Vintage shots from days gone by!

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WWI era Navy enlistment poster:

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WWII era scrap drive - car being burned to salvage remaining steel/iron:

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WWII era - Neighborhood scrap drive to support the war effort:

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WWII era - Scrap drive/Salvage Yard supporting the war effort:

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Great stuff here! Okay quiz time - below is a 'whatsit'? I'm gonna guess speedster, since image source says the picture is about 1922:

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Thanx MrModelT for the history lessons.​

 

Ice Cream truck from the late teens:​

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Better hope that load doesn't shift!

 

Now this won't hurt a bit

 

Lili: "Let's face it! Everything below da waist is KAPUT!"

 

Upon her arrival in Hollywood in 1930, Dietrich was presented
with a spanking new Rolls-Royce "transformable" torpedo
phaeton with coachwork by Hibbard & Darrin on a Springfield
Phantom I chassis by Paramount Pictures, which was soon to
produce her follow-up to "Blue Angel," namely "Morocco,"
costarring Gary Cooper. This was Dietrich's second Rolls-Royce.
Dave Greenlees, who posted the above Dietrich photo on his
EXCELLENT site, The Old Motor, tells us that this very RR, now
fully restored, will headline Bonham's inaugural 2012 auction in
Scottsdale next Thursday, January 19. How much will this unique
car bring? I'm reminded of Dan Aykroyd's words: "The possibilities
are unlimitless!"




From FlickR, this is apparently a shot of the Rolls on the gigantic barge that was
built to drag it around to shooting site in the Cali desert during the making of
"Morocco." The car did actually appear in the movie. Dave Greenlees of The Old
Motor reported that the sledge was dragged from place to place by a big Caterpillar
tractor.

 

Two shots from "Morocco." Dietrich departs in the Rolls to search
for Cooper in the desert as co-star Adolph Menjou looks on. Pics
thanks to Last Goddess.

 

Also thanks to LastGoddess, a photographer catches an informal shot
of Deitrich with Monroe, herself already a screen legend. This appears
to be about 1956 the time Dietrich would have been shooting "Witness
for the Prosecution" -- a true screen suspense classic! Charles Laughton,
Elsa lanchester and Tyrone Power were never better!

 

NYC lunch during depression. Wish I knew more about this picture, location, building names, etc

 

This photo reminds me of a "pipe dream" business idea I had during my short career in the charter transportation industry.
Rather than have the fancy folks enter stretched Lincolns and Hummers on their hands and knees wouldn't it be nice for the elegant clientèle step gracefully onto a running board the sit down in luxury?

 

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I've seen this photo before. I understood it was during construction of the Empire State Building.

 

This is a great video of New York City in 1938.

http://youtu.be/zL8G7cCrk4I

 

Loved this one

Railroad worker "We heard you was hung"

Sheriff "you heard right"

 

Hedley Lamarr: My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.
Taggart: God darnit, Mr. Lamarr, you use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore