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Superior Scales: 1941
... August 1941. "At the Great Northern Railroad yards, cars of iron ore passing over the scales are weighed at the rate of three and a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/11/2020 - 3:12pm -

August 1941. "At the Great Northern Railroad yards, cars of iron ore passing over the scales are weighed at the rate of three and a half a minute. Superior, Wisconsin." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Mining, Railroads)
two "T"s
... Washington. Not sure who it is. The lc plate is 1921. The cars are Ford "T"s. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by kevhum - 07/02/2007 - 11:01pm -

This came from my grandparents' photos, most likely taken in Yakima Valley Washington. Not sure who it is. The lc plate is 1921. The cars are Ford "T"s. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Gibson and a Girl: 1980
... genuine and real in this fellow's actual life: working on cars, dirt biking, travelling in the summer in the classic station wagon, the ... 
 
Posted by Zone47 - 05/29/2015 - 6:43pm -

My girlfriend at the time and a crappy Gibson MK72 guitar with a repaired crack in it. GirlfriendI've really been enjoying these Zone47 photos this past month. Same generation as myself, so the fashions and hairstyles resonate heavily. Great attitude to parents and grandparents. And all the features of the life on display seem so typical of a certain kind of all-American life but are so genuine and real in this fellow's actual life: working on cars, dirt biking, travelling in the summer in the classic station wagon, the little sister, the guitars, the cousins and friends, the tricycles, the midwestern snow, and -- finally! -- the girlfriend! Thanks for your memories and images, man. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Hanging Around
... I'd say this is the early 1940s, perhaps someone who knows cars can be more accurate than that. They went camping a lot. They are just ... 
 
Posted by madelaine - 02/04/2008 - 8:06pm -

Winnie and Tom Boothby. Judging from their ages, I'd say this is the early 1940s, perhaps someone who knows cars can be more accurate than that. They went camping a lot. They are just being silly. This is probably somewhere in Oregon. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
I bought my Grandpa's Chevelle!
... grandpa was a master mechanic and always drove some cool cars. He wouldn't drive them in the rain or snow and maintained them so they ... 
 
Posted by Zone47 - 12/28/2018 - 9:31am -

My grandpa was a master mechanic and always drove some cool cars. He wouldn't drive them in the rain or snow and maintained them so they remained as a new car. In 1975 I was 17 and my grandpa decided it was time for a new car. He sold it to me for a measly $1,000. I couldn't believe that I suddenly had such a cool car! I installed a Corvette cam, headers, Z28 intake, holley carb and 4:11 posi in it ... grandpa wasn't so keen on me souping it up but appearance wise, I kept the car looking factory original. This photo was taken in 1977 in Akron, Ohio, where I was working at the time. View full size. It's a beautyI've noticed that the '67 SS396 Chevelle is getting some hefty asking prices online, in some cases nearly $50K. Being a teen who no doubt thought he was immortal, as we all did, I hope you didn't get into trouble with that bad boy. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Running Board Beauty
... work) could afford to build their own homes and buy new cars and travel to Yosemite for vacations. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by Westcoaster - 08/15/2010 - 12:15am -

Looks like an early 20's Chevy running board was as good a place as any to take a portrait. This is my aunt Margaret innocently posing for posterity in San Luis Obispo, CA. Probably taken in 1925. View full size. 1931 BeautyHere is aunt Margaret and my father, Don, a few years later with a new car in 1931. Taken in San Luis Obispo, CA, when the blue collar working class (my grandfather drove an oil delivery truck for Union Oil and grandmother didn't work) could afford to build their own homes and buy new cars and travel to Yosemite for vacations. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Little Red Caboose: 1967
... red caboose or the sight of two Canadian National freight cars rolling through the USA. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by ctyankeeinma - 09/22/2017 - 6:57pm -

The "Canal Line" railroad bridge in Milldale, Connecticut carried rail traffic over U. S. Route 6-a, the Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike. The highway was excavated in 1914 to permit trolleys of the Waterbury & Milldale Tramway to pass under the rails, that track coming by only a few feet from where this was taken. The "Canal Line" railroad approximately followed the course of the old Farmington Canal (1828-1847) from New Haven, Connecticut to Northampton, Massachusetts, and opened in 1848. It has had a number of owners, but was still in the "New Haven" system when I took this picture on June 4, 1967, when I was 16. Kodachrome, of course! The bridge clearance was marked adequate for most big trucks, but was not. The road-bed angles upward on both sides, and drivers unfamiliar with the easy work-around sometimes got seriously stuck under it. I had once seen a brand-new "reefer" truck full of Christmas trees that had wedged and split wide open here. In the 1980's the track grade was raised about two feet as part of the Interstate 691 project, and all rail traffic ceased on the line a couple of years later. Today the bridge is part of a popular rail-trail, which (hopefully) will span the entire 72 miles of the original route, eventually. The self-service Ice House (just right of the packy) endures to this day! View full size. CNI don't know what excites me more: the little red caboose or the sight of two Canadian National freight cars rolling through the USA. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Puritan Ice Company: 1928
... Puritan manufactured large blocks of ice for railroad cars transporting fresh fruits and vegetables. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by BLPhillips - 09/16/2009 - 7:40am -

