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Field of Wheels: 1942
... show wheelsets all around that have been removed from cars. Iron wheels caused many wrecks and killed more than a few people over the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/04/2016 - 9:54pm -

November 1942. Chicago. "Wheels and axles outside the locomotive shops at an Illinois Central Railroad yard." Medium-format nitrate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size. Round and round she goesThese wheels show a mix of eras. The wheels with a "pie plate" backing are steel, as all railroad wheels are today (in the US, at least). The wheels with the ribbed backing are made of iron. Those ribs are actually cooling fins to assist in cooling wheels heated by braking action. Iron wheels date back to the earliest days of railroading. They had a bad tendency to develop cracks that, if left unresolved, would cause the wheel to break up. The railroads were constantly replacing such wheels. Old photos of shop facilities always show wheelsets all around that have been removed from cars. Iron wheels caused many wrecks and killed more than a few people over the years. It's a wonder why they weren't banned from interchange until the early 1950's. Visible on the ends of the axles are the large brass bearings. These turned in journals filled with lubricating oil. The so-called friction bearings are now banned from interchange also. They have been replaced by roller bearings; much less maintenance needed. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Railroads)
My Grandfather's Car: c. 1940
... Thanks! I love the curvy lines. My grandfather loved cars, but didn't have much money, so I don't know if he bought this car years ... 
 
Posted by Elizabeth Thomsen - 02/07/2011 - 9:31am -

My grandfather, William Rennie, with his automobile, in Worcester, Massachusetts, circa 1940. View full size. Grandpa's car ID1940 Dodge. Re: Grandpa's carThanks! I love the curvy lines. My grandfather loved cars, but didn't have much money, so I don't know if he bought this car years later, used. All I remember my mother saying about this picture was that he loved this car. I wish I had asked more questions about these old pictures when I had the chance! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Cash for Your Car (Colorized): 1942
... this when I first saw this photo in b&w...why do used cars on a used car lot have license plates on them? The dealer usually keeps a ... 
 
Posted by SirCarl - 09/21/2015 - 11:37am -

Colorized from this Shorpy original. View full size. License PlatesNice colorization! I wondered this when I first saw this photo in b&w...why do used cars on a used car lot have license plates on them? The dealer usually keeps a "dealer plate" or two in his desk drawer to use when taking the car out for a test drive; even back in the 40s. [In California, the plates stay with the car. -tterrace] Thanks tterrace...okay! Now I remember that it's a big deal when vintage car owners mention a "black plate" California car. (Colorized Photos)
Chrysler Turbine Car
... for sale in the car corral, the location for classic cars offered for sale. This is one of less than ten remaining Chrysler Turbine Cars from the early 1960s. Chrysler built fifty, bodies by Ghia, powered by ... 
 
Posted by Islander800 - 11/13/2015 - 7:37pm -

Another shot taken at the 1989 Antique Automobile Club of America Fall Meet at Hershey, Pennsylvania, this time a "used car" offered for sale in the car corral, the location for classic cars offered for sale. This is one of less than ten remaining Chrysler Turbine Cars from the early 1960s. Chrysler built fifty, bodies by Ghia, powered by their experimental gas turbine engine. They were in consumer hands for four months at a time to evaluate, but the program ended with all being crushed except for a handful. This was on sale for $225,000 (check the window sticker) by the owner of Domino's Pizza chain. It was purchased soon after by an Indiana collector, and I had the experience of watching him drive the car onto the Hershey show field in October 2001. The turbine whine was unreal. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
A Drive Across the Oakland Bay Bridge
... by sailor off the USS California in 1938. A nice shot of cars coming traveling the Bay Bridge (Thanks El Frijole). View full size. ... 
 
Posted by photosmapdi - 09/22/2011 - 11:18pm -

Taken by sailor off the USS California in 1938. A nice shot of cars coming traveling the Bay Bridge (Thanks El Frijole). View full size. That's the Bay BridgeThat's not the Golden Gate Bridge, it looks like the Bay Bridge (western span). You can tell by the cross-members in the towers; GGB's are square, whereas the Bay Bridge has X's as in the picture. Compare: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco-Oakland_Bay_Bridge Great shot nonetheless. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Boats & Bridges)
Indy 500 Traffic Jam: 1955
... car to the right of the '41 Olds is a '48-49 Hudson. The cars to the left are 1951 Mercury with fender skirts:) ahead of that appears ... 
 
