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northwestrel…'s loves49 of 137Original Indian Motorcycle Gas TankPhotograph of an Indian Motorcycle c. 1908
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    Posted 9 years ago

    scottvez
    (977 items)

    This large unmounted gelatin print shows an early view of Indian Motorcycles.

    I do not know the model of this particular motorcycle. The image does pre- date 1928 as the back shows "Hendee Manufacturing Co."

    A close up of the tank clearly shows the Indian Head symbol of the company along with the Army lettering.

    This type of image was most likely sent to be used for publication in a newspaper.

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    Comments

    1. Rattletrap Rattletrap, 9 years ago
      Now those are some cool old bikes!
    2. scottvez scottvez, 9 years ago
      Thanks for looking and commenting rattle!

      scott
    3. scottvez scottvez, 9 years ago
      Thanks for looking vetraio and vo.

      scott
    4. kerry10456 kerry10456, 9 years ago
      Scott, this is probably one of, if not my favorite, of your postings. Thanks for sharing, really enjoyed seeing this.
      Kerry
    5. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 9 years ago
      Great poste! I'll give you 2 more LUV's but they don't register. One of your best!
    6. scottvez scottvez, 9 years ago
      Thanks-- I appreciate your commenting kerry.

      The quality of the image is really amazing. Very sharp and crisp focus shows some great details to these early military motorcycles.

      It is hard to believe that the image is almost 100 years old!

      scott
    7. scottvez scottvez, 9 years ago
      Thanks much toys and rick.

      scott
    8. Goodoody Goodoody, 9 years ago
      Those are known as Indian Powerplus bikes. They were produced from 1916 to 1924. I'm thinking they must be 1916 or 1917 being they are military bikes probably produced for WWI. The Hendee Mfg. mark on the back of the picture is the name of the company that produced the bikes. If interested check this out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Powerplus Pretty cool and a really cool photo! Thanks for sharing.
    9. scottvez scottvez, 9 years ago
      Thanks for the information on the motorcycle model.

      I am familiar with Hendee/ Indian.

      scott
    10. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 9 years ago
      Is that a true squeeze bulb horn? May be high tech for the day! LOL!!
    11. scottvez scottvez, 9 years ago
      It sure looks that way buss.

      Lots of great details visible in this one.

      scott
    12. scottvez scottvez, 9 years ago
      Thanks tom and rade.

      scott
    13. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 9 years ago
      I am truly impressed with the photographer's skills! I may be off the air for a few days because of TS Danny (another of Mother Natures BJ's).
    14. scottvez scottvez, 9 years ago
      Thanks for looking fran!

      scott
    15. scottvez scottvez, 8 years ago
      Thanks zingo and caper.

      scott
    16. scottvez scottvez, 8 years ago
      Thanks nordic and whitman!

      scott
    17. scottvez scottvez, 7 years ago
      Thanks padit!

      scot

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