Old Car Quiz OT a little

[John Burke]

I just picked up this pic of a neat old car and was wondering if anyone out there could id it for make and year...also does anyone reconize the building in the background? It would help me figure out where the photo was taken.....Thanks guys, John

[Norm's Coupe]

Don't know about the car but that building sort of looks like the building at Arlington National Cemetery.

[John Burke]

Don't know about the car but that building sort of looks like the building at Arlington National Cemetery.

Thanxz Norm....John

[RobertKB]

Don't recognize anything except it is old. What a great picture though and sure appreciate you posting it. Someone out there has got to recognize the make of car and/or the building? This forum always seems to be able to answer these kind of questions!

[greg g]

Could also be Grants Tomb, Can't place the car but those swept fenders and indented radiator shell should be a good giveaway. Also still has Acetelyn lamps which means its pre 1920, Im thinking 14 or 15.

[Norm's Coupe]

Greg,

I still think that's Arlington National Cemetery. The picture of Grants Tomb has water by it and at the top just below the dome the picture John posted doesn't have the same carved ornament in the center.

Arlington was actually General Lee's plantation before the civil war. As part of the surrender terms he also had to surrender his plantation to the government. If you look in the distance in John's picture you'll see what could be Lee's mansion on the old plantation. Off to the left and on top of the hill. All of Arlington National Cemetery is on Lee's old plantation.

[greg g]

Perhaps 08,09,10 Buick

[eric wissing]

Very interesting photo. I think Greg is dead on, Grant's Tomb. Not sure of the car but the Native Americans make it potentially valuable if it is an original photo. Eric

[1948Skip]

Look at all those Indians. Could it be a "Prairie Schooner"

Skip

[Jim Yergin]

Norm,

Just a bit of trivia about Arlington. It was actually owned by Lee's wife who inherited it from her father, George Washington's step grand-child. The government seized it during the Civil War for non-payment of taxes even though Lee tried to send payment through the lines. After the war Lee's children were compensated for the property. When it was occupied by the Union troops the commanding general directed that the gardens be used to bury Union dead so that Mrs. Lee would never want to return to the place.

Jim Yergin

[Don Coatney]

Believe the car is a 13 model Indian

[Norm's Coupe]

Believe the car is a 13 model Indian

Hmmm.........What made you come to that conclusion?

[Uncle-Pekka]

I love these quiz's...

My guess would be a 1908 Packard, the typical curves on the hood/grille are a strong hint.