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Entrance for Automobiles: 1910

Lenox, Massachusetts, circa 1910. "Entrance driveway to the Hotel Aspinwall." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Lenox, Massachusetts, circa 1910. "Entrance driveway to the Hotel Aspinwall." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

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Autos still welcome.

Was the world just wider back then?

Car ID

1910 Peerless.

Where the pavement ended

or would have, if it had been paved, there was something worth seeing:

Tho you might never guess it, given the inordinate number of souvenir shots given over to the grounds. Did the other side of the sign say "EXIT FOR AUTOMOBILES" ? Alas, we may never know.

Late to build, late to burn

Heads up

No need for umbrellas with that group.

Model A(AA)

Hard to believe that the AAA was formed before Henry built his first Model A.

And before Mr. Holmes built the first tow truck.

And before the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk.

You have to admire the foresight of the people who embraced this new technology and capitalized on it.

31289 NY

1910 New York license plate. Lenox is quite close to the NY state line, but this trip would have been an adventure over the Berkshires.

Then and now-ish

Motorist Tourists --

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