Greg O’s Garage: Rare photos from collection of Henry Austin Clark Jr. Part 1
A treasure trove of rare photos from Henry Austin Clark Jr. have been discovered in the Walter McCarthy Archives.
Greg O.
1907 Locomobile Express Truck with Austin Clark at the wheel with his daughter in 1948
Wider view of the 1907 Locomobile from above
1907 Locomobile Model E in a Southampton parade August 7th, 1954
Now if we can figure out who Tina Zebrowski is....
1915 Locomobile Berline
Austin Clark next to a new and unrestored Brewster Town Car acquisition to the LIAM
A dandy couple arriving in their 1923 Pierce-Arrow at Austin Clark's Roaring 20's party in NYC
Unknown little cutie (maybe Clark's daughter?) in a 1912 Simplex
Swimsuit model in front of the museum in 1950 with a 1910 2-cylinder Northern rear-entry Touring car in the background
1910 2-cylinder Northern rear entry Touring Car
1910 2-cylinder Northern rear entry Touring Car
1910 Pope Hartford at a meet at the Long Island Automobile Museum in 1951
1912 36hp Pierce Arrow at the LIAM 1951 meet
Another view of the 1912 Pierce Arrow at the 1951 meet
The 1910 Pope Hartford at the 1951 meet
I don't know who Dorris Edwards is, but here she is at the wheel of a 1903 Ford Model A
Austn Clark and friends in a 1910 Ford Touring Car
The Clark family in one of Austin Clark's favorite cars, a 1910 Buick Model 10
Our swimsuit model in the 1910 Buick in 1950
And again, in the Buick out front
Our swimsuit model with an unknown late 1800's motor carriage
The Classic Car Cub meeting of the Long Island Automotive Museum in 1961
A meet in East Norwich at Rothmanns.
L-R;
1909 Jackson
1912 Overland
1922 Star
1919 Stutz
Joe Tracy and Austin Clark's sons in a 1907 Locomobile Model E Tonneau in the late 50's
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Tina Zebrowski appears to have been a Southampton High School student, born about 1938. She was involved in sports, played a musical instrument (tenor sax), and artistic, having entered a number of poster contests sponsored by the Parrish Art Museum in the 1950’s.
the 1907 Locomobile Express truck I bought from Austin it was a service vehicle converted when about 10 to 15 years old by the Ardmore Garage of Ardmore, Pa. the express body was made by the Derham Body CO. of Philadelphia , Pa.
I made new fenders for the truck from scratch to the style of what was on it as a passenger car , got all the proper brass lamps and restored them , had the radiator shell remade as it had a dent in the top center, and made a new dashboard as well.
At the Classic Car Club of America tour at the museum the 2nd and 3rd cars in are Austin’s - a 1929 Lincoln dual cowl phaeton body by Locke and a 1939 Packard with body by Brunn of Buffalo, NY ( the Packard saw long storage in the barn at AUstin’s house on South Main Street in Southampton and was not driven much).
Great photos, really like color photo with Joe Tracy and the Clark boys. I would’ve guessed their father being Austin solely on the facial features : )
I loved that Clark Museum!!
It’s great to see these old photos!
#5 is not Austin Clark with unrestored Brewster Town Car.
#7 is not Austin’s daughter, Ann
#8-10 and others: swimsuit model is Jo Green
Great article ... what happened to all those cars? ... it would be interesting to know where they are now ... i bought wooden model of a 1903 Stanley Steamer that i never put together ... i must have it over 50 years ... i bought it at the Museum
The photo labeled above “Our swimsuit model with an unknown late 1800’s motor carriage” actually shows our 1906 Success Auto Buggy!!!!!! It is also in the lead article of this piece…...how cool! Where might i access really high res. versions of these images? Would love them for our archive. Info on where it came from would be awesome as well if there are any sources of such information. Thanks for this post!!!!
I have a friend Doris Scott. She will be 95 this June. Her maiden name is Edwards. They lived in Deposit NY. I’ll check with her daughter to see if this is her. I can’t see a resemblance with 72 years since this picture was taken.
The Pope-Hartford was owned by William R. Johnson. He found it in May 1949, complete and driven only 6300 miles.
You can just see the 1904 Knox that is now part of the Seal Cove Auto Museum’s collection in the photo titled, “another view of the 1912 Pierce Arrow at the 1951 meet.” The Knox was registered to Mrs. Clark and carried a custom license plate, “PICKLES.”
Jeff O., The Henry Austin Clark Jr. Automotive History Collection at The Henry Ford contains the records, correspondence, photographs, catalogs, periodicals and other materials amassed by Austin Clark before, during and after the museum was in operation. https://www.thehenryford.org/about/contact-us/
A friend owns the 1910 Buick. It is on Long Island and fully restored in a dark blue color.
Does anyone have early photos of my Cunningham C-3 at what appears to be a charity fundraiser at the Museum, probably held in 1952 or ‘53? Even in the night-time photos, I can see the round-topped quonset hut building in the background. I can locate my copy of the photo at this minute. Thanks, Tom
I know well of Brewster from their bodies (especially on Springfield Rolls Royce limos and town cars), but did they (presumably before RR of the US) manufacture their own full cars?
As to the museum, truly sad we don’t have it now; it was gone before I’d ever heard of it.
Love the photos, nice clear images!