Even in the mid 1920s with no other cars on the road, Angeleno drivers can fall victim to road rage. One the left we have a circa 1924 Dodge roadster and on the right a circa 1923 Yellow Cab. I don’t know what the two of them were doing but they were sitting there long enough for someone to take their photo. Without a traffic light to tell them who’s got the right of way, it looks to me like they’re playing a game of “Get Out Of My Way No YOU Get Out of MY Way.”
***UPDATE*** – Mystery location solved: This was taken at the corner of Kramerwood Place and S. Canfield Ave in the Cheviot Hills area of LA. That yard in the background belongs to the then-new Hamilton High School.
I prefer to think they’re chums having a brief chat before going on their respective ways. But then, I have a touch of the Pollyanna about me sometimes… 😀
It hadn’t occurred to me that this might be a setup shot. It could well be that but I’m not sure why. To those people at the time it just would have been regular every day life.
Even in the mid 1920s with no other cars on the road, Angeleno drivers can fall victim to road rage. One the left we have a circa 1924 Dodge roadster and on the right a circa 1923 Yellow Cab. I don’t know what the two of them were doing but they were sitting there long enough for someone to take their photo. Without a traffic light to tell them who’s got the right of way, it looks to me like they’re playing a game of “Get Out Of My Way No YOU Get Out of MY Way.”
I prefer to think they’re chums having a brief chat before going on their respective ways. But then, I have a touch of the Pollyanna about me sometimes… 😀
Yes, MMM, they could well just be having a chat. It doesn’t look like they were blocking traffic!
The car on the left appears to be a retired Yellow Cab too…so maybe a workplace beef playing out on the streets or maybe just a setup shot.
https://i.imgur.com/TZiZIa2.jpg
It hadn’t occurred to me that this might be a setup shot. It could well be that but I’m not sure why. To those people at the time it just would have been regular every day life.
it sure seems like a posed picture from this set.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll170/id/73163