Main Street Vehicles, September 1968
Oh boy, the Horseless Carriage, one of my favorite Main Street vehicles. To be honest, I like them all, but there's just something about this "Gurrmobile", a completely convincing "antique" automobile that is not antique at all, first going into service in 1956 (though this yellow vehicle was first used in 1957). It has a two-cylinder, 4-horsepower engine that will take the car up to 400 miles per hours! Hard to believe.
Next, the familiar (but still beloved) Horse Drawn Streetcar - although it looks like our photographer was more interested in the Main Street Theater, which was showing (among other things) Harold Lloyd's 1917 film, "All Aboard", all of nine minutes long. The synopsis: A father takes his daughter on a trip to Bermuda in an attempt to separate her from a suitor. Little does anyone know that the suitor has stowed away on board. When he is discovered, he is credited with catching a crook. The hapless hero receives a reward, and also the girl.
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400 mph!? Wow, just imagine how fast it would go with four cylinders and 8-horsepower! The rubber tires would catch fire from the friction caused by the terrific speed!
I like the yellow and black colors on this Horseless Carriage. I guess riders could deposit 10 cents in that fare box if they didn't have an "A" coupon. (I know, not having an "A" coupon left in your ticket book is an impossibility.) Looks like a Harold Lloyd movie is playing at the Main Street Cinema. Or maybe it's Harold the Yeti... who can say?
Ah. In the second pic, I see it was indeed Harold Lloyd, not Harold the Yeti. You even give us a description of the film. I thought for sure it was Harold the Yeti in "All About the Himalayas". Alas.
Like you, I think the horse and Streetcar just happened to photobomb the photographer's pic of the Cinema. I bet the horse sped up just to get in the photo at the moment it was snapped. Horses have a sixth sense about such things. Einstein included it in his theory of special relativity: E = mc2; where the "E" stands for "Ecuus", or 'horse'. Smart people know stuff like this.
Nice, colorful Main Street photos. Thanks, Major.
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