Vintage shots from days gone by!

Sure, Marilyn was a doll. But I'm thinking that Veronica Lake really had it goin' on!

 

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We called it " Shooting the Loop" back in the day.....

..... and don't forget when you got to the end of south main you turned right to get over to Minnesota Avenue then you turned left and cruised for about 4 miles or so down South Minnesota Avenue to the Barrel Drive-in, The Dairy Queen and The A & W Drive-in , then turned around and raced back up north along Minnesota Avenue until Dakota Street, then a right and over back a few blocks east and taking a hard left back onto Phillips Avenue and then down (north) on Phillips Avenue 10 blocks or so until you got the end of Phillips Avenue by the old train station depot, then a left 1 block to Main Avenue, then a left and away you went again. Shooting the " Loop " as it was called back then. Downtown Phillips Avenue and Main Avenue were both 3 lanes one way each. So a lot of street racing from stop light to stop light occurred.

Oh and by the way, The Washington Warriors Rule!

 

I survived this one at 1 year old!!

 

I recall my older siblings having one of these plastic Beatle wigs and finding it unattended in their treehouse I seized the opportunity to finally try it on only to discover it lacked a drain hole.

 

1950 swamp buggies

 

Don, mate! Lay off the curry!

Doc.

 

Usually the words "live with it" are a crappy excuse for being rude or just plain mean.

 

I bet they are both up there Janis with a bottle of Southern in one hand and a joint in the other. Right next to her is Dog, a joint in one hand and the other hand........er.......still full!!

Thats a great pic, I haven't seen that one before, thank you 63 Safari.

Doc.

 

Wow! kids these days would need a GPS to find their way around that cruise.

 

I loved those Francis The Talking Mule movies but I would have sworn it was Donald Oconner that starred in those movies.

 

You are correct. Donald O'Connor was in all of them with the exception of this last one in 1956 that had Mickey Rooney.

 

Wow wow wow, fantastic photo. As a guy in his mid twenties I can't help but think that in my time I have never seen anything from today that better then this photo.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSqvBuouM7E

 

Roar with Gilmore and Casey Ford at the 1935 Pacific International Exposition: We have a neat post up on The Old Motor where you can learn all about it.

 

The Carradines

Mark of the Vampire 1935