Saturday, October 1, 2011

Saturday Snapshot - October 1


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We went to a fall festival a few weeks ago and this antique ambulance was on display.  Image how many people never made it to the hospital in an emergency situation when this was mode of travel.
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  1. AnonymousOctober 1, 2011 at 8:09 AM

    What a great picture! Well, I guess it was faster than by horsecart or something like that. LOL

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  2. KayeOctober 1, 2011 at 8:18 AM

    Yep, we've come a long way from those days!

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  3. JoAnnOctober 1, 2011 at 8:34 AM

    A scary thought... times have definitely changed for the better in this respect!

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  4. Paulita October 1, 2011 at 8:40 AM

    I remember seeing an ambulance like this in the movie The Razors Edge. Cool seeing it in person.

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  5. rhapsodyinbooksOctober 1, 2011 at 8:47 AM

    How cool! We saw something sort of similar when we were at the Smithsonian last weekend - it was an old parked Good Humor truck. Thank heavens though the music was not turned on! :--) (And thank heavens for you the sirens were not turned on - although I wonder if it had one? do you know?)

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  6. Lisa@ButteryBooksOctober 1, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    How funny! Luckily there have been vast improvements in transportation and technology.

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  7. Laurel-Rain SnowOctober 1, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    Yes, technology is better, but I love these old photos that remind us of our "beginnings."

    Thanks for sharing.

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  8. Marie CloutierOctober 1, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    that's a great picture. :-) and yeah, things have changed so much!

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  9. bermudaonionOctober 1, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    Oh, wow! The driver was exposed to the weather.

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  10. Brian's Home BlogOctober 1, 2011 at 9:47 AM

    That is a very cool wheeled box!

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  11. ZibileeOctober 1, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    How neat! I have never even visualized an old fashioned ambulance, so it's cool to see one here!

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  12. Carol October 1, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    Great looking vehicle, but like you say, imagine what the care would have been like back then

    carol

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  13. BarbaraOctober 1, 2011 at 10:57 AM

    It's great that someone preserved this ambulance. Wouldn't its driver be amazed at the new model?

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  14. Leslie (Under My Apple Tree)October 1, 2011 at 11:07 AM

    That makes me really glad I live now and not 100 years ago.

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  15. LisaOctober 1, 2011 at 11:08 AM

    Probably more than when they only had horses, but it makes you glad to live in a modern age. Great pic!

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  16. AthiraOctober 1, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    Wow, I'm just glad we don't have those nowadays. Imagine the time when people went about in horses!

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  17. AlyceOctober 1, 2011 at 12:14 PM

    I've never seen anything like that! I do imagine it would have to be faster than horses, but that looks like the only positive. :)

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  18. Christine RainsOctober 1, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    Oh, that's so neat! I can imagine it was a bumpy ride in there. :)

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  19. Beth(bookaholicmom)October 1, 2011 at 1:39 PM

    Can you imagine what the people from that time period would think of our fast paced lives now. I'm sure when that ambulance was in service it was considered fast. Kind of interesting to see how far we have come.

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  20. UnknownOctober 1, 2011 at 3:11 PM

    Wow! I´ve never seen one this old (an ambulance that is) only regular cars!
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  21. Jill BuckOctober 1, 2011 at 4:10 PM

    Things sure have changed!

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  22. AnonymousOctober 1, 2011 at 4:20 PM

    The ambulance looks alot like a military truck. I winder if they started that way?

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  23. Helen's Book BlogOctober 1, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    I love that old ambulance, there is just something about old cars that I find so much fun

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  24. RobinfromCAOctober 1, 2011 at 6:01 PM

    I'm glad we have our modern medical advancements but this does make me wish the times we lived in were more simple.

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  25. AnonymousOctober 1, 2011 at 6:16 PM

    It's amazing how far we've come, isn't it? As much as I love some of our high techie stuff I often wonder if the old days weren't the better days. Unless of course you were a patient in that ambulance!

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  26. IreneOctober 1, 2011 at 9:37 PM

    It's wonderful to know we've grown in that respect. Great photo though.

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  27. Bev HankinsOctober 1, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    Wow! Those tires don't look much bigger than bicycle tires. Must have been a bumpy ride for the patients.

    I'm running late on posting this week...but I have a really good reason.

    http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2011/10/saturday-snapshot-october-1.html

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  28. gautami tripathyOctober 1, 2011 at 10:11 PM

    I love that vintage model. But we have come a long way. It is a good thing for medical technology!


    Here is my Saturday Snapshot post!

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  29. RaineOctober 2, 2011 at 12:41 AM

    It's quite astounding to see progress going in leaps and bounds.

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  30. LouiseOctober 2, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    It's not just the transport that has modernised thankfully. Great photo. Interesting to ponder.

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  31. StaciOctober 2, 2011 at 7:47 PM

    I love it!

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  32. JennersOctober 2, 2011 at 8:29 PM

    How interesting! Just look at the steering wheel! Imagine if it was pouring rain!

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  33. sadie607October 2, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    Wow what an interesting picture. I don't think I've ever seen an antique ambulance before.

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