Vintage Treads and Threads, Fairbanks, AK (part two), June 21st, 2013

I tried to get all of Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum in Fairbanks into one post, but no good.  So, here we go again.  We still have a lot to show you.  I hope you are all enjoying this as much as I did going to the Fountainhead Auto Museum.  This time we will start for the ladies.

The feathers were mostly for the hats, more to come.

Harvesting beautiful bird feathers for these styles caused several bird species to be hunted to the brink of extinction.  Finally laws were enacted to protect birds from this.

Car design implications:  Note the high and wide interior spaces of the cars.  They are designed to accommodate the large hats of fashionable ladies!

                                                                                                                                               

One thing I would like to point out:  all, or most of these cars, actually run!!  You can see oil drip pans underneath nearly all and they do have a garage/workshop in the museum as I will show.

1913 Premier

1913 Premier

1913 Argo

Mock-up of 1914 Dodge being repaired

 

1914 Grant

1914 Moline-Knight - Embroidered Lingering Dress

 

1914 Moline Knight

1914 Woods Mobilette

1917 Ford Snow Flyer - Cut Velvet Evening gown

1917 Peirce Arrow - Garnet Beaded Evening Gown

1917 Biddle

1918 Biddle Grand Town Car

1918 Stutz

1919 McFarland

1919 McFarland

1920 Argonne - Velvet Evening Dress

1920 Argonne

1920 Argonne

1921 Heine-Velox  Most Expensive Car of the era'

1921 Heine-Velox

1922 Willis Sainte Clair

1923 Ford Custom - Lot of different bodies for this car.

1925 Stutz - Silk Evening Dress

1927 Stutz - Lace Day Dress

1928 Oakland

1928 Peirce Arrow

1928 Peirce Arrow

1930 Packard 

1930 Packard

1931 Cord

1931 Cord

1931 Cord

1931 Cadillac

1932 Chrysler

1932 Chrysler

1933 Auburn 

1933 Auburn

1933 Auburn

1933 Hupmobile

1934 American Austin

1934 Packard

1936 Packard

1936 Packard

Garage where they work on the cars.

They also had a few midget racer on display.  Very popular in the 1930's

Roaring '20's style

I hope you enjoyed the tour of this place as much as I did.  Even My Dear Bride liked it.  It's a long post, yet I still did not show all the cars and dresses, believe it or not!  Next time you're in Fairbanks this is a "must see" place.  Got to go, Dear Bride says this is getting too long.  Wait until she sees tomorrow's.