[Vision2020] Main Street, Moscow (1945)]

[Sam Scripter]

I originally made the quip that the Main Street photo must
have been in 1925, not in 1945, based on the automobiles
visible in the scene.

That was too rash.

Yesterday, I found my way to an "Old Timers Gallery",
which among other, included an extensive collection of
photos, for automobiles around the world, by years.

The third closest car in the Main Street scene appears
to be a Ford in the 1933, 1934, 1936 model range.  The
spare wheel being attached to the rear is one clue.
Another is the downward curve of the bumper, beneath
the rear spare wheel.  Another visual clue is the specific
shape of the one-piece rear window.

Ford then discontinued mounting the spare wheel on
the rear.  Chevrolet quit that one year before Ford.
Some other makers mounted the spare wheel just
forward of the driver's door, while others placed
it just forward of the front passenger's door.

Statistically speaking, the few automobiles parked on
Main Street, near the camera's view, do not a good
sample yield of automobile ownership in Moscow.

And as someone wrote a few days ago, Moscow is
always 20 years behind times.

Even so, the photo had to be taken at least recently
enough to include the most recent automobiles
visible in the photo:  1933-1936.

Hey, do we have any experts on old automobiles
who can fine tune the answer to this question?

My web source is this:

http://www.autogallery.org.ru/pfordus.htm

Also, I reviewed the 150-plus photos that I took
last Saturday at the Palouse Car Show.

Sam Scripter
MoscowSam at verizon.net


Don Coombs wrote:
> Ralph Nielsen wrote:
>   
>> That is because practically no new cars were made during World War II. 
>>
>>     
>
> Wars used to go by more quickly in the old days, even
> world-wide wars. So there were really only three years
> without civilian cars in this country-- 1943 to 1945.
> My first car was a 1942 Pontiac, which had many design
> flaws. No, I did not buy it new.
>
> The key to the picture in question is that there were
> no car models even close to the late 1930s in the
> picture. So I think the picture had to have been taken
> far earlier than 1945, as others on this list have
> suggested.
>
> Don Coombs
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