Vintage shots from days gone by!

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View attachment 1553349 Jr. Thompson and John Mazmanian

 

The boss has that same Seeburg model sitting in the plant right next to where I do my work. Too bad it doesn't work. He's fixing it for a friend.

 

Same place in Council Bluffs.

 

Flood of 1952, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

 

Not funny at all.

 

Council Bluffs 1952.

 

+1! Not funny, just in poor taste.

 

The caption says the locomotive is pulling out the truck. If so, that is one really big tow truck! (Council Bluffs, again, this time 1947). The locomotive is an Alco S-2 switch engine built in 1944 and scrapped in 1971.

 

The Eisenhower speech is authentic, made in 1953 just after he became President. The picture is authentic too, but I think the marriage of the two is a case of photoshopping.

 

Check out how the owner chained the car down so it wouldn't wash away in the flood. I didn't see any information if it worked or not.

 

Holy shit a 36 Olds !!!!!

My grand dad has one fully restored!

 

Yep!---We used to get 35 cents for each bushel basket picked during WWII (lima beans).

 

I've got the same jukebox!

It's a 1961 Seeburg AY-160. Been out of commission since about '69, judging by the record tags and the Elvis sleeve. I hooked the main speakers to my home stereo system and they sound sweet...

 

Winston's favourite saying in private was " KBO " ( Keep Buggering On )

 

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1953 Dodge Regent in Sweden 1971.

 

I have one works well found it in a club that was closing got it for $75.00
and a AMI Model E that was in a roller skating rink.

 

That's the Pirelli Building (into which a distraught/defrauded businessman flew his GA Rockwell Commander a few years ago on one of my many trips there). Picture obviously taken from Statzione Centrale. It bears a remarkable resemblance to the Pan Am (now MetLife) building in N.Y.