A bustling circa 1930 street scene in downtown St. Louis, Missouri

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This busy street scene shows us downtown St. Louis, Missouri, taken from Seventh, looking south on Locust St. We can see an assortment of late 1920s automobiles, a screened-sided truck is seen in the bottom middle of the photo and just ahead of it is a horse-drawn wagon.

On The Old Motor we have enlargements where you can see it in great detail.

[Bob-A]

The first car on the left looks like a Buick, the second one is a 29/30 Chevrolet, the third one looks like a Model-A with a Sportlite. The parked cars on the left look like a Hudson then another Model-A. But where are all the sidemounts, stone guards and step plates????

Bob-A

[ctlikon0712]

Yes Bob, and the white walls!

[29ModelA]

Originally Posted by Bob-A

The first car on the left looks like a Buick, the second one is a 29/30 Chevrolet, the third one looks like a Model-A with a Sportlite. The parked cars on the left look like a Hudson then another Model-A. But where are all the sidemounts, stone guards and step plates????

Bob-A

In the country with the stones and mud

[ericr]

-and where are all the open cars? BTW notice the street car tracks? Dad said that tracks often had another set of tracks to branch off the main line, like railroads, and the rails at the point of turn tapered down to a sharp point that used to tear these skinny tires to shreads, if you had the misfortune to hit it.

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Originally Posted by ericr

-and where are all the open cars? BTW notice the street car tracks? Dad said that tracks often had another set of tracks to branch off the main line, like railroads, and the rails at the point of turn tapered down to a sharp point that used to tear these skinny tires to shreads, if you had the misfortune to hit it.

Check out the horse-drawn wagon in the middle of the photo. Its buggy wheels on the right hand side are caught in the streetcar track.