Posted by mrmertz - 11/16/2012 - 9:19pm -

My grandparents sitting on 16th Street (literally) in Speedway, Indiana a full two days before the running of the 1955 Indianapolis 500 waiting to get in. The car? A 1941 Oldsmobile. The photo isn't the best but conveys how big the event really was. Quite possibly my dad might have taken the pic from standing atop another car. In those days there was no such things as "crumple zones"! View full size. Any more?It would be great if you have more and could post them, too! Indy 500 JamThe car to the right of the '41 Olds is a '48-49 Hudson. The cars to the left are 1951 Mercury with fender skirts:) ahead of that appears to be a '46-47 Olds. I know the excitement of waiting to get into a race, tailgating with no tailgates. Cool! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Somewhere, in Color
A lake and old cars, somewhere in California? Another thrift store slide. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Vintagetvs - 02/01/2013 - 9:06pm -

A lake and old cars, somewhere in California? Another thrift store slide. View full size. A Lake Or...?I was going to say the town of Clearlake in Lake County, on what else, Clear Lake. But it is way too developed to be that. It is probably in SoCal, along the Coast. May not be a lake, there are lots of large marinas there. The vegetation looks like Southern California. Clear Lake area has similar vegetation. San DiegoThis was taken from Point Loma, looking toward San Diego; Naval Air Station jutting from right. Here's a recent shot I found online. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
110 Dogwood Drive: 1959
... My mother did not allow “wasting film” on pictures of cars. Film was meant to be wasted on pictures of clothes. So, when she bought ... movie, and Dairy Delite ice cream. Home was boring. Cars were exciting. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 03/30/2018 - 9:23pm -

My mother did not allow “wasting film” on pictures of cars. Film was meant to be wasted on pictures of clothes. So, when she bought me my first raincoat for the spring of 1959, she had me dress up in my boots and that yellow slicker, and pose on the porch that my father had added to the front of our first home in Levittown, Pennsylvania. As a picture of a smirking kid in a too-big raincoat, so the sleeves have to be folded up, it is kind of lame. But it is one of only two pictures of our 1952 Studebaker Commander, which is the car sticking out of the carport behind me. That car meant the world to me because in deepest, darkest suburbia, nothing ever happened unless you got in the car. It took you to the drive-in movie, and Dairy Delite ice cream. Home was boring. Cars were exciting. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Model T Plant: c. 1920s
... comparisons. Note that on the third floor, left, completed cars are ready to drop out the ramp. Second floor, far right, are stacks of ... 
 
Posted by OldDetroit - 03/22/2011 - 7:35am -

This photo is of the craneway at the Highland Park Model T Plant, Highland Park, Michigan. Experts tell me that the photo most likely dates from the mid-twenties, just before the plant closed. They note that in the full size image they were quite sure the stack of rims, bottom right, are steel, not wood. But that puzzles me as my grandfather worked there from 1910 to 1919. There are not many photos from that era (at least that I've seen) to give me any comparisons. Note that on the third floor, left, completed cars are ready to drop out the ramp. Second floor, far right, are stacks of brooms. Ford kept the plant very clean. And no, I don't know who the "boss man" is top right. My grandfather worked under Edward Gray, who along with Albert Kahn designed the plant. After leaving Detroit in 1919 he came back in 1936 and worked for Ed Gray again before moving on to work for Gar Wood. His last job for Wood was designing engines and transmissions for landing craft for WWII, and the invasion of Japan. Of course they were never needed and grandpa died in 1945 so I never knew him personally. View full size. Update on DateHaving seen some more photos of the area, I'd say this was just after completion as the platforms were inclosed by 1918 or so, too many parts falling on heads? So more like 1914-15 I'd say. This image is from the 1920 "Ford Factory Facts" and they're inclosed. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Parade in Port Huron: 1906
... from the incongruous frivolity of tightrope-walkers on cars on what would then have been a fairly solemn holiday for decorating the ... 
 
