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Today’s feature image appears to be a Hollywood movie still taken on October 26, 1933 while filming in California, none of the actors are identified. The automobile is an attractive circa-1930 Cadillac fitted with close-coupled convertible sedan coachwork by an unknown maker. The motorcycle is an older modified, repainted, and worn-looking 1929 or earlier Harley-Davidson JD…
Four unique photos from the St. Louis Missouri area make up today’s feature. The lead image and a related photo (above) contain streamlined 1934 Studebaker four-door sedan publicity shots used for promoting its “Qudrapoise” suspension system. Similar three-wheeled and side hill pictures have been used by automakers for decades to gain attention for its models….
Today we travel to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania for a view down a line of automobiles on Forbes Avenue in the Oakland neighborhood which is located on the eastern side of the City. At the head of the line of vehicles in the left-hand lane is a 1936 Ford “Tudor” sedan followed by the oldest car in the…
Today’s lead image dated to November 6, 1934, by the source, shows either a 1934 or ’35 Chevrolet “Knee-Action” promotional car equipped with it parked in front of the St. Louis Monument located in Forest Park at St. Louis, Missouri. This form of independent front suspension was developed by Andre DuBonnet, and Chevrolet’s version of it…
Today’s lead image apparently taken in a family’s yard in Florida during the 1960s is a study in contrasts. On the right-hand side of the photo is a full-sized Pontiac hardtop and behind it, a large-sized power boat, and on the left-hand side is a Volkswagen which in comparison looks like a dwarf. Share with us…
Today’s lead image is dated by the source to September of 1951 and contains a view of the “Hays Cross Roads” near Pittsburgh, PA. Perhaps the most interesting automobile in this scene is the 1936 Ford roadster on the far-right hand side of the lead photo and visible in the enlargeable photo (below). From outward appearances,…
Today’s feature image is an interesting early-1960s exercise in time-exposure photography. The picture captures the movement of automobile head and taillights in the parking lot at the northern side of the Westgate Shopping Center located in Asheville, North Carolina. The Shopping Center has survived and is between Cliff Street and the Westgate Parkway next to the French…
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