Either that last photo was taken a little later or patina became popular earlier than I thought!!! Great stuff duffey!!!!
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This was sent to me from a guy that I work with a friend of his said that his grandfather is on the right side in the photo ...notice the Dayton on the Left side end He said the photo was taken around 1910
I am not 100% sure but it seems a bit newer to me maybe 1915?
HD_Indian_Motorcycles_(Dunkirk_NY)_ca_1910.jpgLast edited by Chuck#1848; 12-15-2012, 08:00 AM.Chuck
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What a fantastic picture Duffy. Again, thank you for going to the effort of sharing your collection with us. I am curious about something; I've seen that shade of gray tire in many old black and white photographs. Do you think that tire was gray rubber, or cinnamon colored rubber?Eric Smith
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Most of the early tires were a grey shade. Today's "white" tires are just wrong and suitable for show fields. But they got trendy in the '60s when tire makers started selling white tires because the old tires 'looked' white in early photos like that of the Henderson.
Until 'modern' vulcanization methods came about, which included, I think, adding carbon to the tires, the natural rubber tended to be a battleship grey, plus or minus a few shades. Look at tire ads beginning in the late teens and you will start to see 'improved' rubber and similar advertising for the latest vulcanization methods. That's when tires started to go black. I am not sure if WW1 had anything to do with it, either. Because the change was around that time.
Remember, too, that the early film emulsions were not panchromatic. In other words, they did not differentiate shades/colors as well as the later film. It can seriously distort certain colors and shades. Yellow's in particular, but something one shade of grey could easily look white -- or black -- depending on the film used. Again, I'd have to look up when fully panchromatic film came in, but I think it was in the '30s for B&W.
I don't know about you guys... but I'd seriously consider giving up a body part for that Henderson. Wow.
Cheers,
Sirhr
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Originally posted by Chuck#1848 View PostThis was sent to me from a guy that I work with a friend of his said that his grandfather is on the right side in the photo ...notice the Dayton on the Left side end He said the photo was taken around 1910
I am not 100% sure but it seems a bit newer to me maybe 1915?
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