The Ford Barn

31 Model A · 06-25-2015, 08:45 PM

these cars in this photo?

Steve Wastler · 06-25-2015, 08:55 PM

I need my jewelers loop!

31 Model A · 06-25-2015, 09:15 PM

I'm sure it was taken in the 30s sometime. It was still a Standard Oil filling station in the late 40s because I lived there. My dad operated the station and we lived in a small adjoining apartment. One day my dad was out filling a car up, my mom went out to take care of a customer at the counter, I decided to play with the fire on the stove, caught my pant leg on fire, was rushed to the hospital 13 miles away. I never played with fire ever again!!!! My older cousin was born in that boarding house. All is gone now....just dust. Roads are hardtop and the memories are clouded with cobwebs. Damn!!!!! I'd go back in a flash.....................

Y-Blockhead · 06-25-2015, 09:40 PM

Neat picture. What is that hanging by the tree? It is shaped like a Shell Oil sign...

mshmodela · 06-26-2015, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by 31 Model A

these cars in this photo?

Appears a Shell oil sign near the tree.

31 Model A · 06-26-2015, 08:06 AM

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Yes, the boarding house was also a Shell Station and I lived in the Standard Station across the road, can't see it clearly but between the stations is a road into town where the railroad is...still. To the left of the tree is old route 67.

C26Pinelake · 06-26-2015, 08:10 AM

Is the town gone or just those buildings gone ? Wayne

Dollar Bill · 06-26-2015, 11:41 AM

Resolution is too low - I blew them up and still couldn't ID the cars.

BlueSunoco · 06-26-2015, 01:03 PM

Near what town??

That's not a Shell sign. Look closer it's a UFO

31 Model A · 06-26-2015, 01:11 PM

It's all gone now, dust where there is no blacktop. BTW, that me in the avatar standing in front selling Grit newspapers!!!!!

Fer shur....scouts honor!!!!

You have no idea how many people I sent that photo attached to an email yesterday saying it's an old photo of me selling newspapers back in the 30s believed it WAS me!!!!! What a hoot to read the emails this morning!!!!!

BlueSunoco · 06-26-2015, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by 31 Model A

To the left of the tree is old route 67.

US 67, that runs north and south thru Illinois on the west side of the state?

31 Model A · 06-26-2015, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueSunoco

US 67, that runs north and south thru Illinois on the west side of the state?

Yip!!! Through Jersey and Greene Counties.

06-25-2015, 08:45 PM	#1
31 Model A Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Here I am in front of Todd's Grocery in 1931 selling Grit newspapers Posts: 2,548	Can you identify? these cars in this photo?

06-25-2015, 08:55 PM	#2
Steve Wastler Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,987	Re: Can you identify? I need my jewelers loop!

06-25-2015, 09:15 PM	#3
31 Model A Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Here I am in front of Todd's Grocery in 1931 selling Grit newspapers Posts: 2,548	Re: Can you identify? I'm sure it was taken in the 30s sometime. It was still a Standard Oil filling station in the late 40s because I lived there. My dad operated the station and we lived in a small adjoining apartment. One day my dad was out filling a car up, my mom went out to take care of a customer at the counter, I decided to play with the fire on the stove, caught my pant leg on fire, was rushed to the hospital 13 miles away. I never played with fire ever again!!!! My older cousin was born in that boarding house. All is gone now....just dust. Roads are hardtop and the memories are clouded with cobwebs. Damn!!!!! I'd go back in a flash.....................

06-25-2015, 09:40 PM	#4
Y-Blockhead Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Redondo Beach, CA Posts: 5,849	Re: Can you identify? Neat picture. What is that hanging by the tree? It is shaped like a Shell Oil sign...

06-26-2015, 08:06 AM	#6
31 Model A Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Here I am in front of Todd's Grocery in 1931 selling Grit newspapers Posts: 2,548	Re: Can you identify? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Yes, the boarding house was also a Shell Station and I lived in the Standard Station across the road, can't see it clearly but between the stations is a road into town where the railroad is...still. To the left of the tree is old route 67.

06-26-2015, 08:10 AM	#7
C26Pinelake BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Michigan / Ontario border, Sarnia, Ontario. 50 miles from Detroit and 150 from Toronto. Posts: 5,800	Re: Can you identify? Is the town gone or just those buildings gone ? Wayne

06-26-2015, 11:41 AM	#8
Dollar Bill Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Keystone Heights, FL Posts: 647	Re: Can you identify? Resolution is too low - I blew them up and still couldn't ID the cars. __________________ I Love Anything That Turns Money Into Noise

06-26-2015, 01:03 PM	#9
BlueSunoco Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Windy City Posts: 937	Re: Can you identify? Near what town?? That's not a Shell sign. Look closer it's a UFO

06-26-2015, 01:11 PM	#10
31 Model A Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Here I am in front of Todd's Grocery in 1931 selling Grit newspapers Posts: 2,548	Re: Can you identify? It's all gone now, dust where there is no blacktop. BTW, that me in the avatar standing in front selling Grit newspapers!!!!! Fer shur....scouts honor!!!! You have no idea how many people I sent that photo attached to an email yesterday saying it's an old photo of me selling newspapers back in the 30s believed it WAS me!!!!! What a hoot to read the emails this morning!!!!!