Vintage shots from days gone by!

SWI, some great pix, man. Any background info would be even better, where
available. RE the one below, does anybody think the woman at left looks an
awful lot like Henry Ford's personal secretary? I haven't seen many photos of
her, so maybe I am mistaken, from memory alone.

 

farm wife waiting in the car (sic) while her husband attends the auction oskaloosas, kansas Oct 1938 is by John Vachon - another FSA/OWI treasure thanks to the library of congress

 

76-77 Buick Century think Kojak

 

Nice boat you got there Gilligan. Going for a little tour? Looks like you're short one motor though.....

 

Looks like a VW roof!

 

I thought that at first, but it has a split windshield and the door glass is too long.

 

wounder how much downforce the hat in the top pic created

 

A SATURDAY 'ALTERNATE
CAPTION' DOUBLE HEADER

ALTERNATE CAPTION 1)

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"As a couple, Frank and Mildred
were nothing, if not at all times,
thoroughly practical and frugal
people, trying their best to live a
'minimalist' lifestyle. Not ones to be
swayed in the least by the latest
trendy automotive styling fads or
having to have outlandish and
unnecessary 'luxury' features on
their vehicles, one of their all-time
favourite sayings - and as very
admirably evidenced in this photo,
was - 'Second class driving beats
hell out of first class walking!' "
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ALTERNATE CAPTION 2)

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"Never ones to worry about
"getting a reputation", within a
few of weeks this photo being
taken, the 'local 'bad girl' twins,
Connie and Lulu, were able to
trade in their decrepit old '30
Chev sedan for a brand new,
shiny red '53 Nash 'Airliner' with
'seats that fold down into a
double bed in just seconds',
and similar to the one featured
in the attached ad below!"
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Mart3406
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"Originally Posted by raceron1120
Looks to me like a '72 Electra "

Think again...it's a '72 Electra as stated.

 

"Just waitin' for HIGH TIDE"!!!!

 

Or, da water done run off an leff me ..................... Humph!!!!!! scrubba

 

That intersection brings to mind the term 'clusterf...'!

 

.308 is a 150 or 180gr bullet....the .50 used a 750gr bullet didn't it? That tiger would have been shredded with a .50

 

If God wanted us to pilot fiberlass boats then he would have created fiberglass-eating termites!

 

Thats a 50 Merc roof on that boat .

 

Where is this?
I can see a Mk1 Ford Zephyr right in the centre.

 

What's with the sign in the shop window?

"Alcohol"
"For sale"
"For Automobiles":

 

.... must be a merc-cruiser!

 

I'd say it was during prohibition.

 

I think anti-freeze during prohibition. Lippy

 

Someone thought it looked like a VW roof but it looks like a 49 merc to me.

 

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