hodge podge of autos that caught my attention

 I missed noting on this photo what this car is. But Greg identified it as a 'Duesenberg Model J'

 Billie Burke in San Francisco's Presidio Park drving her Studebaker

 Century

 Dodge... with a chauffer? In a Dodge? Really?

 Henry Ford in his first automobile

 Franklin

 1927 Holland Tunnel in New York

 New York hot dog stand 1935 in Manhattan

 a safety idea that didn't stick

 1909 flight of the Wright brothers... but look at the elegant horse carriage

 Lady Astor, a parliament member in  England and her Terraplane

 a Packard 12, 7 passenger limo

 Panhard and Levassor

 Regal

 This Supercharged Graham 120 won over 4 other v8 autos in a contest to win the favor of this fire dept chief

 REO Flying Cloud

 The first Oldsmobile, 1896

A Winton stripped down for racing

all found while browsing through http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/

Hudson Terraplane dash and speedometer instrument gauge, unique in being in the center of the top of the dash

good looking design

and the shifter stalk, about the size of a normal flashlight... good looking elegant design for the 1930's. The Tucker had the same shifter

More unusual stuff from the HAMB thread "Vintage shots from days gone by"

Annette on a scooter

Amelia Earhart with the scooter

General Eisenhower chats with Omar Bradley leaning against his '41 Clipper staff car

The outback mailman, on an enormous rig http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/last-mail-birdsville/clip1/

Aerodynamic trucks and trailers

looks like a street car getting relocated

Sept 1949 Popular mechanics

Not sure what the above vehicle is

Kaiser factory that made aircraft

Ever see any racing Hudson Terraplanes before

What a great steering wheel, look slike it'a at a car show (from the I.D. board in the window)

This grill gets it.... the Hudson Terraplane hood ornament is not easy on the eyes... so this one has a Plymouth piece instead, and looks awesome

Tied for best looking design for instrument gauge cluster... with a single pod unit in the 1946 Nash https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51e_S3J4f1-ohNI6-ijRJQURpStaGv4I538iy5L9gxpU0WnS19KwrGWVdjdrOZjs64VS_2rk_kjlEAbqM2bKWMyJnsKzADYojDWHsAHg16SxnwSogzSx7sR6NE8SBctyN9oXJiuN0PqjT/s1600/DSCN7564.jpg and another Plymouth instrument cluster https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlxUnVMfJboFIHYaKReDng-EAEV3aMdhb74tUvF_7skZhC1oQHu5Tx1oXREKW1c8WzeV2HKq6T10v5XVe-kRe16SkHHn-BS7M2ce7apcqEtNv6LXOPGvi7GvFCouk8mo_XXxB5cAYDwwK/s1600/DSCN3782.JPG