Vintage shots from days gone by!

How do you drive a Thunderbird through the Whitehouse?
Be the grandchild of Ike and Mammie and honk your horn when you need a door opened. Yes this Tbird was driven through the halls of the White house. PS it's electric powered not pedal

 

Dog, this spanking NEW '56 DeSoto is a sight for sore eyes! A 4DS like this was what I drove in high school. There was always power to spare with that 330-CID Hemi.

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Glenn......thanks for this thread...tons of fun!!!

 

I second the motion.

btw - Mazooma, the color looks good on ya.

 

The PBY's engines were above the fuselage as well but the other plane really resembles an Albotross

Has to be... because there are many differences to the Allie aircraft I've seen.

 

Wow, Moby Dick's. Downtown Minneapolis. I spent many a night at that place from 1972 until sometime in the late 80's when the block was torn down. Those were the days.

74Bob

 

Oh man errr Dog, you're good.
I don't know how you find these but if someone posts something you find another to compliment it.
This pic is the "camper/sleeper Nash". It even has curtains...

 

H8K Type 2 Emily





Looks like it could be.

 

Hank Negley on pump gas----1947 Lakes

 

Times past----1953

KOREA----BB62

 

We normally don't think of everyday city life and street scenes when the name Ansel Adams is mentioned, but this morning when browsing through the Los Angeles Public Library images, I discovered this...

Around 1939, Ansel Adams was commissioned by Fortune magazine to photograph a series of images for an article covering the aviation history of the Los Angeles area. For the project, Adams took 217 photographs showing everyday life, businesses, street scenes, aerospace employees, and a variety of other subjects, but when the article, "City of Angels," appeared in the March 1941 issue, only a few of the images were included. In the early 1960s, approximately 20 years later, Adams rediscovered all of the photographs among papers at his home in Carmel, and sent a letter of inquiry to the Los Angeles Public Library, asking if the institution would be interested in receiving the collection as a donation. In his letter, Adams expressed that, "the weather was bad over a rather long period and none of the pictures were very good" and "if they have no value whatsoever, please dispose of them in the incenerator [sic]." He went on to write that "I would imagine that they represent about $100.00 minimum value." In response, the Los Angeles Public Library gladly accepted the gift of 135 contact prints and 217 negatives, and the staff concluded that a fair value for the collection would be $150.00.

Following are some images from that collection with original descriptions.
Enjoy!


Cars travel east on a Beverly Hills segment of Wilshire Boulevard. In the background, various businesses line the north side of the street.


Cars travel east down Wilshire Boulevard, where it crosses S. Alexandria Avenue (left), right outside the Brown Derby Restaurant. An original "Wilshire Lantern" street light is seen on the corner.


Looking down the rails of the Court Flight Cable Railway, showing the Hotel Broadway, located next door on the left at 205 So. Broadway. In the background is the Hall of Records.


A Mobil gas station near the Lockheed Air Terminal plant in Burbank. An employee stands near one of the tanks in the background and appears to be talking to a customer.


Young residents of the Olympic Trailer Court, located at 2121 Bundy Drive in Santa Monica, walk down an unpaved road within the residential trailer park. In the background, open space and a factory are visible.


Young residents of the Olympic Trailer Court, located at 2121 Bundy Drive in Santa Monica, walk down an unpaved road within the residential park, as men, possibly their fathers, look after them. In the background, open space, a dairy farm, and other residential areas can be seen.


Employees of the Douglas Aircraft plant at the Santa Monica Airport wait to get into an automobile to depart for work. These men are residents of Olympic Trailer Court, located at 2121 Bundy Drive in Santa Monica.


A father talks to his two young sons outside their trailer in space 5 at the Olympic Trailer Court, located at 2121 Bundy Drive in Santa Monica.


Residents of space 23 at the Olympic Trailer Court, located at 2121 Bundy Drive in Santa Monica, relax and play with their dog outside of their trailer.


A man is seen walking through a large unpaved parking lot near the Lockheed Aircraft plant in Burbank. Various models of cars are visible throughout the image.


A man is seen walking through a large unpaved parking lot near the Lockheed Aircraft plant in Burbank. Various models of cars are visible throughout the image.


Cars are parked across the street from the Lockheed Aircraft plant in Burbank. City signs indicate that there is "No Parking at Any Time."


A woman wipes off the counter of a lunch stand adjacent to a large parking lot. It is believed that this small food vendor is located near an aircraft plant in the Los Angeles area.


Santa Monica Douglas Company employees are seen walking down Ocean Park Boulevard where a canteen and an office building that serves as both a Welfare Department office and a post office are seen. In the background is the Cloverfield Hotel.


Employees of the Douglas Company plant in Santa Monica grab lunch and other items at "Betty Mack's Barn" (center), a small food and convenience counter. The men relax, eat, and chat wherever they can find an available spot on the sidewalk or street. An income tax business is located next door on the right.


A police officer monitors the street while employees from the Santa Monica Douglas Company plant grab lunch and other items at "Betty Mack's Barn" (background), a small food and convenience counter. There are not enough seating areas to accommodate the workers, who are seen sitting curbside to socialize and eat. Another eatery can be seen on the left.

