Placerville, CA in 1913
Placerville was making the transition from horse and buggy to the automobile.
Notice the Dodge Brothers dealer's sign on the upper right. The DB was a very popular car around here because it was more dependable than its competition, especially because the area has lots of climbs and descents, and the roads were bad to non-existent.
[Edit] Hey, wait a minute! The postcard must be wrong. I don't think John and Horace Dodge turned out their first car until late 1914, right? So it must be 1914 at the earliest.
[Edit again] The U.S. didn't enter WWI until April of 1917, yet the ice cream parlor in the picture is calling it "Liberty" ice cream, like they called everything during the war. So maybe the picture is from even later. Or were they calling everything "Liberty" even before WWI?
Placerville was making the transition from horse and buggy to the automobile.
Notice the Dodge Brothers dealer's sign on the upper right. The DB was a very popular car around here because it was more dependable than its competition, especially because the area has lots of climbs and descents, and the roads were bad to non-existent.
[Edit] Hey, wait a minute! The postcard must be wrong. I don't think John and Horace Dodge turned out their first car until late 1914, right? So it must be 1914 at the earliest.
[Edit again] The U.S. didn't enter WWI until April of 1917, yet the ice cream parlor in the picture is calling it "Liberty" ice cream, like they called everything during the war. So maybe the picture is from even later. Or were they calling everything "Liberty" even before WWI?