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Cadillac with Horses and Chickens

ONE OF THE OLDEST CARS in Ron Metcalfe’s family album is this 1911 Cadillac Model Thirty Torpedo Touring photographed sometime before 1921 at the family farm in Weston (now part of Toronto).

The car was owned by Ron’s mother’s uncle, Bill Ashbee, and Ron’s mother (Dora Banner) is the young girl sitting next to Marion Ashbee, who is behind the wheel. Uncle Bill (standing with the horse) nicknamed his car the “Shadowlet” (rhymes with Chevrolet), perhaps because his Cadillac was big enough to overshadow any Chevy. Bill’s leather rear seat can be seen in the left of the photo, suggesting that the Ashbee Cadillac served as a part-time truck.