 

Here a man, perhaps business owner Roy Frankson, is seen writing on a pad of paper outside the entrance of Motor Glide Mart, an authorized scooter dealer in Los Angeles. Various models of scooters, such as Powell, are on display outside of the business.


Here a man, perhaps business owner Roy Frankson, is seen writing on a pad of paper outside the entrance of Motor Glide Mart, an authorized scooter dealer in Los Angeles. A chrome Powell scooter is seen in the foreground.


Large oil derricks surround a large Italian-style mansion in an unidentified area of Los Angeles.


A view overlooking an oil field with derricks in an unidentified area of Los Angeles.


A young man walks past the "The Pup," a hot dog and hamburger stand located at 12728 Washington Blvd. in the community of Venice. The Pup is a small fast-food restaurant in the shape of a large white dog with black spots, sitting on hind legs, with access available through a door in his belly (center). Signs advertising colas and a variety of food items are seen on every side of the building. Houses can be seen in the background.


A car travels south on an unidentified palm-lined street in Los Angeles. Apartment buildings, of various architectural styles, are located on both sides of the street.


Three men talk to each other on an unidentified Los Angeles street next to a used car lot called "OK'd Used Cars." Across the street is a series of an Art Deco-style government buildings, one of which is under construction (left background).


View of a used car lot called "OK'd Used Cars" in an unidentified area of Los Angeles. Across the street is a government building under construction.


A Los Angeles Railway bus travels past a Van de Kamp's Bakery, located on the northeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and S. Crescent Heights Boulevard in Beverly Hills. The bakery's Dutch-style windmill graces the roof and Beverly Vons Market is seen in the adjoining building.


Two women are seen walking down Lindbrook Drive (foreground) where it meets Westwood Boulevard (left) right outside of a Ralph's supermarket in Westwood Village. Designed by architect Russell Collins and built in 1929, the market is identified by the words "Ralphs Grocery Co.," seen over the doorway. Various businesses, including Sears, are visible in the background.


Images Courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library.
Entire set of all images

 

Road Runner, I enjoyed those, thanks.

 

Me too, great back story there.

Mart.

 

My two bits in there, too. And I thought Ansel Adams only did the wild country! This is a welcome revelation. THANKS!!!

 

is that jake and elwood's tail lights?

 

No, that's them on the left heading toward the camera.

 

That's a great shot. And the front yard looks like mine!

 

I also really enjoyed the Ansel Adams shots around LA. My Dad started at Douglas Aircraft in 1939, but it was probably a few months after these photos were taken. As for the oil wells, I remember most of them being in Venice or around El Segundo.

 

http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/b/briggs/briggs.htm


"John Tjaarda (von Sterkenburg), was recruited from GM’s Art & Colour in 1932 to assist Roberts, and was put in charge of Briggs’ Body Design and Engineering Department. Both Roberts and Tjaarda served similar functions, although Roberts concentrated on series customs while Tjaarda worked on standard production bodies. The major difference is that Roberts’ designs usually ended up with a LeBaron body tag, while Tjaarda’s work remained anonymous, save for the highly publicized Briggs Dream Car that appeared at the 1933-34 Century of Progress exhibit in Chicago that was based on Tjaarda’s earlier von Sterkenburg rear-engined prototype."
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"During Roberts’ long absences, Tjaarda was put in charge of the combined studios which over the next decade produced numerous production de&shy;signs for Ford, Lincoln, Chrysler, Hudson, Stutz, Graham-Paige, Plymouth and Packard. During that time, some of country’s most talented designers worked under Roberts and Tjaarda."




John Tjaarda was also involved in this:



http://autorestoration101.com/2008/07/21/stout-scarab/


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stout_Scarab

Scarab beer truck:



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" Lincoln Zephyr of 1936. The Depression was killing the classic big cars, which created an opportunity for fresh thinking on a smaller and more affordable scale. The Zephyr was Lincoln’s counterpart to Chrysler’s Airflow; both of them arising out of the new obsession with streamlining everything from trains to toasters. The Zephyr had its origins in a series of radical rear-engine designs by John Tjaarda, using airplane-type stress analysis to prove the advantages of unit construction. The prototype that led to the Zephyr is below.

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Tjaarda did his work in conjunction with Briggs, one of the major pressed-steel body builders of the day. Eager to find a client for their efforts, they ended up at Lincoln. But the radical rear-engine construction, which was remarkably similar to the Tatra 77/87 of the same vintage, was highly ambitious. Since the Tatra was a favorite of my childhood, it’s no wonder I transferred that to the Zephyr after our move to the USA, as there were still some around on the streets of Iowa in the early sixties. Interestingly, Briggs built almost the complete Zephyr for Ford at its own plant, leaving Lincoln to install the drive train and mechanicals. It was a foreshadowing of outsourcing to come."

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/cu...up-to-1961/1934-scarab-tjaarda-prototype__01/​

 

From previous post by Road Runner
Check out the "new" wheels on the A Model

 

"In the 60’s the CINZANO (Still an aperitif!) team did acrobatics on their bikes. Some were driving this way more than 5 hours!"

Source:
http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=4121