Vintage shots from days gone by!

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Dean Martin taking delivery of his Stutz Blackhawk at home on Copa De Oro Road.



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That is Mrs. Abe Froman. (You know, the sausage king of Chicago.)

 

Bit early for them.

 

Love these great old photos of the Lockheed Burbank facility.
The camo was designed by Walt Disney, they even painted out the runways and some planes got soo confused they landed on nearby San Fernando Road.
When Lockheed got the approval to build the Boeing B-17 at Burbank, Bill Boeing came down to look at the plant, loved the camo and copied it at his plant in Seattle.

Les

 

I'll just say mmmmmmmmmmmm......

 

Fantastic Pic !!---Where did you find it ??

 

She must really be into wieners.

 

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.....Thanks everybody for the over whelming amount of pm's and replies in appreciation for the magazine covers,
clearly a lot of people relieved the days of waiting for the newest issue to hit their hands (in spite of their big brothers)...

It seems I was in the same boat as many of you in that the mag would be tattered by the time I got to read it, but that didn't make it any less valuable.

 

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All pics the Brickyard, Various years.........



1911 Henry Ford, Arthur Newby, Frank Wheeler, Carl Fisher, James Allison,
-The Founding Four (The Indianapolis 500) with Henry Ford.

 

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Always been amazed by those pics, what brilliant cammo work!!
Interestingly the large 4 engined aircraft in the second last pic with all those P-38s may just be the very first Lockheed Constellation. Possibly the best sounding civil aircraft of all time.

Doc.

 

Some locals didn't like the noise.........


"Yeah, this speed bump will slow them's bastards down!"


Doc.

 

Moefuzz, Thank you for all the great INDY 500 photos! I told everyone on the Race Cars 1894-1944 thread to stop by and see them.

 

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No problem '37 kid,

Here's your ticket for the event....


Each ticket stub features a picture of the previous years winner

































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Pre 1914, actual year unknown....

 

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Henry Ford and his grandsons visit '33 Indy 500









Henry Ford talking to Steve Hannagan -Indy '33
(Steve Hannagan was Eddie Rickenbacker's press agent, he went on to have a very successful career as a publicist as well as being best man at Rickenbacker's wedding).









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You can have your car painted any color you want.
As long as its white............

 

In April 1942, New York City began placing hydraulic fill over the marshy tidelands of Idlewild Golf Course. Initial plans were for a modest 1,000-acre airport, but by the time construction was complete Idlewild Airport had grown to five times that size. Commercial flights began in July 1948. On December 24, 1963, the airport was rededicated John F. Kennedy International Airport in memory of the nation’s 35th president. Today, JFK is the nation’s leading international gateway, with more than 80 airlines operating from its gates.
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