Vintage shots from days gone by!

Looks to be a 1928-29 Essex?


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All the pictures of Fords made me think of this. Notice the dates. This is a real letter found in a friend's collection of literature.

 

Thanks for getting back to me on that ,the Buick I hate to say is going to be offered for sale soon it's a one owner ,sort of, low mileage ,barn kept from 57 when the owner died,till about 5 or 6 years ago I don't want to cut into this thread on it if you go to the Yard Art let's see some thread I have a post on there telling the back ground story on the car...

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Interesting that they would accept stamps. A check for twenty-eight cents? Seems strange now.

 

Stamps are still able to be used as payment for any bill.

 

Old Henry threw nickels around like manhole covers, not saying anything bad at all, just saying.

 

Hey look, I can see my reflection


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Nice, shiny 1928 or 1929 Dodge Brothers Victory Six.

 

He kept his nickles so tightly that the buffaloes shit.

 

^^^ rimshot!

 

Etowah High School (Attalla, AL) 1957 Homecoming. Love that '31 A400!

 

From a year earlier, the Etowah marching band takes a trip to Florida:

 

Switching locales - South San Antonio HS, 1951:

Check out those DeSotos (or, as they're known on the H.A.M.B., "grille donors for Mercurys" )

 

I'm not sure about that, but I'll bet she was an only child.

 

Grand River and Oakman Blvd. Detroit. Today the Beverly Theater is part of a church. The John F. Ivory Building still stands. The Sears store on the north(west) side of Grand River is long gone as well as the tracks crossing the road.