Puritan Ice Company, circa 1928. Santa Barbara, CA. Founded by my grandfather in 1922, Puritan manufactured large blocks of ice for railroad cars transporting fresh fruits and vegetables. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Wawona tunnel tree, back end
From the Yosemite trip again, this time cars are lining up and waiting to drive through the Wawona tree tunnel. Thanks ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 09/20/2011 - 8:36pm -

From the Yosemite trip again, this time cars are lining up and waiting to drive through the Wawona tree tunnel. Thanks to tterrace for the heads up on the name of the tree tunnel. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
1955 Pontiac in 1965
... Edsel. For some reason he thought we wouldn't need two cars. He was wrong. So when he saw the Pontiac for sale, he bought it and ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 09/27/2013 - 7:13pm -

Most people would say this is a crooked picture of a family posing in front of a lawn that desperately needs watering. But it is really a picture of our 1955 Pontiac, the only used car my family ever had. When we moved from PA to NJ in 1962, my father sold our 1952 Studebaker. We took our 1960 Edsel. For some reason he thought we wouldn't need two cars. He was wrong. So when he saw the Pontiac for sale, he bought it and brought it home, to my delight. It was a 2-door sedan with real leather seats, auto trans and radio. Some seams on those seats were coming apart. The radio did not work unless you went over a bump, then it did for 15 seconds. It had an Indian face hood ornament that was supposed to light up, but it didn't. I loved that car, but I loved the Edsel more, so in 1967, when he said the first car to need any repair at all would be replaced, I made sure it wasn't the Edsel. As for the people to the left of the Pontiac, they are my father Howard in the plaid shirt, my four year old brother Iden; me; my father's sister-in-law Mildred, who went by the name Margaret because she couldn't stand the name Mildred; my father's older sister Bertha, who went by the name Buddy, because she couldn't stand the name Bertha; Buddy's husband Abe, who couldn't stand me and my brother's names, so called me Princess and Iden "Johnny Boy." And my mother, Arlene who, as usual, is showing off a dress she designed and made (out of a checked fabric Abe gave her the year before). Taking the photo is my father's older brother Norman who kept his first name, but changed his last name. View full size. Every familySo glad to see every family has the same crazy people.Many of my relatives have other names. My cousin Lola goes by Junie because my Uncle wanted a boy "Junior". Whatever! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Blizzard of '78
Akron, Ohio. Note the cars entirely buried in the snow. That was a crazy blizzard. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Zone47 - 05/08/2015 - 7:40pm -

Akron, Ohio. Note the cars entirely buried in the snow. That was a crazy blizzard. View full size. Great photoI remember that blizzard; I was 16 and living in Worcester, Mass. We had the whole month of February off from school. A nursing home in my neighborhood needed help and they came and picked me up on a snowmobile. The roof of the nursing home started to collapse after a few hours and the the National Guard came and evacuated all the patients and workers using the Red Cross trucks like on the TV show, M.A.S.H. They moved everyone to an empty nursing home about a mile away. It was quite the storm. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Hunting in Plaid: 1916
... to be a Studebaker - though their early history of badging cars is murky. It dates from circa 1911 and I think is an EMF - the precursor ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 08/16/2013 - 7:07pm -

Well one of them is, or she had to put the dog down. Looking at the grill of the car I think it's a Studebaker. Any other guesses? From my negatives collection. View full size. Studebaker?I think that car is too early to be a Studebaker - though their early history of badging cars is murky. It dates from circa 1911 and I think is an EMF - the precursor to Studebaker. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Granddad With His Fleetline
... show here...enough chrome and metal for two of today's cars! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by Roland B. - 08/02/2017 - 9:04am -

This is my grandfather Roland and his brand new 1948 Chevrolet Fleetline. He had just picked it up from the dealership and was very proud of it. The picture was taken in Omaha, Nebraska in 1948. Proud OwnerAnd he should be! Wow, whatta car! The post war years really show here...enough chrome and metal for two of today's cars! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Lower Wider Smarter (Colorized): 1946
... dad would take me to the Packard dealer to look at the new cars. He owned a gray 1947 Packard until 1957. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by waxahachiemike1 - 06/17/2016 - 7:08pm -

Colorized from this Shorpy original. When I was a child in the 1950's, my dad would take me to the Packard dealer to look at the new cars. He owned a gray 1947 Packard until 1957. View full size. (Colorized Photos)
Mildred
... View full size. Sums it up pretty well Logs, coal cars, road trailers related to logging and a confident, independent female of ... 
 
