This is a page for silly things that don't fall into any other category.

It is also a page for fun things that the author cannot avoid acquiring just because they are fun.

Enjoy!

Leslie's Weekly, March 31, 1904, page 295.  The Right And Wrong Way To Do It. How A Lady May Enter and Alight From Her Motor wagon Properly, Securely, and Easily

Photographer T. C. Muller took this series of photographs for Leslie's Weekly's March 31, 1904 issue to show ladies how to enter and alight from her motor wagon.

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Safety Deparatment Comic Postcard, October 9, 1923, front Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Safety Deparatment Comic Postcard, October 9, 1923, reverse

Our daughter, CJ, found this card at the January Los Angeles Post Card Show. We both agreed it was a fun card, so I wasted $7.50. It is a wonderful comic card put out by the B&O Railroad Company to encourage driver safety at railroad crossings.

Hoke Steam Car Hoke Steam Car

This is the prototype of the new Hoke Steam Car. Developed in North Carolina between 2005 and 2009.

Hoke Steam Car

The new Hoke Steam Car with our model, Loretta Young.

Hoke Steam Car Prestone Antifreeze Steam Car Card Prestone Antifreeze Steam Car Card Prestone Antifreeze Steam Car Card Prestone Antifreeze Steam Car Card Prestone Antifreeze Steam Car Card Prestone Antifreeze Steam Car Card

Prestone Antifreeze created an advertising card for gasoline stations. The first makes reference to a steam car and is postmarked in York, PA.

Dodge Manufacturing Company, Mishawaka, IN Trade Card, Front Dodge Manufacturing Company, Mishawaka, IN Trade Card, Reverse

This wonderful lithographed adverting card appeared at a 2017 post card show. It is in excellent condition. The author was unable to resist the $4.00 expenditure to acquire it, despite its having nothing at all to do with steam cars, watches, clocks, or typewriters. Some things just have to be saved!

Comic Steam Car Post Card, Article XVI Front Comic Steam Car Post Card, Article XVI, Reverse

Simply Nonsense! But it is a Steam Car!

Way Out West 1940 Gasoline Station, Hal Empire, Empire Kartoon Kards, Duncan, Arizona Front Way Out West 1940 Gasoline Station, Hal Empire, Empire Kartoon Kards, Duncan, Arizona Reverse

We've all been to gasoline stations such as this!

James Sullivan Automobile Joke Book, 1906

This is the Railroad Edition of James sullivan's book, AUtomobile Joker. The VSCM seeks a volunteer to scan it and prepare it for re-publication.

The Automobile  Fiend, 1905 Postcard Comic, Front The Automobile  Fiend, 1905 Postcard Comic, Reverse

No, this is not a steam car, but it is fun! It does remind me of some steam car drivers.

1920s Auto Body Advertising Postcard Front 1920s Auto Body Advertising Postcard , Reverse

No, this penny postcard has nothing to do with steam cars, but it is from the 1920s and presumably an old steam car might have needed some body work.

Primer of the Motor Vehicle Code of Arkansas, 1929, Twyman O. Abbott

As late as 1929, the State of Arkansas classified cars as Electric, Steam, and Gasoline. If a volunteer wishes to scan and format the rest of this brochure, please contact the Virtual Steam Car Museum.

Primer of the Motor Vehicle Code of Arkansas, 1929, Twyman O. Abbott Primer of the Motor Vehicle Code of Arkansas, 1929, Twyman O. Abbott