Vintage shots from days gone by!

"SW corner of Wilshire Blvd and S Elm Dr, Beverly Hills, 1942. With no new cars to sell--pushing coffee pots"

 

Hollywood boulevard looking East towards Vine Street 1959

 

Car accident, 16000 Coast Highway 1951

 

1952
Half of this two-story house became stuck on Doheny Drive south of Sunset Blvd. (in what is now West Hollywood). 'No Parking' signs were posted on trees the day before, but motorists ignored them.

 

Boarding buses for Santa Anita racetrack, 1942. The stables at Santa Anita were converted into temporary barracks to house the Japanese before being sent to Manzanar and the other relocation camps.

 

Orcas Island, Washington

 

Kalkaska, Michigan - Davenport Roadside Cabins and Gas

 

Singer 1933-1955....

 

That looks like a '42 Buick. Pretty rare.

 

Wheeler, Oregon

 

Willamina, Oregon

 

This was taken in the summer of 1949. Anyone have an idea what this is? Some type of Whizzer? Sorry the quality is not better.

 

Looks like a Whizzer to me,at least the gas tank does.

Take a look at my Whizzer in my photobucket album listed below,thanks for looking. Russ

http://s547.photobucket.com/albums/hh465/JackOfAllTradesRuss/

 

I believe it is a less rare '46

 

those cars are messed up! is the one on the right a Caddy?

 

I see it now after I scrolled over. I bet the drivers got seriously heart

 

1940 closure of Ridge Route

 

March 5, 1969: This runaway car wheel lodged into the windshield of a gasoline truck on the 710 Freeway and stuck there. . The driver was not hurt.

 

Amen! We have a bunch of slides from when our family went out west in 1967 to 1969 while my Dad was getting his college degrees at CSU. As a family of car enthusiasts, the last time me looked at them, the ones with our family pictures were priceless, including the ones that showed our 1962 Chrysler Newport wagon and our 1962 Pontiac Catalina wagon we used for the trips. All of the beautiful scenery, sunset, and sunrise photos were "humdrum" in comparison! One of my favorite childhood memories is of getting my ass busted for hitting our 62 Chrysler wagon with a snowball in July. This was at the top of Pike's Peak! LOL

 

Was in Weeler over the week end looks the same

 

#62523 Haight St looking west toward Clayton. I spent a few interesting evenings in the Pall Mall myself, but its long gone now.

 

The original Fembots

 

Could be----Here's mine in 1947

 

The driver's still in the Ford.

 

I don't think that was a batmobile, It was a lincoln concept car.

 

The first Batmobile WAS that Lincoln concept car..