Posted by Grizz - 08/03/2011 - 11:17am -

Ronceverte, West Virginia. Mid 1930s. View full size. Sums it up pretty wellLogs, coal cars, road trailers related to logging and a confident, independent female of West Virginia origin. That's West Virginia in a photograph. The Chesapeake and Ohio stock car adds ambience. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Just Sitting Around
... for a parade, or some other outing. Judging by the cars in the back, mid-60's. View full size. Florida? As a Floridian ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 10/31/2014 - 4:41pm -

Unknown date and location of this slide I had found years ago and finally got scanned. I am thinking these folks are part of an audience for a parade, or some other outing. Judging by the cars in the back, mid-60's. View full size. Florida?As a Floridian (now living in Oregon) my very first thought was, Florida! Where in Florida, I have no idea. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Grandpa's 1955 Packard
... size. Bold colors I love the bold colors that cars in the 1950s had. Today's car are boring with their drab monotonous ... 
 
Posted by QMopar - 10/02/2015 - 7:02pm -

My grandfather's 1955 Packard Clipper. Grandpa was a pastor and often traveled in the early days of his ministry. After driving thousands of miles and saving money, he purchased his first (and only, that I know of) brand-new car. This was taken on one of his road trips at a motel around 1956. View full size. Bold colorsI love the bold colors that cars in the 1950s had. Today's car are boring with their drab monotonous earth-tone colors. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Playing Dolls: 1959
... age five as I am now. I would have loved to play with toy cars. But I was not given any, even when I asked for them. Which doesn’t mean ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 02/09/2018 - 7:47pm -

Every little girl is given dolls to play with. I was as car-crazy at age five as I am now. I would have loved to play with toy cars. But I was not given any, even when I asked for them. Which doesn’t mean I didn’t like playing with dolls too. I named this doll “Sunrise Tomato Juice.” It was given to me by Mrs. Betty Shaeffer, who lived next door in the year 1959. The Shaeffers had no children so she delighted in visits from me. And I loved going over to her house where I played with her dog, cat, and copied things she did. She put on hand cream (my mother didn’t do that). She had a silk comforter on her bed. I made my mother buy me a comforter just like it, though my mother bought me nylon, not silk. She also saved the bright red boxes she got at a store called The Hitching Post, which was in the Levittown Shoparama, to give to me. (My mother did not like Hitching Post. She said it was overpriced). Exactly what concept I had, piling up all those phone books, Sears catalogs, and papers for the doll to sit on top of, I can not fathom, now that I am an adult, any more than I can understand why I gave the doll such a stupid name. Phonebook pileYou cannot fathom why you piled up all those phonebooks and catalogs for the doll to sit on? It seems apparent from the photograph: to make a highchair for the doll to sit at the coffee table. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Dodge Dart in Haverford PA: 1968
... if I wanted it. Though I usually took the family cast-off cars, in this case I said “no!” Dearest Aenthal Please tell us how ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 12/01/2017 - 8:09pm -

My mother took this picture of eighth-grade me and my first-grade brother at our front driveway in Haverford, Pennsylvania. To her it was a picture of her son and daughter. To me it is a picture of our 1967 Dodge Dart. Like when he bought the Studebaker, my father went through the options book with the dealer and had them make exactly what he wanted. Then we waited six weeks for the bespoke car to be built. So it was every bit as much of a dog as his first try at this special order stuff. Rubber mats again instead of carpets, 6-cylinder engine, no decorative trim. No wheel covers or whitewall tires. He did allow it to have a radio (AM only, no tape player) automatic transmission and air conditioner. (To be fair my father was practical, not stingy. Pretty served no purpose. AC and heat did). Color was gold. When it came time to get rid of it, fifteen or so years later, he called me up and asked me if I wanted it. Though I usually took the family cast-off cars, in this case I said “no!” Dearest AenthalPlease tell us how to pronounce your lovely name. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Tune Up: 1962
... I was a teen, I started helping him in his shop working on cars. He taught me a lot! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by Zone47 - 04/10/2015 - 7:10pm -

He knows what he wants to do at such a young age (and it came true). 1962, Ohio. [Who is it? You? -tterrace] YesYes, that was me. My Grandpa was a car mechanic and I think it left an impression at an early age. Later when I was a teen, I started helping him in his shop working on cars. He taught me a lot! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
SS France: 1963
... don’t build them like that anymore, that includes the cars in the foreground. Gross Tonnage: 66,343; Length: 1,035 ft; Beam: 110.6 ... 
 