Posted by Rick - 11/15/2013 - 9:07pm -

Parade in Port Huron Michigan, 1906 The woman smiling from the rear seat of the lead car is my great-grandmother, Katherine Saety Kaumeier. Her only child and my grandfather Erwin Louis Kaumeier is the young lad occupying the rear seat of the second car, a 1906 REO Model A. Born in August 1899, ELK would have been six years old when the shutter was tripped on that holiday early in the 20th century. The lap he's sitting on belongs to my great-grandfather, John Christian Kaumeier. JCK was an architect whose career in the building trades started when he was just 13 years old. Katherine's uncle Benjamin J. Karrer is also in the rear seat, wearing a dark hat and a serious expression. Lt. Karrer was a veteran of the American Civil War who served the Union in the 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry. The identity of the other individuals in the photo is unknown, as is the precise date when this shot was taken. Based upon the flags, bunting, and foliage on the trees I'd hazard a guess that the parade was celebrating Decoration Day (now known as Memorial Day) or the Fourth of July. View full size. Warning, Falling PeopleIf that guy falls off of that "high wire" he is going to wipe out one or more of the occupants of the car. Is he going to blame the driver's erratic diving or the street light that he clipped with his balance pole when he falls. Probably the FourthMy guess is that it's the Fourth of July. Aside from the incongruous frivolity of tightrope-walkers on cars on what would then have been a fairly solemn holiday for decorating the graves of soldiers killed within the memory of some of those present, I would have expected the Union veterans to have been in uniform on a Decoration Day parade. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Airstream Community
... a man sold gasoline out of milk cans, poured into the cars with a hose and funnel. This was in 1972. By the end of the ... 
 
Posted by kevinarrow - 10/06/2011 - 9:41pm -

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. Lucky findWhat is the model & make of the wagon -- it looks like an English Ford Zephyr. [American Studebaker Lark. - Dave] El CastilloThis is El Castillo, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, of course. I recall my first visit to Chichen. My dad drove the family there on an excursion from the city of Merida. Before heading out, he'd been assured he could find a refill of gasoline in Piste, the town nearest the ruins. We drove the length of Piste's only road twice with no sign of a gas station. My dad asked, and he was directed to the village hardware store, where a man sold gasoline out of milk cans, poured into the cars with a hose and funnel. This was in 1972. By the end of the decade, the resort of Cancun had opened up, and tourism in Yucatan changed dramatically. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
mill town
... run under the wheels. And the long tong for coupling cars, you'd never see this on regular steam locos. Very interesting shot. ... 
 
Posted by kevhum - 05/27/2007 - 11:45pm -

Train in the mill town of Korbel, in Humboldt County, California, on the Arcata Mad river railroad. Taken about 1911. Loco # 3Notice the cow catcher (pilot) on the rear of loco on the tender, for running in reverse to keep anything or anyone from getting run under the wheels. And the long tong for coupling cars, you'd never see this on regular steam locos. Very interesting shot. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Raise Your Bottles High
... and at the end of each run he would check the passenger cars for forgotten comic books for me, which led to the largest collection in ... 
 
Posted by EvenSteven - 12/13/2011 - 11:44am -

My first crush, Liz, on the left and my mother in her obligatory apron and I strumming the guitar in a poor imitation of the Singing Brakeman, Jimmy Rogers. The beer is American (a local Baltimore brand) and the RR cap a gift from an uncle who worked as a conductor on the B&O. He had no children and at the end of each run he would check the passenger cars for forgotten comic books for me, which led to the largest collection in my part of the world. And yes in 1959 while I was away in the Navy that sweet lady on the right dumped it. Picture taken in the rear of the 3300 block of Elmora Ave in Northeast Baltimore, circa 1948. View full size. American BreweryAh, American Beer; I remember it well. They had a silo on the B&O near Gay Street where they'd truck their grain down to the plant. The brewery building is still standing at 1701 N. Gay Street in Baltimore. Check it out on Google...magnificent! A tumble-down ruin since American closed in the early 70's, it since has been restored and is used by Humanim. And what is it about moms and comic books? Our mother trashed my brother's comics while he was also in the Navy... American Brewery & Esskay HamI remember that grain silo very well. I lived up on the hill opposite it and on a good day you could smell the mash from the brewery and the aroma of Esskay smoking hams just down the block. I now live near the Budweiser plant in Los Angeles and that mash smell drifts over me and I am transported back to the time Butch, Robert, Carl, Leo and I played either cowboys & Indians or cops and robbers or three musketeers on that cliff behind Ravenwood. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Accident Scene
... for us to see the undercarriage of one of these cars. Doesn't seem that different from the underside of my car. ... 
 
Posted by theirish - 11/27/2011 - 12:16pm -

Crash my Grandfather was involved in as a teenager in Kansas. View full size. Bald TiresOne wonders if the lack of tread on those tires were a contributing factor. UndercarriageA rare opportunity for us to see the undercarriage of one of these cars. Doesn't seem that different from the underside of my car. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Camping in Yosemite 1940's
... Ford was still around, though not likely as he traded in cars every few years. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 01/05/2009 - 9:54pm -

This is from a group of photos of my dad's family during a road trip to Yosemite National Park. Judging from other pictures with my dad as a kid in them, I'm thinking this was around 1946. (Sadly he is not around anymore) I wish that old Ford was still around, though not likely as he traded in cars every few years. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Solo in A Flat
Grandpa Tom Boothby loved his cars. I guess back then they didn't have AAA. View full size. DIY ... 
 
Posted by madelaine - 01/04/2009 - 8:19am -

Grandpa Tom Boothby loved his cars. I guess back then they didn't have AAA. View full size. DIYAAA was around long before that, but I don't know when they started the emergency call service. Anyway, back then a Real Man (tm) wouldn't think of having someone else change a tire for him! Now pusssshGreat photo and a very clever heading. Lovely stuff. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Hiding Lockheed plant: Before
... from the air. (Besides everything else, check out the cars.) Cars hidden below tarp Hidden from above Parking lot hidden ... 
 
Posted by CHB8 - 05/04/2009 - 9:43pm -

A before photo of Lockheed during WWII (unbelievable 1940s pictures). This is pretty neat special effects during the 1940's. I have never seen these pictures or knew that we had gone this far to protect ourselves. During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air. (Besides everything else, check out the cars.) Cars hidden below tarp Hidden from above Parking lot hidden from below (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
C&P: 1906
... gravity. This was a first step in the evolution of hopper cars from gondolas." https://rrmuseumpa.org/collections/roster ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/28/2018 - 4:24am -

Cleveland circa 1906. "Cleveland & Pittsburgh ore docks." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. That wood hopper on the rightIs PRR Class GG, known as the "Potter Hopper." One still exists, at the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum in Strasburg. "The prototype for this car was known as the Potter Gondola Car, named after Pennsylvania Railroad Superintendent G.L. Potter. It features sloped end sheets and discharge doors that assist unloading with the help of gravity. This was a first step in the evolution of hopper cars from gondolas." https://rrmuseumpa.org/collections/roster The steel car to the far right is what replaced those wood hoppers, class GL. (The Gallery, Cleveland, DPC, Mining, Railroads)
Downtown Portland: c. 1966
... View full size. Not much has changed The cars and the signs are different. Otherwise, I never would have known this was ... 
 
Posted by October27 - 04/19/2010 - 7:18am -

Taken in downtown Portland, OR, in mid 1960s. The Kress's on the corner is now a Williams-Sonoma. View full size. Not much has changedThe cars and the signs are different. Otherwise, I never would have known this was over 40 years old! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Goddess of Progress: 1975
... of 1906. Russell told me that he purchased several cable cars from San Francisco in the early 1950's at an auction and one of the ... 
 
Posted by gcormany - 03/26/2013 - 11:45am -

I photographed Russell Knott smiling at the 400 pound head named the Goddess of Progress at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California in May of 1975. It once adorned the top of San Francisco's city hall before the earthquake of 1906. Russell told me that he purchased several cable cars from San Francisco in the early 1950's at an auction and one of the transactions included the iron head. William C. Roddy, an assistant of Mayor Joseph Alioto, wrote Russell for the return of the head to be displayed for San Francisco 1976 bicentennial celebration. I used my trusty workhorse of a camera the Nikon F with a fixed 24mm lens and Kodak Tri-X 35mm film. View full size. The Goddess nowIt's now on display in the present San Francisco City Hall, which dates from 1915. Here I am regarding it in 2007. About the apparent size discrepancy, it looks like you were using a wide-angle lens and standing quite close to the head. Where are the lights?I recall seeing what appeared to me light blubs on the head. I don't see them in the display. I wondered if they did some cosmetic work on the head. [According to the Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco, "The electric lights which crown the goddess like a wreath were not original to the sculpture, but added sometime after the statute was taken down from City Hall, but before its sale to the amusement park." - tterrace] (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Dad's Copilot: 1968
... Did the floorboard under the dash get hot on those cars? I remember driving an MG barefoot (probably illegal then and now) as a ... 
 
Posted by Cerrito68 - 10/05/2012 - 8:45pm -

My father had long wanted a British sports car and in early 1968 he finally bought a new 1967 Austin Healey 3000. It was the last one sold at the dealership and I remember pulling out of the showroom the day he bought it. This is later that summer on our way home from our annual vacation to Fallen Leaf Lake near Tahoe. We had stopped at my grandfather's house in Sacramento for lunch and grandfather snapped this photo as we left for home in the Bay Area. That's me watching my side as dad backs the Healey out of the driveway. View full size. Still On The Road?I wonder if that lovely car is still on the road. The combination of the pale-blue metallic body with the dark-blue fabric top is quite striking and attractive. When I worked at Nasdaq, one of my co-workers was an enthusiastic member of the local (Washington, DC-area) Austin Healey club and I hope he sees this beautiful photo. Did the floorboard under the dash get hot on those cars? I remember driving an MG barefoot (probably illegal then and now) as a teenager and the floorboard being uncomfortably hot. --Jim ColorThat shade of blue was known as Healey Blue and was fairly popular on Healeys throughout the production run. I don't remember it getting hot down in the footwells or the floor. The only problems I remember dad having was it overheating on Highway 50 climbing up into the Sierras and having to stop to let it cool. Adding a PCV valve to circumvent the crankcase road tube/vent on the engine was another problem. The gas tank needed replacing in the late '70s and then the camshaft suffered lobe failure and once all that was repaired my mother put her foot down and the Healey was sold in 1980. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Catching a Whopper: 1917
... She was 17 years old at the time and lived until 1969. The cars look like a couple of Model T Fords. Those old "flivvers" would go ... 
 
Posted by Jim McAllister - 05/10/2010 - 1:20am -

This is my wife's grandmother holding up her catch (looks like a big carp!) after a day of fishing with a cane pole in 1917 on the Little Miami River near Cincinnati, Ohio. She was 17 years old at the time and lived until 1969. The cars look like a couple of Model T Fords. Those old "flivvers" would go anywhere! View full size. 1917You know, the car to the right is a late "T", a 1926 or 1927, which had different design features than all those that came before it. Most notably, the gas tank was moved to the cowl, and there is a flap or door in front of the windshield on these to add gas. They also have a headlight bar, which the pre 26's did not. The rear car gives away the fact the photo cannot be 1917. Add to that the observation that the paint is no longer shiny, and the fender is banged up, and I'll bet this photo is of a car at least 3 or 4 years old. So the photo must be the 1930's! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Pacific Express: 1964
... with what appears to be primarily Railway Express Agency cars, an RPO car, and one no-frills coach for passengers who were likewise in ... 
 
Posted by Tim Sullivan - 06/03/2016 - 7:43pm -

Erie Lackawanna's train 7, the Pacific Express, departs Corry, Pennsylvania westbound. It will arrive in Chicago in about 13 more hours, having stopped at every station on the route. An express it was not. Within a year the train will be discontinued, but Hoboken to Chicago service will continue with two other trains in each direction - Phoebe Snow and Lake Cities. Note the PRR Alco working in the distance. View full size. Delaware Lacka-moneyThe Erie-Lackawanna merger made for a snappy paint scheme but not much else. Somewhat surprisingly this diamond is still in use, though the EL track has been reduced to single. The Other ExpressExpress had two meanings: a train that made fewer stops en route and was therefore faster, or a mail/express train such as this one that wasn't exactly in a hurry. This one is the latter, with what appears to be primarily Railway Express Agency cars, an RPO car, and one no-frills coach for passengers who were likewise in no particular hurry and traveling on the cheap. I've never heard of this train, but I do not claim to be an expert on Lackawanna Railroad operations either. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Friendly couples: 1930s
... style you didn't see until the 1935-6 model year for most cars. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 01/19/2010 - 12:03pm -

