Vintage shots from days gone by!

Leyland truck

Buick

 

Cordillera Mountains highway

 

However Barry was forever an inspiration to Walt Arfons.

 

Growing up in Chino found us eating there once or twice. I like the decor; classic Futuristic 50's motif.

 

You're right, but the last time I added a caption to a photo of a woman, I ended up apologizing for it because someone said it was their grandmother. I'm a little gun shy about doing that now...............

But go ahead if you want to.

 

Betty could tell the engine was running right because of it's rhythmic vibrations. Her pooch agreed.

 

Here's some shots of family with their cars. Any idea what make/years they are?

Great-Grandfather:


A Great aunt:

 

"Sit still Ollie"----He's just adjusting the lens!!

 

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August 1963. Hollywood & Vine. Kodachrome.


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November 1965. Hollywood & Vine. Kodachrome.


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Dorothea Lange: 1936
Dorothea Lange, Resettlement Administration photographer, in California atop car with her giant camera. February 1936.


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Washington, D.C., circa 1927. "Nature Magazine -- Walter Layman." Traveling the country with his dog Little Pocahontas, Walter Layman documented Native American culture with photographs that appeared in magazines including National Geographic and Nature. National Photo Co. glass negative.


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Scooped to Safety: 1924
December 17, 1924. Washington, D.C. "Auto safety device demonstration. Inspector Albert Headley." National Photo glass negative.


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Lush Life: 1937
Washington, D.C., circa 1937. "Jane Grier." Pictured with a Packard near the old State, War and Navy building. Harris & Ewing Collection.


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Ford Factory: 1954
Ford Plant 1 in Windsor, Ontario, in 1954. The plant was located right alongside the Detroit River at Riverside Drive East and Drouillard Road. The building in the foreground was built in 1912 as office space, and as Ford expanded more offices were installed in the buildings behind. It was demolished in 1969.


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September 1942
Learning how to determine latitude by using a sextant is Senta Osoling, student at Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles. Navigation classes are part of the school's program for training its students for specific contributions to the war effort. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.


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Dupont Camp Car






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February 1943
Readying a "Vengeance" dive bomber for landing gear installation at Consolidated-Vultee, Nashville. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.


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Circa 1953, Indiana
35mm Kodachrome. Note the tacked-on Plymouth tailfins on the Ford Crestliner.


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October 1964
U.S. 101 above Sausalito, Calif., the Waldo Grade approach to the Golden Gate Bridge. Color slide with Montgomery Ward brand film.


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Nelmobile: 1937
March 30, 1937. Transportation and no parking worries. Nelm Clark, 16-year old Washington, D.C., youngster, solved this problem by combining a lawn mower motor with a set of motorcycle gears to make this unusual midget auto. Costing $60 to build, the contraption weighed only 150 pounds. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative.


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California Vacation: 1956
Marineland of the Pacific on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. August, 1956. (1955 DeSoto)


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Douglas Freeman to the left and a 1934 Chrysler Airflow. Taken in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.


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Not just a car,,,, just sayin

 

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Aspen, winter 1962-63
Boomerang Lodge, designed by owner Charlie Paterson, a Frank Lloyd Wright-trained architect. The vehicle on the right is a Cadillac hearse used as a lodge limo.




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End of the Road: 1924
Washington, D.C., circa 1924. Ford Motor Co. -- Hanlon Lincoln hearse. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.


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