Vintage shots from days gone by!

Radials in '64? I don't remember.

 

this is such an awesome building, is it still there?

 

It appears that building lasted only a short time, it was built in around 1898 and was replaced about 16 years later by another station built down the street, that one still stands today.

http://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/second-cpr-station-cordova-street/

Here are photos of the current building: http://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/canadian-pacific-railway-station/

 

Wehrmacht staff cars in WW2. Picture from eBay. Could the first car be a 30/31 Model A with some "German style" convertible body?

 

1937 Buick modified by Germans, captured by US Army.

 

Looks like the Buick used to be a sedan.

 

Richard Dawson, RIP

 

Sharknose Graham modified by Germans in post-war Czechoslovakia.

 

Yes, I believe it is a "Drauz" built car that was made in Germany. Based off of a Model A Cabriolet body.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6608533&postcount=67
-Tim

 

The motorcycle is interesting too. Girder front end, flathead, may be a single or even a parallel twin, kneepads on the tank.

Not Harley, not an Indian that I'm aware of, has some Triumph-like features but I don't think that's it either. The rider does not seem to be aging well.

 

It certainly is. I love those old gothic buildings with turrets.

This is the Idanha Hotel in Boise, ID, which was built around the turn of the 19th-20th century. Had a number of "firsts", like being the first building of 5 stories in Idaho, elevators, etc.. Had the privilege of staying there a number of times in turret rooms. As the premier hotel in Idaho at one time, numerous rooms were named for distinguished guests who'd stayed in them, including a couple of presidents, Clarance Darrow and others. Had furnishings to match, like giant claw-foot bathtubs and authentic era furniture and radiators. I loved staying there...had a terrific gourmet level restaurant and a piano bar with more heavy paneling than you can imagine. Sometime after the '90's, it was no longer up to code as a "hotel", so it underwent some remodeling and was converted to condo's.

 

Have mixed feelings about the "paint job".......

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=26931&pictureid=391080

 

Who can forget.....Icky Twerp? http://www.ickytwerp.net

 

And ol' Mr. Peppermint!

 

Hey, Johnny, I understand Richard married a drop-dead gorgeous lady about in the early 1950s? Anybody have a pic or pix of them together?

 

A few more railway properties.


Banff Springs Hotel - Banff AB - Remains in operation today.




Bessborough Hotel - Saskatoon SK (Had to put some cars in here somewhere). Also still in operation.


And speaking of turrets and gothic style,

Place Viger Hotel and Station - Montreal QC - Apparently still standing, but has been "repurposed" École des métiers du tourisme (a school of tourism).

 

I'm wondering about the name Randy Andy, kind of sounds like a name that should be on Megan's list.

 

Here she is

 

And them together

 

It was before or after they got married that she started "showing it all"?.

 

Does anyone have a picture of Diana Dors' Delahaye roadster? It was a very stylish automobile.

 

ISTR it was posted right here in this thread not terribly many pages back.

 

Getting old's a bitch. I've forgotten already! Thanks, 11E.

 

DAMN! ...That Mamma Is/Was HOT...HOT!

 

Nice "gams"

 

Diana Dors' 1949 Delahaye Roadster

 

Stop by The Old Motor and see a very interesting post about famous 1930s aviator Wiley Post. Here he is seen with his new 1932 Ford 3-window in Oklahoma. We also have a photo of his plane, the Winnie Mae (a Lockheed Vega) with which he set many records before he and his friend Will Rogers died in a plane crash in Alaska.