Vintage shots from days gone by!

Very cool pic, thanks for all your postings Lowkat and Dog.

BTW, for those who have never seen this type of thing in person. The motorcycle wheels are turning on a set of rollers. The riders do alot of leaning and weaving back and forth on the rollers to catch your attention. Looks like she is doing a seat standing trick here.

 

Gearhead all my life...

 

<o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com<img src=" images="" smilies="" redface.gif="" border="0" alt="" title="Embarrassment" smilieid="2" class="inlineimg"></o:smarttagtype> Here are a few photos of <st1:city w:st="on">Washington</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">DC</st1:state> that my father took from the top of the <st1><st1>Washington</st1><st1> Monument </st1></st1>in the late '40s. First is a ground-level shot of the monument base. Cars parked close around it; you won't see that today. I believe that's the family's 1940 Chrysler parked at the street light.
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While I know the basic layout of <st1:state w:st="on"><st1>Washington</st1></st1:state>, I compared these photos with satellite images on Google to determine how the cityscape has changed in the intervening 60 to 65 years.

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I'm amazed at the apparent lack of activity in these photos. The curbsides are lined with cars, and there's a bus crossing the Mall. But in today's city, cars, trucks, and cabs would clog the streets, and the Mall would teem with pedestrians.

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Thanks Buford.............those pics are cool.....jeeezz, what a difference from today!

 

check out the early ford v8 flatty dizzy on top of this 4 banger in the middle photo!!!!!!!!