Vintage shots from days gone by!

Los Angeles in the 40's.......

 

Thanks Doug....... for my first good laugh of the day!..... VERY FUNNY.......

 

Here is one of my uncle's cement truck in Quincy, Ill on July 5th, 1951.
A full load of cement and the ground/street just caved in as he was leaving a stop light. They had to lower a 12' ladder into the pit so he could climb out. The only injury was to his pants!!!

 

That's a swell jacket yer uncles got there. I get so lost in all these old pics, looking at the people and the clothes and the cars, all the little details that we no longer have.

so cool

 

geez...looks like that street was made of bricks...don't see that everyday

 

What's the odds that some mayor's uncle had a brick factory back in the day?

 

wish this one was better, my Mother at 16

 

The streets are like this in Ottumwa Iowa

 

Ha Ha !


I just notice that!

 

he made me laugh!

 

yeah, me, too......touche

I just noticed that it was his dad's store, so I hit a nerve. I didn't see that the first time...so for that I'm sorry

 

Little Wing
A little contrast added for ya. Where was that picture taken? Slim

 

Great Thank you
Worcester ,,Mass.

 

Here ya go Little Wing. Ooops, Looks like Slim is faster on the draw. And better...

 

The wallopers get their man again ,the Aussie cops loved their hats ,FX or FJ holden in background.

 

but, how do they say his name?

 

HEY! Look at most of the men.... they are baldheaded so it might be another type RUG SALE????

 

I found this photo in a second-hand store many, many years ago, and bought it [and 2 others] simply because of the motorcycles in them. Little did I know I'd be into hot rods eventually! Also here's what was written on the back. Any old-timers know these cats?

 

It was real common in the Midwest when I was a kid, slicker than snot when it rains though. Most around here have been blacktopped over but there are still a few around.

 

This is without a doubt the coolest thread ever!.........ever!
keep 'em comin' please.

 

there cobble stone
Jimv

 

It wasn't the cobblestones fault for the collapse.
Probably undermined by a leaky water main.
Those old streets held up very well.
There are still a few in Lockport. They don't seem to break up like pavement does.
But they were a little rough, but in a city with 30 mph speed limit, they worked great.

 

We still have a few brick streets here in Dayton Ohio that are not paved over.

 

Check out the Laclede's Landing area of St. Louis for some good old cobblestone streets................ok, maybe the good part is a stretch.

Tim D.

 

Still have alot of brick streets here in cleveland. And the way clevelands going there's going to be alot lot more soon.

 

Some scrath removal

 

Thanks all,,nice to actually be able to see 60 years later,,lol

 

Where I grew up in Centralia, Wa. there are still a couple of brick streets but most have been blacktopped.