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About a decade later, the American flag would be flapping on the moon

 

Well that's just about right...'tab A into slot B' car construction....

 

I swear, every time I see a pic like that one^^^, I hear the Jetson's aircar go screaming by!

 

Ah, a Japanese midget sub, likely HA 19, on a bond drive tour.

 

Oopsie.

 

An image gallery:

https://www.rdclassics.com/oldtimer/Lincoln Premiere coupe_IEN.html?oldtimer=1378&taal=EN#galleria

 

Mobile swimming pool, New York.

 

The first steam-powered bicycle from 1883

 

Wow, that is really impressive. I think it would take a lot of guts to ride that. But it is absolutely fascinating.

 

I just came across this today and found it interesting.

Many of our readers are familiar with the early Stewart-Warner Vacuum Tank, and other means of fuel delivery before the conventional diaphragm fuel pump came into use in the early-1930s. Today’s feature covers the device in detail for the benefit of readers who would like to know more about how it operates and and for others unaware of its place in automotive history.

The earliest automobiles generally used fuel delivery by gravity feed, air pressure supplied by a hand pump, devices that used exhaust system back pressure, and air pumps operated by a dedicated lobe on a camshaft. All of these methods had limitations and issues that will not be covered here today.



This image taken at the 1917 New York Auto Show contains a mock-up show exhibit by the Stewart Co. (later Stewart-Warner) with a large vacuum tank assembly inside of a glass cylinder and two production models mounted on the firewall, and a Company spokesman and model.

Located inside of the vacuum tank assembly is the operating mechanism that is attached to the lower side of the cover. The bottom portion of the tank stores the fuel delivered by vacuum sourced from the intake manifold. Gasoline then flows by gravity to the carburetor.

Courtesy of The Old Motor http://theoldmotor.com/

PS parts of this image, such as the spokesman's suit, look to have been touched up almost as if they have been drawn by hand.