Vintage shots from days gone by!

Why were the "holes" on the Buicks? If I remember right, the more expensive versions had 4 holes, while the less expensive had 3, right?

 

Sammy Davis jr. and Frank "One Ear" Fratto


Al Capone

 

......................................The four stages of life,

 

We leave up the pictures of segregated bathrooms too. I think it instructive to see how far we have come.

 

This car is currently owned by Frank Morawski and has been restored and was featured at Pebble Beach in 2009.
My brother and I took the car to Pebble Beach for Frank and you can find the coverage on my website HERE:
http://www.hotrodsonline.com/Bucket2/index.html
Beautiful restoration and that old photo is a welcome surprise.

 

Looks like Poe! http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6045/6221809367_659f27c18b_b.jpg

 

Two pictures of Castle Rock in U.P. of Michigan taken 40ish years apart.

 

Reno, Nevada (1960)

 

How you wanna see Michigan's Dunes? Car, truck or on foot?

 

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Pretty sure "Dinan" made accumulators, in the old days a type of battery.

 

Coffee Shop in Wildwood, New Jersey (1960s)

 

Teens couples in the coffee shop. Ocean City, Maryland (1960s)

 

It is amazing how they got things done back in the day. This picture is claimed to be originally taken in 1847, about 20 years after the first photographs were invented. This is a reprint made in the 1940's as a postcard.