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Location: North Yorkshire
Is the windscreen frame black?
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Location: The village of Evenley
Car type: 1934 Austin Seven RP Deluxe
01-04-2021, 09:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-04-2021, 09:07 AM by Ivor Hawkins.)
I love the simplicity love the simplicity of that photograph together with the fact that even though it is a deluxe, it appears to be an all black car...hopefully my own box saloon will look the same in time for its mot in July.
I noticed the black screen too...
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Location: New Zealand
Car type: Austin 7 Ruby 1938
Yes, I love the simplicity of the photo too. I think that shows some flair. Also the photographer, by design or accident, has the depth of field selected well to have the car in focus and the background receding into soft focus.
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Photographs from the 1930s are less common than those from the 1920s
Any ideas why that should be so Mike- after-effects of the Depression and no money for "luxuries"?
Subjectively I'd have thought images from the '30s would've been more common, given the rapid evolution of photography from an expensive niche pursuit requiring a level of technical expertise to a commercial product in the early years of the 20th century.
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Location: Sherwood Forest
Car type: 1938 Talbot Ten Airline
I have several theories as to why 1930s photos are less common:
In the 1920s ownership of a car was less common, and something to be proud of, so the car would often feature largely in family photos, even taking centre-stage. As the car became more common, there was less incentive to include it in snapshots.
The typical owner in the 1920s would be well-off and more likely to have a good-quality camera. By the 1930s a typical Austin Seven owner was more likely to have a cheap box-Brownie, so the quality of 1930s photos tends to be inferior and perhaps less likely to have been preserved.
The years following the depression probably meant owners had to be more careful with their money, and photography was not a cheap hobby. The family content was therefore more important than the car - even in the 1960s I had to consider carefully what I would save to film!
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Yes Malcolm, that windscreen appears to be stove enameled black which raises the question when was the chrome windscreen introduced or is it a replacement.
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Location: The village of Evenley
Car type: 1934 Austin Seven RP Deluxe
I think you are right Mike, I've put it through Photoshop and yes, it appears to be two tone...ah well, it's still my new screen saver!