old photos

[c.o.]

Venice Beach 1910 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/...sf=6a25828:@@@

No wonder there's still a pile of old bikes in California........

[23JDCA 808]

Look at the width of those handlebars! ...bill

[gary.h]

Look at the width of those handlebars! ...bill

wow eh! they probably needed all the control they could muster pounding them fine gems up the hills

[Chris Haynes]

C.O.,
I can't quite make out the number in the lower right corner. Is it 11283-A?

[Dave R]

These guys have some great old photos on their blog :

http://wingnutsmotorcycleclub.blogspot.com/ ..."preserving the postwar California motorcycle movement"

couple of samples:

1952-53 ? motorcycle show somewhere



1953 Topanga, CA cycle race

[c.o.]

Look at the width of those handlebars! ...bill

Just like Texas Longhorns aren't they? ........

[c.o.]

C.O.,
I can't quite make out the number in the lower right corner. Is it 11283-A?

Chris...... I think that 11 is actually an M.

[c.o.]

This one's been posted before in the First Harley's thread but I just like it so here it is again...... does it look like there's somebody standing in the door?



I guess this one has shown up before too but it's such a good pic!!!

[Barry Brown]

I THINK SOMEONE WAS ASKING ABOUT THIS LADY

[c.o.]

Yup that's her.. Perry posted a link to the Harley museum with her story. Cool mag by the way! Any idea as to how many cities had their own Motorcycle Illustrated? I've got a couple from Chicago.

[c.o.]

[JohnR]

Flat Tank Gal pic looks like Juneau Ave Plant? If so where I used to work in the basement below those windows.

[23JDCA 808]

This one's been posted before in the First Harley's thread but I just like it so here it is again...... does it look like there's somebody standing in the door?

You could lighten up that cropped area in photo software and bring the person out. ...bill

[Scott Parker]

Los Angeles

[c.o.]

I've seen a few shots of that track but not that one! Thanks Scott! Great Stuff!!