Another from my grandmother's photo album, no names on the back of the photo, but the gal on the right looks like my grandmother. I'm not sure who the others are, but I know the guy with his arm around her is not grandpa. This was likely taken around the time she graduated Hollywood High School in 1933. View full size. Dressed for the roadsterWhoever that guy with your maybe-grandma is, he's one sharp dude. I'm going to have to assume that's his snappy roadster down at the curb. As for the when, the sedan on the other side of the street is a body style you didn't see until the 1935-6 model year for most cars. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Patkin Cadillac: 1977
... a few months ago. The windows were always lit up, and the cars looked great. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by rizzman1953 - 06/08/2012 - 10:28pm -

Patkin Cadillac, Mystic Valley Parkway in Medford, Mass., 1977. A dealership with many land yachts for sale. Long gone; the owner passed away a few months ago. The windows were always lit up, and the cars looked great. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Washington Cadillac (Colorized): 1926
... before this came to me, when I colored my first black cars. (Colorized Photos) ... 
 
Posted by Jim_Hightower - 10/11/2013 - 7:18pm -

Colorized from this Shorpy original. View full size. A HintBy adjusting those glossy black car panels slightly towards sky blue in b/w photos, due to the sky on a sunny day, you can make them look natural. I spent some time scratcing my head before this came to me, when I colored my first black cars. (Colorized Photos)
Another Mystery Car
... "turret-top." 1935 was the only year Pontiac produced cars with the grimly nicknamed "suicide doors" in front. This particular ... 
 
Posted by mackinaw - 10/24/2014 - 6:47pm -

My dad took this in the late 1930's either in Detroit or Dearborn, Michigan. I think the guy is my dad's cousin. No idea what kind of car. View full size. The Most Beautiful Thing on Wheels...or so Pontiac heralded their 1935 Models in print ads. It marked the first year of their trademark "Silver Streak," and featured the new solid steel "turret-top." 1935 was the only year Pontiac produced cars with the grimly nicknamed "suicide doors" in front. This particular "Beautiful Thing" is a six-cylinder coupe from that year. Here is a page from the 1935 Pontiac sales brochure: (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Parking In New Orleans: 1965
... building; if that's so, I'd love to live there!!! Lots of cars here but probably not enough shown to identify any of them. View full ... 
 
Posted by Jim Page - 10/12/2012 - 8:26pm -

Doesn't that sound like the title of a Fats Domino song? Here is a second image from the trip to New Orleans; this time up the street from the Café Du Monde near the levee. New Orleans residents can correct me here, but wouldn't this be about in front of the (then) Jax Beer factory? I've heard that there are now apartments in that cool building; if that's so, I'd love to live there!!! Lots of cars here but probably not enough shown to identify any of them. View full size. Great photoYou're right about the location. Here's the approximate placement today: View Larger Map You were about a block north of JAX. To the right is St. Louis Cathedral. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Blacksmiths Peter and Harry Lawrence
... died. They began by shoeing horses, but with the advent of cars, they switched mainly to heating, tempering and sharpening chisels and ... 
 
Posted by u02bnpx - 07/11/2008 - 2:26pm -

My grandfather Peter Lawrence, left, and his son Harry operated a welding and blacksmith shop in Erie, PA from the 1920s to 1948, when Peter died. They began by shoeing horses, but with the advent of cars, they switched mainly to heating, tempering and sharpening chisels and other steel devices used by the city workers who operated air hammers in street construction and repair. Peter was a native of Riga, Latvia and never learned to drive or to speak English. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Montour Falls: 1970
... hope the view looks much the same today, minus the period cars and shop signs. [This is actually the village of Montour Falls, two ... 
 
Posted by Islander800 - 01/11/2013 - 8:55pm -

Watkins Glen, N.Y. main street, summer 1970, CanAm weekend. I hope the view looks much the same today, minus the period cars and shop signs. [This is actually the village of Montour Falls, two miles south of Watkins Glen. - tterrace] View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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