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Today’s lead image taken with a flash about sixty years ago is a view of a porte-cochère in front of a hotel lobby at an unknown location, although there are enough clues in the image to home in on the area where the photo was shot. Share with us what you find of interest in…
Today’s featured image contains either a Douglas DC-2 or a DC-3 taking off or coming in for a landing at the Hoover Field located in Arlington, VA. While the airfield was in operation (1925 to ’41,) it was considered to be one of the most dangerous flying fields in the country. Military Rd., visible in…
Today we feature a pair of gasoline station images taken by well-known photographers who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression. Later, the Office of War Information retained some of the same documentarians to capture interesting scenes in the US. Russell Lee took the lead image one evening in April of 1942…
The white and red luxury convertible in today’s lead image is a very rare, top-of-the-line, limited-production automobile outfitted with a number of special features. One piece of equipment installed on this vehicle was only used on one other domestic car in the year that it was produced. As is the usual practice in this series,…
This load of three new 1930 Model “A” Fords is on a semi-trailer manufactured by the Taylor Truck-a-Way Co. of Los Angeles, CA. At the time, a rig of this type was used for local and regional transport, and long-distance transport of automobiles was handled primarily by train. The lightweight trailer frame is constructed in the form of…
This press photo taken on August 9, 1943, shows motorist’s reaction due to a rationing board act aimed at easing driving restrictions in the Philadelphia area. World War II gas rationing had left most big-city parking lots empty due to non-essential drivers only receiving three gallons of gasoline per week, which for the most part…
George McLaughlin of Bangor, Maine, constructed the very unique “Maine Mobile” in 1926. It was intended to be driven on the road, on the water, and over snow. A seventy-two h.p. six-cylinder airplane engine powered the rear-mounted prop, which allowed the machine to travel as fast as a claimed 106 mph on the road. Side-mounted…
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