The Ford Barn

Dave Mellor NJ · 03-12-2025, 12:11 AM

catch one or not. I don't care

mercman from oz · 03-12-2025, 12:25 AM

nkaminar · 03-12-2025, 04:53 AM

First roof rack I have seen. Is it for his canoe?

Joe K · 03-12-2025, 07:17 AM

Dated picture. He's wearing shoes with HEELS.

Joe K

Seth Swoboda · 03-12-2025, 08:37 AM

I'd say post war, maybe early 50's??

Joe K · 03-12-2025, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Seth Swoboda

I'd say post war, maybe early 50's??

That would be the rise of the "LL Bean" era, which this pix emulates. A 1950s "vacation & back woods" persona.

Pre-war was either Depression and tar paper shacks, or public works projects.

Joe K

ModelA29 · 03-12-2025, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe K

Pre-war was either Depression and tar paper shacks, or public works projects.

Roll roofing came into vogue in the 60s. This is protecting the log cabin my ggg grandfather built in 1861. It was finally torn down in the 1970s.

old31 · 03-13-2025, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by nkaminar

First roof rack I have seen. Is it for his canoe?

No thats for the fish he is about to catch.

JoeCB · 03-13-2025, 02:52 PM

A29, sorry that you lost the family cabin, but it's wonderful that you still have the photos and the family memories

Joe B

ModelA29 · 03-15-2025, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeCB

A29, sorry that you lost the family cabin, but it's wonderful that you still have the photos and the family memories

Thanks - I've always wanted to go check out the area with a metal detector. My grandmother said it was the first board sided house in the area. They put it on before she was born in 1895. I guess living in a log house was beginning to be looked down upon. I'm thinking this one was taken between 1944 when my g grandmother died and 1946 when he died. He was living in town but having memory problems. Whenever he was missing they'd find him back at this house.

03-12-2025, 12:25 AM	#2
mercman from oz Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 12,009	Re: Rod tester

03-12-2025, 04:53 AM	#3
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 5,860	Re: Rod tester First roof rack I have seen. Is it for his canoe? __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.

03-12-2025, 07:17 AM	#4
Joe K Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Cow Hampshire Posts: 4,610	Re: Rod tester Dated picture. He's wearing shoes with HEELS. Joe K __________________ Shudda kept the horse.

03-12-2025, 08:37 AM	#5
Seth Swoboda Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 4,079	Re: Rod tester I'd say post war, maybe early 50's??

03-13-2025, 02:52 PM	#9
JoeCB Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Farmington MI Posts: 366	Re: Rod tester A29, sorry that you lost the family cabin, but it's wonderful that you still have the photos and the family memories Joe B