VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

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White Rock Spillway, Dallas (1950s)​

 

Elm and Ervay, Dallas (1950s)​

 

14th Street, New York City with S.Klein Department Store and the Consolidated Edison Building in the background in 1949.​

 

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I've always wondered why Chevs of this era had oval shaped tailpipes. Any ideas?

 

I've noticed they look like that when they got squished.

 

Looking West on Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles (1965)​

 

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1940
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They came from the factory in that oval shape. I never could figure out the reasoning behind it.

 

CT. Dragway

 

1921

 

Atlantic gas station in Southern Ohio in 1947

 

Ann Arbor, Michigan – 1938

 

Charlotte, North Carolina - 1954