Ed.

Well, that's if this works. It also uploaded the entire DVD, so there are scenes from NH and Spring skiing in Tuckerman Ravine, all circa 1938.

shoota 

1:53!!!!!!!!! WTF?!? I want one!


REALLY cool video, thanks for sharing.

bikemig 

This is way cool; thank you for sharing.

jfmckenna

Fantastic! What a different time that was and yet we all do the same things today. Cool dog too

seedsbelize 

Thanks.

clubman 

We don't need no stinking rock climbing shoes!

What a great slice of life.

ilikebikes

I shed a few tears! No BS! Watching this made me see what the world is now lacking. =(

squirtdad

way cool.....don't know which i liked better the bikes or the skiing!



it also struck me that most of those carefree guys and gals probably served one way or the other in WWII...so some thanks is due also

Ed.

At 1:22 and 1:23, that's my Aunt Dot. One of the males may well have been Uncle Henry, but he died when I was very young. I don't know the dog's name, or to whom he belonged. I know nothing of the crazy jumping contraption.

If anyone is interested in the skiing portions, I may be able to add some details there.

Watching these films is a bit spooky for me in that I know I'm looking at people who were important to my Father yet, in almost every case, I have no idea who the people are, and one is likely my namesake, who was killed in '38 or '40 in an accident.

cyclotoine

I see people skiing with fixed heals which I find surprising. I would have expected them to all be telemarking.

crank_addict

Ed- Wonderful video and thanks for sharing!

BTW: The eccentric hub scooter is called an Ingo bike from the mid 1930's. I spotted an identical one years back and the only original one I've seen. It was hanging in a collectors barn rafter.

Sir_Name 

Fantastic, thank you! Tuckerman Ravine / Mt. Washington is one of my favorite places in the world.

aggst1

Thanks for sharing this very interesting video. Watching all these people enjoying moments we all have enjoyed at one time or another was fun. It made me wonder though, how many of these young folks went to war just a couple of years later...

bradtx

Ed., Those bear trap bindings are scary.

Brad

Dan Burkhart 

Marvelous! Thank you for sharing this.
I guess the eccentric wheel is nothing new. Brent Currie of the Bicycle Forest in Waterloo Ontario built one. I thought it was an original idea, but I guess not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QC7OSTtyp8

Ed.

Does 'YT' = Yukon Territory? I've other of Dad's films on the Yukon River, in Dawson, etc circa 1942.

cyclotoine

You've got to be kidding! Yet I am in Yukon Territory. I would love to see that. I bet there would be people in Dawson who would love to get a hold of that for the museum etc...! Wow this footage you have is really special.

Ed.

In 1943, working with the US Coast and Geodetic Survey, Dad took the WPYRR from Skagway to Whitehorse, then boarded the sternwheeler Casca at Whitehorse to go down the Yukon, thru Five-Finger Rapids to Dawson. There's footage along the way, and some in Dawson and environs.

I've attempted to ID some Mounties via the RCMP, but thus far have come up blank. It's a big place, but might you know a Marko M? I'll get this film on Utube tomorrow, and maybe you can pass it by people in Dawson. Thanks in advance.

pedalnmetal

cool, indeed. love those 'cafe-style' looks to the bikes back then. so i'm assuming it's no coincidence that your Uncle owned a bike shop in 1938 and you own two bikes from 1938?

Ed.

My Father's Paramount came via Henry's shop, the two RRAs (I've three bikes from 1938) I acquired by being in the right place at the right time. I worked in the bicycle industry for about ten years. It's somewhat ironic that he really wanted an RRA at the time...

PatrickZ

It looks like a couple of the bicycles are Raleighs from the thimble crown fork; perhaps Golden Arrows? Thanks for sharing the video!

sailorbenjamin

That's what I was thinking.

Ed.

Very likely. I know that my Father had a Raleigh GA before the Paramount. Aunt Dot's bike appears to have a chrome fork, like my Record Ace's, but the head badge doesn't look like a heron to me.

pastorbobnlnh 

[MENTION=368671]Ed.[/MENTION],I was away with a very low speed connection when you posted this video, so I'm just now watching it. Very cool indeed!

Another feature I spotted and no one has mentioned yet is the footage of New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountain at 5:35-50. I would have recognized it even without the sign.

I'm guessing the waterfalls and fishing on the lake (just prior to the Old Man) and the Tram after, are all from the Franconia Notch area. The waterfall looks to be a part of The Basin which is the beginning of the Pemigewasset River, which flows from the lake and is known as Profile Lake, which is below the Notch.

The Tram is from Cannon Mountain. While the Tram cars in the video have been replaced with modern ones, the ones pictured are still on display at the base station.

For those who have never been to this part of Northern New England, the Franconia Notch area on I-93 is worth the visit for the dramatic landscapes. There is a bike trail which follows the interstate (since there are no other roads through the notch). It can be steep, curvey, and busy, so not for the faint at heart.

Velognome 

Don't weep too much...Tuckerman hasn't changed that much, only it's all in color now.