Date:         Fri, 9 Dec 2011 20:20:35 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: F/ US route 30, how it used to be
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I remember the canvas bags, seeing them for the first time when I came to Canada, was on a landcruiser (owner was a forestry guy). This particular brand, I think, was "Dromedary Brand" or the like.

alistair


On 2011-12-09, at 8:02 PM, mcneely4@cox.net wrote:

> Alistair, thanks for finding this and sharing.
> 
> Of course, this spread could have come from any of a number of U.S. Highways of the time, evidently 1948.  Evokes some memories.  For example we had and used the window evaporative device that mounted on the passenger side window pictured to cool the interior of the car.  In fact, my brother put in ice.  We also had the water bag shown hanging from the rear of one vehicle.  The fabric was permeable, and so evaporation cooled the water inside.  How many folks have actually seen either of these items of an earlier technology?
> 
> Thanks again for sharing this with us, Alistair.
> 
> mcneely
> 
> ---- Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote: 
>> Superb and evocative Life pictures of life on the road
>> 
>> http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/u-s-route-30/
>> 
>> alistair
> 
> --
> David McNeely