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Submitted by kevinarrow on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 3:59pm.
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I found in a Miami thrift store approximately 12 metal boxes containing a well organized collection of personal slides documenting a Dr. Eugene Birchwood's lifelong involvement with the Airstream trailer community. Only a single slide had his name written on it and from this I was able to research a small part of his life. He was a doctor based in Chicago. He was employed briefly by Airstream Trailer and document several international tours or roundups in the mid 1950s. Many slides were taken in Mexico and Europe. View full size.

I found in a Miami thrift store approximately 12 metal boxes containing a well organized collection of personal slides documenting a Dr. Eugene Birchwood's lifelong involvement with the Airstream trailer community. Only a single slide had his name written on it and from this I was able to research a small part of his life. He was a doctor based in Chicago. He was employed briefly by Airstream Trailer and document several international tours or roundups in the mid 1950s. Many slides were taken in Mexico and Europe. View full size.

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Love that Lark!

Submitted by ghostofwadelefler on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 2:09pm.

The car pulling the Airstream is a 1962 Studebaker Lark station wagon. The rear quarters and taillight housings are a giveaway to this one-year only refresh. The front sheetmetal panel, which had appeared on Larks from their 1959 introduction through 1961, was replaced by one designed by Brooks Stevens.

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The refresh made Larks look more like Mercedes-Benzes from the front - perhaps not unintentional as M-Bs were first imported to the US through Studebaker-Packard dealers. For most of the 1990s and early 2000s I owned a '63 Lark sedan; most people under 40 thought it was a Mercedes.

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