Vintage shots from days gone by!

This is a cool shot...my girlfriend's grandparents took the Canadian government up on this offer back in ca. 1920 and got their 160 acres out in Saskatchewan. Lots of wheat from their farm.

 

Oh yeah, now I remember, I'm old ya know.

BB

 

incredible setup, i still wonder about what mpg it will run! what's more to bolt on your engine? damn, crazy 60's!

 

1957 - California

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photo: LIFE online archives​

 

1959 Charlotte NC

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photo: LIFE online archives​

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1955:

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photo: LIFE online archives​

 

1947 Tulsa OK

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photo: LIFE online archives​

 

Holy cow!. Can you imagine just how many official agencies and lawyers would be after your ass for just HAVING something like this in your backyard today?. But we live safer now!.

 

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photo: LIFE online archives​

 

1920s roadsign

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1941 new billboard

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Ice Cream Truck, late 19teens

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1939

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Associated Transport, Baltimore depot about 1943

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Ford delivery truck, about 1923

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1918 Kissel

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Civil Defense Air Raid Training 1942

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Quoting somebody whose name I can't recall:
"If you have to ask about the price then you can't afford it".

 

1941 Hartford CT

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1942 near Columbus OH

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1940 near Ft Benning GA

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Erie PA 1941

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1963 Daytona 500

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photo: LIFE online archives​

 

1968 "Silver Fox" David Pearson

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1953

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photo: LIFE online archives​

 

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Fred Lorensen ??????


BB

 

Jez, there is actually a town (in Minnesota) named after perspiration? Gary