Tires for Sale! (Unidentified Glass-Plate Image)

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Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

An image from the boxes of glass-plate negatives at the museum. This unidentified fellow appears very happy to be sitting atop his motorcycle, which is strung all over with motorcycle tires, probably for the purpose of selling them (unless he's just completely insane). I showed this photo to an antique-car enthusiast, who pointed out that the motorcycle has a carbide headlamp, and I understand those were commonly used only for the first 10 or 15 years of the 20th century.

Our rider ruined the picture by raising his right hand just as the camera's shutter opened, perhaps to adjust his leather helmet. So his right arm is lost to posterity, but I expect it was clad in the same awesome leather glove as his left.

Behind him are what looks like a toolshed and workbench, in the side yard of the house. And the thickest tree in the right side of the picture seems to have a sign nailed to it, or just in front of it, facing the street beyond. Perhaps he or someone else was doing business in some way at this house.

The location is unidentified, and I don't recognize it. Though the far distance is out of focus, I think I see a few buildings on high ground, one of them with a tall chimney or steeple, but then again that may be my mind imposing order on randomness.