Vintage shots from days gone by!

Nicollet Avenue - 1950's

 

Today we have the third part in the very popular feature series, WHERE THEY RACED, which you can see by CLICKING HERE, it is a documentary series that reunites the ghost tracks of Los Angeles with the cars that ran them and gets the families of the drivers, historians and experts to tell the tales that give this history a victory lap by preserving these fading memories.

Episode 3 begins at the start/finish line of the Santa Monica Road Races which ran from 1909 – 1919. Then we take a detour with special guests Don Pullen (Eddie’s son) and Huell Howser at the Corona track. And finally we finish the episode back in Santa Monica on the long Wilshire Blvd. straightaway – but we don’t get back to the start/finish… that will be in part 2 next week.

 

That is Norm Porter, Victoria BC

 

SEARCHED house falling down around buster keaton and Found this
on Kevin Reeves' blog. Turns out, it was from Buster's 1928 movie,
"Steamboat Bill, Jr.," released in May of that year.




And you can SEE this famous comic scene in action, at several sites.
Here are a couple from YouTube (I think quality is a little better on one).

buster keaton - Steamboat Bill Jr. - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsyRhRR5Iu4


Buster Keaton - Steamboat Bill Jr stunt - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRR2pMwVvM4
25 sec - Jul 6, 2008 - Uploaded by Stefanmetal
Buster Keaton - Steamboat Bill Jr stunt, After a tornado hits
a building falls down If you look ...




And here are a couple of hilarious snips from other great Keaton silents.
Be warned, serious laughs!


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Friday October 12th 2012
"The General" (1927) is one of the best silent movies in the history,
starring Buster Keaton. This comedy movie is regarded as a ...



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Tuesday December 4th 2012
(1921) In this silent film, Buster Keaton stars as a bank teller who,
after being falsely accused of being a bank robber, escapes to ...

 

I read that Keaton did all his own stunts, including all the crazy ones with the trains. Those are truly amazing. Some have been posted here prior. Suffered some serious injuries as a result.

Funny as hell for sure.

 

Middle pix-----"Penny for your thoughts"!!!!!

 

NAH!!----I'll give her GOOD training!!!

 

Posted originally by Darth


I think another HAMBer said a while back that this beautiful Stearns-Knight
was rescued and lives somewhere in the Pacific Northwest.

 

Damn straight, Don. I do have to admit that my son shot a hole in his bedroom window with HIS Red Ryder replica. I scalded his little ass. Now, he shoots better at targets than I can, anymore. Way it should be: Responsibility, supervision and training.

 

Vintage '57 Chevy adds, thanks to Luv2xlr8

 

Mack, thanks to Luv2xlr8

 

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]SUPER Grehound ads from the '50s, when they still used GREAT illustration artists, not just photos.[/FONT]









All thanks to Luv2xlr8!

 

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Pretty imaginative stuff, eh? Edward Bernays and Ned Jordan would probably [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]approve of the artful ad manipulation of the "public consent" here! I love the history[/FONT]
of advertising art. And I really wonder what ad agency handled the promotion of
Greyhound. They made the service sound WHOLESOME, not so much commercial!

 

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This bottom one is my fave Greyhound ad. The railroads were still doing a good job of promoting passenger travel,
especially for leisure getaway time. But (IMO) the bus lines threw the card of cheaper tickets for the less affluent.
Ads thanks to Luv2xlr8!

 

Yep Jimi---I am director of our shooting clubs youth section, teaching them (6 to 20) all the gun safety & NRA 4 position marksmanship.
We call the youth group the "COSSA KIDS".
You can visit our website at: www.oregonshooting.com

 

1939 Schloerwagen, Streamliner

 

Thanks, Don. We can take the matter to PM tomorrow, as it's a politcal football
nowdays in the country, and we need not stir up anything on this vintage thread.
We can talk vintage gun pix, but just stay away from political biz. Not the place
here.

 

This bloke looks like a young Henry Kissinger

 

Mrs. Yankee says that this is South Broad St looking North (from the way Billy Penn is standing)- been a while since we've been home

... from certain angles and distances, it actually looks like he's peeing on the city

 

The Imperial roller rink was just around the corner----its Portland

 

I work construction for 35 years in Portland and the surrounding area, there were some strange thins found when redoing the streets, wooden waterlines, Asbestos water lines ,wood planks for pavement, about 6-8 feet down there is a layer of volcanic ass in some places1' thick, thunder eggs, dinosaur bones, Indian artifacts, trolley tracks, cobblestones, shanghai tunnels, cars buried to hold the soil along Marine Drive, We moved a pioneer grave site when the Ban-field was widened at about NE188 th by the Wilkes Grade School. There are places that were rerouted because of Indian Burial Grounds along Airport Way, I know of 3 burial grounds in the Ne area that look like a sea of weeds today. Just never know what your going to find.

 

Jeanne Carmen

 

"Men w/ 1936 DeSoto Airstream Custom Car Chrysler Neon Sign circa 1941 Oregon License Plate"

 

"Men w/ Deer Heads Hunting 1946 1948 Buick dated 1950 on back"