Harold Francis Bergan & friends

Ancient Faces

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Ancient Faces commented

Mr. Harold Bergan and friends posing on/in a great car. But what I love is the big running board - perfect for sitting on (or playing on)! I miss them!

Jun 30, 2014 ·

Jeanette Trumeau

Jeanette Trumeau commented

We had a car from the twenties when I was a child in the fifties-LOVED it!!!!!

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Julie Hartley

Julie Hartley commented

And these didn't have a bunch of computerized gadgets inside them either!

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Terry Collins

Terry Collins commented

Neat photo

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Carol Christman

Carol Christman commented

Love it!

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Sandra Mcdaniel

Sandra Mcdaniel commented

I can remember people standing on them going down the road.

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Donna Gamble

Donna Gamble commented

My father in law slid off of the road on a snowy night returning from his honeymoon. Two Amish boys pushed his car out and back onto the road. He tried to pay them but they wanted a ride on the floorboards as he went down the hill. Bob Miller

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Liliana Haydeé Sala

Liliana Haydeé Sala commented

Very nice.

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Candy Doten

Candy Doten commented

The running boards could hold the overflow of children that didn't fit in the car. Can't do this nowadays.

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Anne Graham-Oscard

Anne Graham-Oscard commented

I would love to have a car with running boards. Gives it character!

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Lynne Kennedy Powell

Lynne Kennedy Powell commented

They dont make em like that anymore, cars or people!

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Carolyn Hardie Oxford

Carolyn Hardie Oxford commented

I always ran up the alley behind our house to meet my Daddy when he came home from work in the evening. I would jump on the runningboard and ride there all the way to our house. Daddy and I would talk the whole way. One day he traded that car in for a new one as a surprise for us. As usual, I ran to meet him, but there was no running board for me to jump on. Daddy opened the door and let me sit on his lap while I cried because the new car didn't have MY running board on it.

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Nan Susan Hart

Nan Susan Hart commented

One could actually use them.

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Jo Harrell

Jo Harrell commented

I love old cars! Wish I had the one we owned when I was a little girl on the farm in southern Kentucky!

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Susan Nelson Page

Susan Nelson Page commented

Running boards could be dangerous, too. My X's late aunt lost her fiancé; he was standing on a running board and fell off, dying instantly.

Jun 30, 2014 on

Maxine Province

Maxine Province commented

My grandparents, Pet and Betty Canoy with their new car. I do not know the year, but it was taken in Simpson County, Mississippi.. Note that Grandpa has his foot propped up on the wide running board!

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Mike Jolin

Mike Jolin commented

Going by the car, a Model-T with a chromed grill surround and balloon tires, on artillery wheels, I would guess around 1925, when you could finally get them in colours other than black. In 26 and 27, the outdated artillery wheels were replaced by the metal spoked wheels that came standard on the Model A.

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Mardi Kettgen

Mardi Kettgen commented

I agree! Need to bring back running boards!

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Bob Taylor

Bob Taylor commented

Old vehicles have character...

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MaryAnn Stillman Davies

MaryAnn Stillman Davies commented

My brother would on the running board while my mother drove him around on his paper route. He would wrap his arm around the frame and those the paper.

Jun 30, 2014 on

MaryAnn Stillman Davies

MaryAnn Stillman Davies commented

That should be throw paper. Auto correct got me again.

Jun 30, 2014 on

Lynn Foster- Turner

Lynn Foster- Turner commented

I remember running boards!

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Polly Hartney

Polly Hartney commented

What make & model of car is this?

Jun 30, 2014 on

Mike Jolin

Mike Jolin commented

Hard to tell from the blurry shot, but, it looks a bit like a Studebaker.

Jun 30, 2014 on

Alan Richard Benn

Alan Richard Benn commented

My car

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Dorothy White Rader

Dorothy White Rader commented

I miss my 52 Plymouth!

Jun 30, 2014 on

Sue Hammonds Swain

Sue Hammonds Swain commented

Love these old cars

Jun 30, 2014 on

Ulf-Peter Stüve

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Ulf-Peter Stüve commented

The car is looking good.

Jun 30, 2014 on

Debbie Brown

Debbie Brown commented

Lol I remember Mammaw would tell my sister and I if we didn't behave we would both have to ride out on the runningboard. Lol but the car we had didn't have one..

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