Vintage shots from days gone by!

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College of Cars
October 1956, Construction of the new Engineering Building at Cal Poly, and a student parking lot. Ektachrome slide


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Auto Parking 25¢: 1923
April 26, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Automobiles at ballpark, opening game, Nationals-Athletics." National Photo glass negative.


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All This for $295
"Argo auto, price $295." The short-lived Argo automobile ("The car you've hoped for, at a price you never expected") at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington circa 1915. National Photo Co.


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Rosie Takes a Break: 1942
October 1942. "Noontime rest for an assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Nacelle parts for a heavy bomber form the background." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.


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Burlington Zephyr: 1939
Summer 1939. "Streamlined train at La Crosse, Wisconsin." 35mm negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration.


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Hawaii: 1962
Somewhere in Hawaii in 1962 - 35mm Ektachrome transparency from a California thrift store.


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Bet this area was all MILITARY VEHICLES in 1945!

 

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No Vacancy
Kodachrome slide - Florida 1960



Vacancy


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"NO, son thats NOT a condom machine!!"

 

Of all of the Victorian and Edwardian era photos I have seen I rarely see anyone smiling (usually due to having to be very still for the extended exposure) tonight I found these photos and thought I'd share.

 

Found some more.

 

Main and Allen St, 1930 Buffalo NY



Bailey and Ferry St.

Bethlehem Steel Rail Yard

 

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1997008229/PP/

 

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2009013111/

 

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1998021960/PP/

 

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/oem2002006979/PP/

 

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http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/oem2002000518/PP/

 

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http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa2000000777/PP/

 

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1998018417/PP/

 

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002720354/

 

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