VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

1928 South West corner of 7th Avenue and West 14th Street, Manhattan.​

 

Things certainly have changed wouldn't you say

 

City Limit of Pasadena, Texas in 1965
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Pacific Heights from Cow Hollow, known today as Baker St. (1895)​

 

Construction of Interstate 45 in Conroe, Texas, in 1961. This section was part of the larger effort to build a major north-south highway connecting Houston to Dallas.
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Teen age Norma Baker in 1940’s before she became known as MM​

 

And one dickhead in a motorcar scaring the horses! Ought to horsewhip the young whippersnapper!

 

ZZTop mascot!

 

I remember it well! A lot of first hand information in the back seat of a second hand car!

 

A rare 1930 Marquette Coupe by Buick on the left. Thanks!

 

Paddle faster!, I hear banjo music!

 

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Arlington Dragstrip, WA . Class winners 1955

 

1954 Studebaker dealership​

 

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Hollywood Blvd 1960​

 

D-land entrance 1957​

 

Was the Arlington dragstrip at the airport? (AWO)

 

Miss World Finalists 1951

 

Montague, MA.

 

The Christie 1909 racer with its new cowl and body circa 1918. Ruth Law’s Curtiss Pusher is in the background, and her mechanic Bob Westover sits behind the wheel. Note the 300 hp claim and that the racer is still prominently labeled as a “Christie.” (Lee Stohr image via TheOldMotor.com)