Vintage shots from days gone by!

Yep Dan,----I remember when after WWII, they built the Pasadena "Expressway" going from North of L.A. city hall to So.Pasadena.
It was only about 2 miles long, but we always enjoyed that "No stop light" freedom traveling North for a very short time, with a narrow plant divider down the center!
Then in the 50's, everything went to building the L.A.Freeway system.

 

Mergenthaler Vocational in Baltimore - Tracy Turnblad's alma mater in Hairspray (the original version).

 

This thread started as a wonderful idea,only to be ruined by posting all the travel post cards and magazine ads...Why not post just REAL PHOTOS from long ago?

 

Montrose is either '61 or '62 - yellow plate on the DeSoto and the tail of a '61 Coupe deVille across the street

Pasadena - Wikipedia lists that section of the Foothill Freeway on the left (paralleling the Colorado Boulevard bridge) as opening in 1966, but the cars look older...?

 

I like the travel post cards,I seen places I have been to years ago.

 

Mine to, class of 69!!

 

These shots are from in and around my hometown, Barstow CA. , 40's and 50's.

 

Waldorf Astoria 1941 NYC

 

Pretty cool

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I was just here at Christmas this year, my daughter-in-law is a server at El Tovar, while my son works at Bright Angel. All the buildings are recognizable, even the hill looks the same except it's paved. The cars are a little more modern though.

 

Even the parking lot is the same. But not the entrance station.

 

Cool, I have some of these, that were my grandfathers

 

Often wondered how Buzz and Todd could afford to trade in for a new Corvette each year. Of course, the first one was free, so that helped with the second Vette. Could not wait for the 1963 season with first look at their new Sting Ray! The luggage rack added a cool, adventurous look. And a necessity.

 

i felt it was my duty to check you on this ...and you are correct ...WOW are you ever correct.

 

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ester Eddie
June Palmer was a real looker.I had a hard time finding any pics of her with clothes on...

Ahhahahahaha - Dude, I did the same thing. Had to keep minimizing the screen when my mother-in-law would walk by. Must have spent 15-20 minutes verifying the accuracy of Ester Eddie's post.

Right on, Eddie.

 

I'd rather look at postcards and magazine ads than read posts complaining about them, but that's just me

 

Hahaa You guys are cracking me up...Glad I'm not alone on this one.

I just checked again in case any new pics of her appeared , but nope still the same old pictures.

 

Me too

 

I think its a Borgvard shes hiding with her legs

 

Old women and Old cars ....I love them or at least the pictures of them.

 

I friend of my wife's family came by and gave us a CD of images of his family and that of my wife from the fifties on. There are two pix - the first with her father and sister from The Pike at Long Beach (which is still there) and the second from a park in Sydney, Australia. Guess the cars

 

one standard vanguard,Ford falcon,ford zephyr or zodiac and a holden

 

Pretty sure you're right - I can see some of the teeth.

 

looks like it.

 

I know it has been some time since this questionwas asked but, ...
anyway, my parents '62 Catalina wagon also had a full width mud flap and we did not drive on any dirt roads I can remember. we did pull a trailer though and a boat. My guess is they were sold to protect what you were towing.

 

Aside from the folks who ARE the owners depicted in these photos, or you know it's your car, do you ever wonder if maybe the car you are looking at is the EXACT one in your garage?

Every 51 Ford I see, especially the California cars, I wonder if maybe THAT ONE is the Grandpa car...