Similar to dump trucks)
Another odd body offering (or lack of body) was a wheeled bare chassis used for hauling logs. Is this what is pictured (the large wooden wheeled vehicles) above?
Back in the 1980's, a news photographer showed up at my home to photograph my Studebaker truck. After the pic was published, along with a brief article, I got a call from a man in a nearby county. He tried to sell me a Studebaker horse drawn "Log-Hauler." He said he had inherited it from his grandfather. However, after he described it, and gave me a price I couldn't afford, I told him I would have to pass because, (at that time) I had no place to properly store it. The un-bodied chassis, shown above, looks a lot like what he described.
One additional comment regarding this great picture, I've counted five children. Zero horses, so I assume this is a "staged" photo. Anyone know where Lyons Implement was?
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