The Slower Road

Today’s photo: a portrait of a pair of horses hitched to an Oil Wagon … carrying motor oil for automobiles.

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(from the Jack & Marge Day collection)

For today and the weekend, I thought I’d post another three photos from Jack and Marge Day’s huge collection of old photos.

Today: a few, umm, goat-drawn vehicles. This photo was taken in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1907.

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(from the Jack & Marge Day collection)

Judging by the logo in the corner of the image (“Morris Soffe & Son, Commercial Truck Body Builders”), I’m guessing this portrait of a Dairy Wagon was destined for an advertisement or the pages of a catalog.

But what I find fascinating is that photographer captured not only the wagon and the horse but his own shadow as well.

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(from the Jack & Marge Day collection)

Also from a news service, this photo is dated Feb. 3, 1942.

The caption taped to the back says:

Refitting the Old Milk Wagon

Chicago, Ill. — The horse looks back, and was heard to say: “What’s this thing behind me?” He’s being hitched to one of the Bowman Dairy Company delivery wagons, which has come out of retirement as a result of the tire shortage.

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(from the Jack & Marge Day collection)

For Friday and the weekend, let’s look at a few more old photos from Jack and Marge Day’s collection, shall we?

First up: a fabulous, old (but undated) photo of several elegant ladies in a carriage piled high with trunks.

This photo was one of several that the Days acquired from an old news service. On the back is taped the typewriten text that would’ve accompanied the photo in an ad, apparently for travel insurance. The note (dated Nov. 29, 1932) says, “New Ways for Old. In the days when personal baggage was never lost sight of during the journey, the traveler had little cause to worry about his personal effects. Today even with the modern efficiency of man and carriers, loss and damage does occur. Let our Tourist Baggage policy afford you constant financial protection against such loss.”

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(from the Jack & Marge Day collection)