VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

Waco, Texas 1939​

 

Ebbets Field in Brooklyn in 1920​

 

Carmen Miranda late 1940’s​

 

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Gaido's Seafood Restaurant in Galveston in the mid 1940s

 

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On June 9, 1909, this 22-year-old housewife and mother began a 3,800-mile journey from Hell Gate in Manhattan, New York, to San Francisco, California, in a green, four-cylinder, 30-horsepower Maxwell DA. On her 59-day trek she was accompanied by two older sisters-in-law and 19 year-old friend Hermine Jahns, none of whom could drive a car. They arrived amid great fanfare on August 7, although about three weeks later than originally planned.
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The 1912 image of a covered wagon drawn by "jackrabbit mules" near Big Springs, Nebraska.

 

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Taken near dead man's curve on Spirit Lake Hwy near Mt. St. Helens in the mid 60's.​

 

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That's definitely a Frank Kurtis style grill on the Ford custom. He used the same grill work on several cars he customized while working at the Don Lee Coach and Body Works in Los Angeles. And the same grill style was used on his famous Atlas Chrome dirt track car. BTW, one of Kurtis' fellow employees at Don Lee was one Harley Earle later of General Motors fame.

 

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The Triborough Bridge in New York City in 1937​

 

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Yep 1949 for sure for one of the years!

 

The girl on the front fender doesn’t quite fit the style or era of the other 2

 

Not much different from now!

 

One of my girl friends worked there in 1962..

 

Is that a turbo glide?

 

Not really sure. It’s hard to tell from the photo.

 

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I believe so; Powerglides were cast iron until 62, and it looks aluminum.

 

Man stumbles out of a bar on Julian St. in Skid Row, Los Angeles. (1955)​