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Nomad Tales Thanks for adding this link; it's always interesting to compare the 'now' and 'then'.

Created a Looking into the Past/Now and Then photo using this image. Thanks for sharing!

Nomad Tales That looks amazing, nice work! I think we might have to set up a 'now and then' Flickr group - what do you think? AB

The key to dating would probably be the cars. The older ones look like late 1920's type to me, the new one in the middle late 30's. I don't see any early to mid 30's style models. I will suggest 1938.

SWEET – not only the cars but, way down the road, two people in a sulky. Back to the cars: at least six late 1920s [proper vintage] vehicles, Car 3 - the touring car in the centre is most likely a 1928 Oldsmobile, behind it, Car 2- possibly a Buick (but could be one of several other US origin c.1927-1928 tourers), and peaking out beside the truck I would say is a 1927/28 Chev. But as we need the most recent date in the 1930s cars we have, photo left to right: Car 1: lattice style bonnet inset and curve of the radiator shell says 1935 Ford to me; Car 4: 1936/37 style ‘teardrop’ mudguards, headlights external to muduards - might be 1937 Dodge, 1937 Chev, 1936 Ford, 1936 Hudson, 1936 Olds, 1936/37 Pontiac, 1936 Studebaker – the style of the car in the photo is just typically mid 1930s; Cars 5 & 6: seem to have more rounded/drooping bonnet fronts – if the mudguards were less full I would have said Chrysler Airflow 1934-36 but the rounded front and full teardrop guards could indicate maybe a 1936-37 Hupmobile. I’ll suggest - no cars later than 1937. Still it could be a street of not very new cars!!

The second building along is still there.

Thanks for everyone's contributions to this "can you date?". Later than 1937 seems to be the consensus! - AG

Thanks to an assist from @LostNewcastle we've had a comment via Flickr from "@R_Chirgwin: If it's any help, the fourth car from the left looks a bit like a '48 Ford sedan. "

great image from yesteryear