peerless

4 photos tagged peerless, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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1910

2010

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O Mac said:
This was taken at Passage West.. The ship is the TSS Arvonia previously TSS Cambria having been renamed in 1919 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSS_Cambria_(1897)
O Mac said:
We came on this armoured car before. Seen at Passage around the 7th August 1922. flic.kr/p/b8SQmD
Foxglove said:
it appears that there may be more "driving on planks" rather than lifting !
Fred Dean Snr. said:
The crane is a Taylor & Hubbard vertical boiler steam crane. Running on the rails.
Fred Dean Snr. said:
Óglaigh na hÉireann badge on the turret. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Defence_Forces_cap_badge

Pixel Wrangler said:
Photo caption from AWM: "An armoured car, carrying a French flag, moving up the main Amiens Road from Warfusee Abancourt during the advance of the 15th Australian Infantry Brigade. The two soldiers on the right are unidentified."
shaky position said:
Come si possa pensare che l'uomo si studia sempre 'giocattoli' nuovi per fare la guerra...
Marlene Packwood said:
What a heath robinson affair this armoured car is - seems to be dustbins bolted together
jdshephe46 said:
This appears to be an Austin 1918 pattern car, probably belonging to the 17th (Armored Car) Battalion of the Tank Corps. This unit was in action in France from March of 1918. I don't believe the flag is a French Tricolor, but rather a two-color signal flag - probably red and white. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Armoured_Car and www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww1/gb/Austin_Armoured_Car.php

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Rob Ketcherside said:
Same event as this one. August 15, 1911.
ROBERT HUFFSTUTTER said:
wow...........love these old photos.........thanks for making them available on Flickr. Robert L. Huffstutter
technogeo said:
These look like early Peerless automobiles, ca. 1909. The underlined name in handwritten script is just visible on the hubcaps of both vehicles and on a maker's plate on the chassis of the leading car (just behind the acetylene generator on the running board).
Rob Ketcherside said:
@technogeo: Good eyes!
technogeo said:
Thanks, Rob! They're beautiful cars. Gigantic acetylene headlights, smooth tread tires in front, patterned tread in the rear. The rear tires don't match on the car in the foreground (lic. plate no. 41475). You can seem them in the other photo. www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163533044/ It's not what you'd expect on an expensive car used to chauffeur dignitaries around New York. I bet Togo noticed.