Today I am joining Sepia Saturday for the first time.
I had never heard of Sepia Saturday until Peggy (queenmothermamaw) at Daylily told me about it in a comment to one of my recent VTT posts. It's a great linky party featuring vintage photos of all kinds, they don't really have to be sepia. There is also a loose theme every week, but it is up to the participants if they want to post on the theme or not. This week, I say, "Yes."
For those of you visiting my blog for the first time, I am the lucky keeper of three albums of photographs taken by my grandfather almost 100 years ago in and around the Eastern Townships of Quebec. I have been sharing some of the pictures in a weekly linky party called Vintage Thingie Thursday for the last three weeks.
I took this week off from VTT because I am determined to finish scanning all of the photos now and not put it off any longer. However, there are two pictures that I scanned this week that intrigued me and I thought I would share them here.
These photos are pasted onto the same page of this particular album and both are frustratingly uncaptioned. I believe that it is the same car in both, but I can't tell for sure.
And I don't know what type of car it is or when the photo was taken, although probably between 1914 and 1918. Could it have been my great-grandfather's car? Or the car of the family of a friend from school? Or was it just a car that my grandfather saw and admired? It is a beauty whatever the story.
If anyone out there knows anything about antique cars and can point me in the right direction, it would certainly be appreciated.
A big thank you to Peggy for letting me know about Sepia Saturday and I'll be around to see you all sometime tomorrow.
Anna
Great photos - both of them! although I'm no car expert, I would tend to vote for these being two different cars. I hope a car expert will come along and enlighten us.
Posted by: Christine H. | Friday, March 11, 2011 at 11:53 PM
Nice photos Anna - thanks for posting them. They look like the same car to me. If you are indeed interested in finding out the make, model, and perhaps even year of the vehicle that appears in your photograph, you can do no better than submit it to the help section of the Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society's web site http://www.svvs.org/. They are very keen, extremely knowledgeable, and have kindly ID'd motor cars in several of my photographs.
Posted by: Brett Payne | Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 01:23 AM
Both of these photos are wonderful, what a gorgeous car. I hope that someone will be able to tell you the car.
Posted by: Marilyn | Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 01:27 AM
Great car. Brett's link is the one I would try. The radiator emblem is possibly what will identify it. Let us know if you find out.
Posted by: Bob Scotney | Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 11:23 AM
A very interesting and elegant looking car.
Welcome to the "club".
Barbara
Posted by: barbara finwall | Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 03:43 PM
Fantastic pictures. The car is great and what a house! Reminds me of Italy but I presume it is in Quebec.
Posted by: Howard | Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 05:11 PM
Welcome to Sepia Saturday. Thanks for visiting my crazy blog! I love these old time photos you have here. That car does look the same as the first photo.
Posted by: CrazyasaCoolFox | Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 09:33 PM
Thanks for your visit, Anna - Jinksy here! That car is certainly a wow, even though I have no idea what make it is. Lucky you to have so many photos. Both my Grandfatheres were dead long before I was born, and certainly never had any such treasures to hand down to their families. Full marks for yur patience in scanning them all...
Posted by: www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnGfKyjXc0B2BXeKR95ZN_du9pPcJT7Ll8 | Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 04:27 AM
That long string of numbers actually is me,Jinksy, at Napple NOtes http://havantaclue.blogspot.com/ , if you're wondering or HERE
Posted by: jinksy | Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 04:35 AM
Nope- the link I put in didn't work - so here's the other URL http://pens-poems.blogspot.com/
Posted by: jinksy | Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 04:37 AM
Great to have you with us Anna : I look forward to seeing more from the collection of your grandfathers' photographs. There is something so special about images from that era, they say so much and tell us so many things about a way of life that is long gone. Thanks for joining in Sepia Saturday.
Posted by: Alan Burnett | Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 06:43 AM
I can't help with the car, but the webmaster at this site helped me ID a Galloway tourer - "a car built in Scotland for ladies by ladies" when I blogged about it. You will enjoy Sepia Saturday :-) Jo
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/
Posted by: Jo Graham | Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 06:45 AM
It might help to scan the hood ornament and the area around it at a higher resolution and then lighten up the area a bit.
Posted by: postcardy | Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 09:58 AM
That is an interesting building. I'm wondering if the roof was slate or metal.
Really like your photo header.
Posted by: Tattered and Lost | Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 04:36 PM
Welcome Anna to SS. You are going to be giving us some great photos and stores with your great collection of photos. That car looks the same, but I have no idea either. Cars are not one of my history stashes. Great job.
QMM
Posted by: Peggy Jones | Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 05:23 PM
I love that car. I too think it's the same car in both photos.
Nancy
Posted by: nancy javier | Monday, March 14, 2011 at 05:28 PM
welcome to sepia saturday!! you should have fun sharing and finding out about other stuff. it's a great bunch.
thanx 2 Alan and Kat for making this possible.
:)~
you've got some great pics here, and even if they remain a mystery, they're worth keeping. the house on the left is so typical of the townships. and the car is such a beauty. thanx 4 joining!!
:)~
HUGZ
Posted by: TICKLEBEAR | Monday, March 14, 2011 at 09:28 PM