# Old junkyard photo, can anybody place it? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 28, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-junkyard-photo-can-anybody-place-it/59207 "2010-12-28T14:11:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lisasaint](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/lisasaint/32/5593_2.png) [@lisasaint](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lisasaint)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-junkyard-photo-can-anybody-place-it/59207/1 "2010-12-28T14:11:27Z")
This hangs on the wall at Rotary Garage in Augusta ME. The guys at the shop don’t know where the photo was taken, do any of you recognize it? It looks like New England with the connected buildings and door/window/rooflines, looks like model t-ish cars, so circa 1920’s? The building says “Allan Smith Mfr”, and it looks like (T)IRE Co. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![lisasaint](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/lisasaint/32/5593_2.png) [@lisasaint](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lisasaint)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-junkyard-photo-can-anybody-place-it/59207/2 "2010-12-28T14:11:57Z")
Ooops, here’s the photo, [http://www.flickr.com/photos/74046857@N00/5296972332/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/74046857@N00/5296972332/) ---
**Author:** ![Carveaholic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Carveaholic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Carveaholic)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-junkyard-photo-can-anybody-place-it/59207/3 "2010-12-28T20:36:57Z")
There was an allen smith associated with the goodyear tire and rubber company. That’s all I cam up with. ---
**Author:** ![lisasaint](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/lisasaint/32/5593_2.png) [@lisasaint](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lisasaint)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-junkyard-photo-can-anybody-place-it/59207/4 "2010-12-30T12:53:49Z")
Thanks! I’ll do some more poking around… Sadly I think most people who would actually recognize/remember this place are gone. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-junkyard-photo-can-anybody-place-it/59207/5 "2010-12-30T18:56:15Z")
It’s also possible that the company itself was gone well before computers were invented. There may be no trace of the company on the internet. I enjoyed the photo though. Just looking at the scrap heaps of the old cars is interesting. ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-junkyard-photo-can-anybody-place-it/59207/6 "2010-12-30T19:12:01Z")
I knew people from Waterville who always admired the junk yards that they knew when they were younger. I’ll bet it was a nearby place. Yes, they have some “aged vehicles” in their yards. ---
**Author:** ![lisasaint](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/lisasaint/32/5593_2.png) [@lisasaint](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lisasaint)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-junkyard-photo-can-anybody-place-it/59207/7 "2010-12-31T22:42:53Z")
maybe i’ll take a “field” trip up there sometime