Vintage shots from days gone by!

Crushed. Clay design exercises usually ended up that way. If it went to metal and wasn't approved for production, crushing was guaranteed.

 

My oldest brother is a retired firefighter [40 years] he will love this shot.

 

Whitehorse Road, Box Hill - looks to be in the early to mid 50's
When I grew up, I lived not too far from here

 

Kerrimuir shops, Middleborough Road, Box Hill North - after 1966 by the cars

 

Not sure of the location, but posted on a Melbourne Historical page
Lack of refrigeration suggests business was expected to be brisk that day

 

Box Hill looking SW.
Big building in the middle is the Town Hall on Whitehorse Rd, with the suburban train line to Melbourne behind it.
I can see the old movie theatre to the right, on the corner of the street I grew up in.

 

Whitehorse Road, Box Hill. Looking west in the direction of Melbourne.
Looking at the cars, mid-to late-60's

 

The location was on the corner of Station Street and Canterbury Road, Box Hill. The year the photo was taken is 1950. The buses in the photo are CAC Bedford OB models. Built from 1946 till 1952. The Ventura Bus Company moved from the Box Hill Depot to the Oakleigh Depot in 1957.

 

Thanx, Gary

 

you will put your eye out, Ralphy... stop it.

 

Dang! I've got a set of that particular jack stand.

 

This biker ended up with this guys job!

Prime minister of Australia.

 

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Home movies of Seattle and Washington in 1955 - 5 minutes of nostalgia.

 

Wow....the day's before 'headache racks' were daunting!....and the short-reach trailer is awkward...tough drivers they were!

 

Cascade Locks, Oregon

 

Doughton Park, Blue Ridge Parkway 1946