Vintage shots from days gone by!

Ain't it the truth!!---How tragic to see the whole family silent in a restaurant, looking down at the device sending a text to one sitting right next to them!

 

I guess there is a silver lining in this for the rest of us.....peace and quiet.
THE WORLD HAS GONE TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET.
And stay off my yard.

 

Working on the car at the motel. Who remembers that?

 

Yesterday was walking the dog thru a schoolyard, noted a tetherball pole. If I remember right the game wasn't exactly one of high skill; all you did was swing it over the other kids reach 5 times and you won - never understood why the schoolyards had them as they were rarely used. Now the swings on the other hand...

 

These are all from Salt Lake County. I happened upon them in the Salt Lake County Digital Archives.

279 East 300 South
Built 1925
Photograph circa 1937
Owned by Eva L. Sheets in 1937
Company had: (1) gas pump; (1) 550 gallon tank


510 South Main Street, Salt Lake City
Built 1950
Photograph 1950
Owned by Grant E. Hayes in 1950
Building moved to this location from 650 South Main Street
Building moved to 1280 South Main Street in 1957


About 502-508 South Main Street, Salt Lake City
Photograph circa 1937


366 Main Street, Bingham Canyon
Photograph circa 1937
Owned by Mona Heaston Clarke in 1937

 

75 Main Street, Magna
Built in 1891. Building added onto from 1891 to 1918
Photograph circa 1934-1949
Owned by C.A. Paulos and Gus A. Paulos
In 1918, this Company had: (2) gas tanks: (1) holding 1000 gallons,
(1) holding 500 gallons; (2) Wayne gas pumps.


Copper View Motor Co.
6900 West 3500 South,
West Valley City
Built 1957
Photograph circa 1958


900 East 12300 South, Draper
Built in 1946
Photograph circa 1947
Owned by Henry and Effie Day in 1947

 

Hi Scarebird

Out here in so-cal we would hit the ball hard to keep it away from the other guy, and when it wraped its rope around the pole to the end ' You Won '

 

yep those were the rules in our parts of SW, WASH. STATE . also..

 

Rules?
Ours were to try your best to get past his guard, and nail your opponent with the ball (maintaining your own guard well, of course). In the face was best, but a body shot was an honest score as well.

 

And while the kids today are distracted by their electronic devices. where as we were kept busy with playground activities and such, our parents and grandparents had activities that kept them busy... I'm sure they would criticize the hours "wasted" today with our compulsive internet blogging... Pot meet kettle. LOL!!

 

ok... is that a Cougar emblem on the Mustang?

 

That's just bad ass right there.

 

Sure looks like it.Or some kind of cat anyway.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

My uncle bought a brand new 4 speed formula S 'Cuda in '65, silver with the black stripe, and he still has it. Still wearing the original paint. He lived next door with his parents when he was drafted and went to 'Nam. His mom who was this tiny thing agreed to drive the car once a week to keep everything happy. She had to sit on 2 phone books to see over the dash when she did. I can still remember her struggling with the clutch/shifter.

 

Thats correct!---My daughter wore out many
US Keds, constantly playing that game that I had put in the front yard!---When we lived in Torrance,Ca. 1968.

 

Love the Piggly Wiggly sign on the side of the building.

We used to have many Piggly Wiggly food stores here in Florida.
Jimbo

 

American Graffiti (1973)

 

SWI, the half a VW beetle in post 102959 was built owned by Bill Rutan and had a Porsche Carrera engine and mechanical cable brakes. Still holds the record for Mt. Washington hill climb. Was recently bought by Wayne Carrini.

 

Isn't that Tex Smith on pass. side of 64 chevy.

 

Portland, OR

 

Behold the "L'Universelle" - brought to you by GM...

 

NOPE!!

 

Something I hadn't noticed in that scene before - the fake '62 plate (JPM 351) has fallen off to reveal the black plate - you can see the double-sided tape.

 

I just noticed that myself, was looking at the plate and noticed the 63-69 era plate and thought the same thing=good catch!!!!!1