Vintage shots from days gone by!

1955
Attica, KS

 

http://arizona100.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html

 

http://www.vannattabros.com/truck3.html

 

http://www.macktrucks.com/default.aspx?pageid=566



http://www.macktrucks.com/default.aspx?pageid=568

 

http://www.youngstownfire.com/forums/index.php?topic=7775.0

 

http://chuckmancollectionvolume15.blogspot.com/2011/04/photo-chicago-state-street-fire.html

 

http://genwiz.genealogenie.net/lake_maxinkuckee/cut_fire_dept/culver_fire.htm

 

http://www.jeffmorrisfoundation.org/fire-museum/photos.php

 

http://www.wfhathewaylabourexhibitcentre.ca/labour-history/labour-day-or-holiday/

 

bump

 

I had grass like that when I was a kid.

 

just kids...

 

LowCat, I know I'm gonna kick myself, but what the heck is
this car? If it's a Bantam, I can't recognize it from the rear.
And I can't make out the spare-tire hubcap.

 

The hubcap on the spare tire looks to read "Simca".

 

It's a Simca. Tag reads '48 very neat and full of cuties!

 

it appears to be a topolino (fiat) ,hub cap says simca?

 

Absolutely amazing! This is my hometown, Texas City, Tx in the 60's. Just goes to show; you never know what will show up on the HAMB!!

The "Showboat" movie house had a tall tower that housed a radio station and actually broadcast from there, it was KTLW and used the handle "Katy-Lew", a country station. Visible is the cable that I guess had to do with broadcasting.

That entire block on the right has been razed and a small "replica" of the Showboat is there and is used for special events. The rest of the buildings exist in the most part.

 

It's a shame that whole block is almost vacant now, stores shut down and windows boarded up.

 

Simca was a French auto, founded by Fiat.

 

little of every thing here '53 Vette?

 

Richard, it's a cryin SHAME that the entire Houston Metro area has no PAST ! I still have a copy of Texas magazine that came with a Copy of The Houston Chronicle newspaper . In one issue , they had a story entitled : Houston, the Eraseable City. Saddly, I read all about my beloved former home on Houston Archecture.com . scrubba

 

Thanks, EVERYBODY, for noodling that out. I thought the capital letters might say SIMCA, but that left three lower-case letters unreadable. Still don't know about that, but at least we know the MAKE.

 

I THINK I see a '55 Chevy at the end of that row, so it could be '53-'55. pretty cool, someone used to actually drive them.

 

Hempstead, NY 1940ish

 

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