Posted by nh-ep5 - 02/01/2013 - 9:06pm -

This is a picture of the SS France (French Line) my father took prior to our family boarding the ship at Pier 88, New York for a European trip in the summer of 1963. We were on our way to visit family in both England and France. They don’t build them like that anymore, that includes the cars in the foreground. Gross Tonnage: 66,343; Length: 1,035 ft; Beam: 110.6 ft. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
On Our Way to Yellowstone
... Yellowstone in the 1920's. Traveling in those old rickety cars, roads mostly of mud, must have been quite an adventure. The trip was from ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 03/02/2010 - 11:25am -

My great-grandfather Grant Webb Sr. with most of the family, still putting out to Yellowstone in the 1920's. Traveling in those old rickety cars, roads mostly of mud, must have been quite an adventure. The trip was from Burley, Idaho to Yellowstone. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Pine Hills: '60s
As is noticeable by the cars in the driveway, my Grandfather worked for Orlando Dodge. View full ... 
 
Posted by theirish - 10/20/2011 - 8:26am -

As is noticeable by the cars in the driveway, my Grandfather worked for Orlando Dodge. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Newark City Subway: 1974
... Loop. The subway line has since been extended. These cars were first used on the system in 1946. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by KevinKjellOlsen - 03/26/2020 - 1:57pm -

Newark City Subway PCC car, circa winter 1974. Franklin Avenue Loop. The subway line has since been extended. These cars were first used on the system in 1946. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Crossroads of America: 1963
... their owners because the constant pounding of heavy rail cars tends to wear out the rail heads. Today the various railroads are ... 
 
Posted by prrvet - 12/18/2019 - 3:03pm -

Chicago's status as the crossroads of commerce in America is well known. This busy railroad crossing on the city's South side served to personify that fact. I took this photo at the Ash Street crossing adjacent to the now defunct Campbell's Soup factory, kind of in the spirit of Jack Delano many years before. Over the years I have come to realize that crossings such as these are a maintenance nightmare for their owners because the constant pounding of heavy rail cars tends to wear out the rail heads. Today the various railroads are engaged in a gradual replacement of crossings like this with "flying junctions" similar to expressway interchanges. It is known as "Operation Create." The first of these was completed at Englewood just last year. 35 mm Kodachrome transparency taken September 2, 1963 by William D. Volkmer. (ShorpyBlog)
Making ice, 1928
... CA, circa 1928. Puritan manufactured block ice for rail cars transporting fresh produce. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by BLPhillips - 09/16/2009 - 7:41am -

Inside the Puritan Ice Company of Santa Barbara, CA, circa 1928. Puritan manufactured block ice for rail cars transporting fresh produce. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Watkins Glen: 1970
Weather was great, cars were great, and we had the best 35mm photo ops of the era. Campers and day ... 
 
Posted by Islander800 - 12/21/2012 - 7:56pm -

Weather was great, cars were great, and we had the best 35mm photo ops of the era. Campers and day trippers, young and old, all enjoying a sunny, mid-ship big-block V-8 CanAm race weekend in Watkins Glen, N.Y., Summer 1970. This series was a phenomenom in its short heyday, dominated by McClaren Chevys. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
To Yellowstone we go
... making the journey on the roads back then in those old cars back then. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 04/11/2009 - 7:40am -

My grandmother up front left in this picture along with her siblings, taking a break on their journey to Yellowstone from Burley Idaho, around 1920. Imagine making the journey on the roads back then in those old cars back then. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Night Store 1
... Unknown location. Can anyone help? I recognize one of the cars as a Jeepster, late 40? From my negatives collection. UPDATE: The store ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 08/03/2013 - 2:45pm -

Unknown location. Can anyone help? I recognize one of the cars as a Jeepster, late 40? From my negatives collection. UPDATE: The store is Denholm and McKay, Worcester Mass. Was in business until 1973. The building still stands today. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Traffic Jam 1940
Eight 1930's cars sit in traffic. The closest one to the camera has a 1940 Indiana plate. I ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 04/14/2017 - 8:53pm -

Eight 1930's cars sit in traffic. The closest one to the camera has a 1940 Indiana plate. I was able to determine that the plate on the car earlier in the line was 561 653 but not what state it was from. The photo came from an album found at a second hand store in Lancaster, California. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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