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Old 05-27-2010, 09:17 AM
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Judging from my grandmothers current age, I'm guessing this picture was probably taken in the mid to late forties, maybe early fifties, in greenville south carolina. For the sake of discussion, The man on the left would be my great grandfather, the young lady on the left would be my grandmother, the young lady on the right I'm thinking would be my great aunt laurie. I believe, if I'm not mistaken, the man on the porch to be my great great granddad marslender. He owned a general store in greenville, and I suspect this trike was used for deliveries.

At any rate, any help identifying the bike would be greatly appreciated. I dug through a lot of old pictures and this is the only one of it I could find...

 
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Old 05-27-2010, 09:24 AM
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I can't offer any insight to your question but I just wanted to say, I love those old photos...they tell of a whole different era and I like seeing the old iron.
 
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Old 05-27-2010, 09:25 AM
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Dunno? But man I love old bike photos like this. Good luck.
 
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Right hand tank shift? Indian maybe?
 
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Old 05-27-2010, 09:30 AM
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With the backend as it is, I'd say servi-car. Year is undetermined.
 
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You could get the Servi car with right tank shifter also.
 
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Great looking bike
 
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Old 05-27-2010, 09:42 AM
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Looks like a Servi Car (year unknown). Looks like everybody is enjoying some cold watermelon on a hot summer afternoon. Great grand dad looks like he is working on a part off the trike and I'd wager the gentleman with the hat is probably the rider. I too enjoy these old pictures. Here's a 1947 servi car picture showing right hand shift.
 
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I love how times were simpler.. "Hell I didn't even know the house needs paint and the bike needs washed."
 
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Great old photo. Too bad it's not such a good photo of the bike.
I lean toward Indian. Here's a couple photos of Indian trikes. Note the similar rails on the ultility box.
 
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