Notes
This Alta Walter image is titled "Andy and Maxwell." "Andy" would be her younger brother, John Andrew "Andy" Walter (b. 1901), and "Maxwell" would be the make of the automobile. I think the Maxwell a 1918 or 1919. The hood vents were changed in 1920.
Category: [Downtown Hood River]
Tags: 1920s automobile Maxwell orchard Walter
Comments
Pride of ownership! And, back in the day when you could sit on the hood of a car and not leave the large dent behind!
Tom Kloster on 17th February 2023 @ 9:15am
And wooden spokes?
nels on 17th February 2023 @ 3:33pm
On the Find a Grave page there is a photo of Andy sitting on a fancy riding lawn mower. Seems fitting.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64960911/john-andrew-walter
L.E. on 20th February 2023 @ 6:56am
Would the back window have been the vertical slits or oval or square? Was there glass sewn into those openings? That would be very heavy! Certainly not plastic.
Roger Sheldrake on 20th February 2023 @ 10:40am
Roger, They used isinglass as the side and rear windows and sometimes a glass pane for the rear window. The owner had to be very careful not to break the rear glass window pane once the top was lowered.
Dale Nicol on 21st February 2023 @ 7:11am