... "Anaconda smelter, Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Cars containing 50 tons of copper ore are dumped by an unloading mechanism into ... can be rolled out of that area. This is same way that coal cars are emptied at electric power plants. In most cases the cars have couplers ...
... 1942. Deer Lodge County, Montana. "Anaconda smelter. Ore cars and smokestack." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Office of War ... shows the electric locomotives that brought the ore cars from Butte to the smelter in Anaconda. Electric power for the railway came ...
... I was 20 years old in 1962. I love the 1957 to 1962 cars. From left to right, 1959 Ford, looks like a 1956 Plymouth grille behind ... I agree with you on that. It wasn't until recently that cars went through another design revolution. The minivans in the '90s and early ...
... the Rodeo"-era Byrds, I want to be in the front row.
Cars seen The car in front appears to be a 1967 Pontiac Bonneville, There ... tower) are extant in Google street as of August 2012.
Cars seen Part 2 With all due respect to poikaa, that gold Pontiac is a 1966 ...
... and good grooming just aren't enough.
Women are not cars or buildings so whether or not it's a compliment or a catcall, the ... this insight: Women are not buildings. Women are not cars*. And a bonus, corollary insight: Cars are not buildings. - Dave]
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More Extinct Cars Please The range of extinct auto brands is remarkable. Please continue ... a couple of weeks ago.
Echoing "More Extinct Cars" Plea While you're at it, please give us some Moon autos ...
... photo for lovers of classic vehicles.
Nice mix of cars I like the ford in the middle part of the photo. I see (I think) a ... Can anyone tell me about the others?
Re: Nice mix of cars On the right center one of my favorite cars is a Fairlane 500. Pretty ...
... South Gate, California, in a neighborhood full of classic cars, it seems. My nephew Jimmy in a 2¼-inch square Kodacolor negative. View ... back memories. Thanks.
South Gate Streetview The cars were better-looking in 1963. Particularly the Buick next door.
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... to gaze up to at night; I don't think he sold many cars though. View full size.
Big Indian One of the early roadside ... dealer did the same.
Two nice looking "personal luxury cars" there though.
Heavy VictrolaJazz : For comparison, a milspec ...
... the rear with the good stuff! Booze, cigars, cigarettes, cars (and maybe some guns). What can possibly go wrong?
Booze in the Trunk ... no party like a Lloyd's Neck party Guns, cars, and alcohol. What could go wrong?
The License Plate In those days, ...
... trucks, Semmes Motor Co." Headquarters for Good Used Cars. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
Love the car and garage pictures Your pictures of vintage cars are excellent.
MORE please.
Not tired of DC, Thank you very much ...
... lady, the streets are deserted! It's interesting that the cars are all shades of blue, black, white or gray, which isn't all that much different from what the color of cars have been for the last twenty years as well. I miss the way they looked in ...
... in approximately 1950. I am hoping that someone who knows cars can come up a more precise date for the picture by noting the date of ... wagons in the last row on the right. Lots of early '50s cars. There's a 76 station (O'Neill Bros.), and a Chevy dealer. I think it ...
... restricted to the sheet metal.
[Several of these cars have curved backlights. - Dave]
It is It is in color, isn't it?
Well Positioned All these wonderful cars aside, thanks for slipping the Shorpy badge into the empty parking slot. ...
... "7th Floor ... Take Elevator"
Look Out For The Cars Although it was a message once seen at rail crossings, it might also be ... I've long surmised that the warning sign "Look out for the cars" originated on interurban lines, but I've seen so much photographic ...
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For the love of old cars. The immaculate black 1937 Ford Touring Car was a rarity at that time ... same view from July of 2014.
(The Gallery, Baltimore, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Jack Delano) ...
... love them.
I bet the amount of metal they used to make cars on this assembly line is the equivalent of today's all car makers ... a "bumper shop" back then, where people would take their cars to have the dents pounded out of the bumpers. They still never looked ...