Vintage shots from days gone by!

Cripple Creek.

 

Decatur IL

 

Decatur IL

 

That's it! That's all I have. I hope you enjoyed them. Feel free to copy & share etc. This is the Internet, I have no illusions that people won't copy them and share them.

 

Bob - great set of pictures, the colors are really sharp.

One little 'nit' to pick; your Dad's Chevy is a 1951, not a '52

 

That nit pick is Okay, to be honest I was torn between the two years and I just wasn't sure. Thanks for the clarification

 

If I have my bearings correct the white building on the right is now blue and has excellent food. We eat there at least once a year. Thanks for some great pictures!

 

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EDIT: Above is George Reeves and Toni Mannix

My Uncle Theron and Aunt Mable had a 56 Mark II, cream colored, purchased new. They traveled across the US and Mexico in it. I can still smell the leather and her perfume.

Among other things, he owned "Boket Ice Cream"(spelling?) in Flint MI, which produced the first of the "shotgun" ice creams - the one that has bits of every flavor in the same scoop.

He used 50s Ford Sedan Deliveries - I thoght those things were so cool (still do).

 

Well, here's the deal see: I really like the Flint Michigan I knew as a kid, when the old man would load us all up and curse & tailgate the entire way to my Aunt & Uncles place. First restaurant, first shopping center, first coney dog......

 

This guy sure looks like George Reeves, TV's Superman.

 

hahah! Yeah, and that cream color sure has darkened over the years too!

EDIT: Oh wait - I think I misunderstood. Yes, definitely IS George Reeves, and definitely IS NOT my uncle & aunt.

My bad!!!

 

God that's a good looking woman!

And I don't know what it is - the color, the angle, but that Edsel looks damned fine too!

Hell, if they ALL looked liked that, I'd stand in line to buy one today!

 

Everything looks good on those sunny Hawaiian days!

 

ENZO

 

Bob..... 51 Chevy.........

 

Skyline Blvd looking south 1964. City of Portland photo


and today:

 

That's one damn good lookin race car parked next to those mountains.