Vintage shots from days gone by!

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Toyota Toyopet. 35mm Kodacolor negative January 1960.


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^^^^^ Ansel Adams also had a woodie for his mobile lab .... musta been in vogue. ^^^^

 

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Summer 1938
Old tannery in Springfield, Ohio. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration.


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Aunt Mary's Car: 1920
c.1920, In the vicinity of Merced Falls, Calif. From original 116 negative.


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Lincoln Seven-Passenger Limousine: 1922
While extremely well-built, Lincoln styling in the beginning was behind the times, and the company went into receivership in 1922 after less than two years of car production. It was purchased by Henry Ford for $8 million.


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Caution: Sharp Car 1962
It seems that parking places in Carmel, California were not designed with 1960 Cadillacs in mind. 35mm Perutz slide.


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Lost: 1904
July 1904. The Trevor family takes a motor tour of France. Apparently they got lost.


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The Mode: 1919
Circa 1919, A Washington streetscape. "The Mode, 11th and F Streets." National Photo Company Collection glass negative.


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Speed Racer: 1920
Washington, D.C., 1920. Donnie Moore in Duesenberg. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress.




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Check this out... I did have a Davy Crocket (rabbit fur) hat. Gary

http://sjhs1968.com/retrolife/

 

The first hard top conv. 1957 i think they only made them for 3 years. My uncle had a 57 real cool to watch it enter the trunk.

 

^^^^ are you talking the Ford retractable??^^^v .... yep, very cool!

 

Check out these old 8MM movies I've got, wish I had a way to watch them!

 

This is my 3x Great Grandad, he served as a dispatch rider in World War 1 seen here photographed on his Douglas Motorcycle



And after the war he drove this bus (or as any "motor coach" at that time in the 20's was called, a Charabanc)...

 

the early beginnings of today's rediculous efforts of trying to save dumbasses from themselves

 

note the chrome aftermarket tail fins sold by JC Whitney and Worshorski (sp?)Catalog Company We just got to see these "beauty treatments" in the JC whitney catalog thread!

 

There are companies today that will put those on DVD for you.

 

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Medicine Lodge, Kansas 1928.



27 Chevy in the Medicine Lodge area. No information on the young lady.

 

The caption calls this an Essex.

 

Yep, seen that one earlier on here, makes me wonder what ever happened to those vehicles,, hmmmmmm

 

The new statue of President Obama is readied for delivery to the National Mall in Washingtom.

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1957-1960 | BMW Isetta 300 | Factory Built Pick-Up

 

Cary Grant in Nina Rosa — a musical play in St. Louis, 1931

 

Pictured is a '56 bubble window Isetta. ('55 had subtle body differences.) '57 started sliding window Isetta.

 

Hermosa Beach, CA. That's the Hermosa Biltmore Hotel in the background.

 

Hit bottom 100 years ago as of now.

 

Here's a few shots that automobile designer Alex Tremulis took at some of the first Auburn meets. They've been posted on the A-C-D Club's site, but they probably belong on this thread as part of HAMB history...

 

...and a few more from Tremulis just a few years later...