Vintage shots from days gone by!

They sure were. It has been a long time since I have seen a good military surplus store.

 

Maggie, for years my Dad would rent a little Aloha Trailer from a guy on the next street and we'd take off for the coast
Fort Stevens, Honeyman, Cape Lookout, all the big parks with water, bathrooms and showers. Pulling the thing over the years behind our '50 Plymouth DeLuxe, the 60 Plymouth Wagon and finally the Mighty Chief, our 389 63 Pontiac Catalina wagon!

What fun it was, not super crowded (no reservations needed even in August), cooking on a Coleman stove, gigantic beach log fires, the smell of woodsmoke, people talking and laughing in the darkness and by lantern light. NO loud music, NO radios even. No fights, no trouble Dogs, kids, the sound of the surf.....wonderful times for me.

 

They are all gone, replaced with junk made just to sell in surplus stores!
If you weren't around it's hard to imagine the unbelievably huge amount of stuff made for WW2! They were STILL selling it off into the late 60's! The early 60's were crammed with everything, EVERYTHING you can imagine, cheap and useful and fun!

 

Speaking of surplus....need a bike, cheap?

 

These are WW2 Harleys guys.

 

How about a jeep?

 

I know it been posted before, at this point what hasn't?!
The Amazing Timberline Lodge at Mt Hood Oregon.




The last pic is a modern one showing the main hall. Built by the WPA during the depression, features hand carved wood sculptures on the stairs as balustrades and freestanding decorations , that humongous fireplace, finished wood EVERYTHING
Yes, there is ALWAYS a St Bernard complete with cask in residence, has been for over 80 years! A fantastic place!

 

Who remembers Andy and Bax.
Early GI Joes too.

 

Andy and Bax remains, but is a pale shadow of the store that burned in the mid (?) 60's!
I remember they had a forty man raft inflated and mounted on the ceiling..for sale!
THE BEST!!! Along with Zidell's and Schnitzers stuff from ship dismantling.

 

Can you imagine finding that in a junkyard! Even then, what were they thinking?
What a cool car!

 

Get yer Baby Moons here!

 

GI Joe's first store...a tent! Before my time.

 

The round door Rolls is restored and at the Petersen Museum.
https://www.google.com/search?q=rou...2&ved=0ahUKEwiz4q2Bye7JAhXF7SYKHWfdA3cQsAQIGw

 

6th Street (?) Portland Or 1960's

 

man, I gotta call GA 1181 first thing tomorrow, and see if they have any allisons left!

 

The Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR.. Later in the 1960's became a psychedelic venue for The Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Grass Roots etc. Many San Fransisco bands played here in 67-68!
$1.99 admission and all the Pepsi you can drink!
It's still operating as far as I know!

 

West Burnside and 21st.

 

Eugene Oregon

 

The no reservations days are pretty much over - it can be difficult to get your foot in most places, although you can luck out mid-week with cancellations in the summertime, winter is the best time to get spots.
My little trailer is patiently waiting for me to cobble enough money together to fix her up.



Here's my vintage photo to keep this post legit...

 

Found this in a train museum in Golden, CO last fall.

 

1920's Astoria Oregon



1953


Astoria Column

 

McNary Dam on Columbia River



FDR at Bonneville Dam--1937



FDR at Boeing--1942