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Started by CobraJoe, 2018-06-05 19:29

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FiveSevenLiter

My guess would be Ukrainian, there is still a large Ukrainian population there.  In the early part of the last century, the Canadian Pacific Railway was given 25,000,000 acres of land beside the rail line they built across the country.  They would give immigrants/refugees (including my Grandparents) very cheap boat passage and a chance to buy land near the rail line on a long term repayment plan.
I Googled this -
The CPR had built a railway that operated mostly in the wilderness. The usefulness of the prairies was questionable in the minds of many. The thinking prevailed that the prairies had great potential. Under the initial contract with the Canadian government to build the railway, the CPR was granted 25 million acres (100,000 km2). Proving already to be a very resourceful organization, Canadian Pacific began an intense campaign to bring immigrants to Canada. Canadian Pacific agents operated in many overseas locations. Immigrants were often sold a package that included passage on a CP ship, travel on a CP train and land sold by the CP railway. Land was priced at $2.50 an acre and up but required cultivation.[30] To transport immigrants, Canadian Pacific developed a fleet of over a thousand Colonist cars, low-budget sleeper cars designed to transport immigrant families from eastern Canadian seaports to the west.
1957 Custom 300 - since 2012 SOLD 2024
1951 Mercury M3 - since 2004
1951 Ford F1 - since 1987
1950 Ford Tudor - since 2019
2009 Sport Trac Adrenalin

mustang6984

WOW! Great background. Thanks for filling in the info.  :003:
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2 '57 Ford Couriers AND '57 Fairlane
3 Mustangs, '69 fastback-'84 SVO-'88 Saleen Convertible
'49 Ford P/U
'50 Dodge P/U
'82 RX-7
'65 Chrysler New Yorker

Tom S

Quote from: hemidave on 2020-04-26 07:30Ok, Thanks. Last night before I was ready to shut my computer off, one of the pics appeared in a large enough format on my screen....Surprise !  Some sites I post on accept .jpg and .png pics, but on others I have to convert the .png to .jpg I original thought all his pics were .jpg, but I'll use your method if they don't enlarge. Thanks again for the info!
Dave, again what photo program are you using to enlarge or reduce the size of your pix?
You might take a look at this post.
http://57fordsforever.com/smf/index.php?topic=7304.msg67227#msg67227
If you go for that free program be sure to pick the site that will download it & all the plugins.

CobraJoe

1952 Ford Convertible, the ?Galpin Custom?

When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded at how much he had learned in the last seven years!

'96 Bronco,
'39 Ford Coupe,
'57 Fairlane,
'68 Torino GT
'15 F150,
'17 Escape,

hemidave

Quote from: Tom S on 2020-04-27 02:11
Dave, again what photo program are you using to enlarge or reduce the size of your pix?
You might take a look at this post.
http://57fordsforever.com/smf/index.php?topic=7304.msg67227#msg67227
If you go for that free program be sure to pick the site that will download it & all the plugins.
I'm using PAINT, and it must have been my computer that was "slow" at that time, because I can now enlarge any of his pics, so I'm all set, thanks.
'32 Ford roadster/49 Merc flathead, '39 Ford conv, '54 Ford sedan,  '56 Sunliner AC PW, '57 "F" Sunliner, '66 Fairlane 390 4spd conv, '76 F150 390 C6 plow truck.

hemidave

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'32 Ford roadster/49 Merc flathead, '39 Ford conv, '54 Ford sedan,  '56 Sunliner AC PW, '57 "F" Sunliner, '66 Fairlane 390 4spd conv, '76 F150 390 C6 plow truck.

hiball3985

Unknown location to me
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1957 Ranchero
1960 F100 Panel
1966 Mustang

mustang6984

I am going to guess somewhere in one of the New England states that has lots of those covered bridges...perhaps New Hampshire? Just guessing...
Nothing is impossible...
The word it's self says I'M POSSIBLE  (Audrey Hepburn)
2 '57 Ford Couriers AND '57 Fairlane
3 Mustangs, '69 fastback-'84 SVO-'88 Saleen Convertible
'49 Ford P/U
'50 Dodge P/U
'82 RX-7
'65 Chrysler New Yorker

Ecode70D

Joe
#3858.   I'll take two of those if you please.
Can you deliver them?
Jay

Ecode70D

Quote from: mustang6984 on 2020-04-27 08:49
I am going to guess somewhere in one of the New England states that has lots of those covered bridges...perhaps New Hampshire? Just guessing...

    They were still around up in NH about 20 -25 years ago when we drove our 34 Ford 2 dr sedan and sometimes our 34 Ford convertible up to the big Lake George NY car show.    Unfortunately we never got to drive  the 57 Ford custom there.   

FiveSevenLiter

#3865
Albany, Oregon

https://bridgehunter.com/or/linn/bryant-park-covered/

Stopped there a couple years ago, they have a authentic 50's auto parts store there,  all the stock behind a 7-foot counter, poor lights, mix match of fan belts all on three pegs, it was a beauty.
1957 Custom 300 - since 2012 SOLD 2024
1951 Mercury M3 - since 2004
1951 Ford F1 - since 1987
1950 Ford Tudor - since 2019
2009 Sport Trac Adrenalin

mustang6984

WOW! Really? I have been to Albany more than a few times, and never knew that bridge was there. Thanks!
Nothing is impossible...
The word it's self says I'M POSSIBLE  (Audrey Hepburn)
2 '57 Ford Couriers AND '57 Fairlane
3 Mustangs, '69 fastback-'84 SVO-'88 Saleen Convertible
'49 Ford P/U
'50 Dodge P/U
'82 RX-7
'65 Chrysler New Yorker

FiveSevenLiter

That one is downtown, Professor Google says there are eight.

https://albanyvisitors.com/history/covered-bridges/
1957 Custom 300 - since 2012 SOLD 2024
1951 Mercury M3 - since 2004
1951 Ford F1 - since 1987
1950 Ford Tudor - since 2019
2009 Sport Trac Adrenalin

FiveSevenLiter

The Stony Plain picture is not a Ford dealership but found it interesting that it was an Indian dealer.  I have a picture coming of a small town in northern Manitoba and there is a motorcycle riding down the street.  Tough guys to be riding those rodes.
1957 Custom 300 - since 2012 SOLD 2024
1951 Mercury M3 - since 2004
1951 Ford F1 - since 1987
1950 Ford Tudor - since 2019
2009 Sport Trac Adrenalin

mustang6984

Guess I didn't see much of Albany! LOL!!!
Nothing is impossible...
The word it's self says I'M POSSIBLE  (Audrey Hepburn)
2 '57 Ford Couriers AND '57 Fairlane
3 Mustangs, '69 fastback-'84 SVO-'88 Saleen Convertible
'49 Ford P/U
'50 Dodge P/U
'82 RX-7
'65 Chrysler New Yorker