This street scene in St. Louis, Missouri, taken in the early 1950s, shows us the busy intersection of Vandeventer (US 50) and Market (US 40) looking northeast. The brick building on (left) hand side, is the Fruehauf Trailer Company factory branch. On the (right) hand side is a Mohawk Tire store. In the (middle) of the photo, past the Wabash Railroad bridge, can be seen the Century Foundry, where ferrous castings were poured.
We will let you readers tell us, what is the newest car to be seen here, so that we have a better idea of the date. You can see the complete photo below, divided in half.
The photo is courtesy of Joe Sonderman who has a Route 66 photo collection that we have been posting in a series. He has written a very interesting book called Get Your Pics on Route 66.
The easiest is the 1950 Ford,ctr 4th car back and the 1950 /49 Plymouth ,right front..Left front 1950/49 Mercury…Chuck B.
2nd back on the left behind Mercury looks to be an early Hudson stepdown .
I’d say 1950. There are a couple of ’50 Chevies and a ’50 Ford, and I believe the Hudson is no newer than a ’50.
The Merc in the lower left is a ’51 and there are two ’51 Chevy hardtops. One is the white one just behind the white ’50 Ford and the other is about 3 rows back in the middle of the pack.
The Hudson behind the 51 Mercury is a 53 sedan and further back in the pack a distance behind the black 46/48 Dodge coupe is a 53 Oldsmobile
I agree with Aaron, this appears to be a 1950 picture.
Can’t be 1950 in less late in the season- Mercury in front is definatly a ’51. The Olds mentioned could be as early as a 1948 Olds 98 or an 88 from 49-51. I’m pretty sure it’s not a ’53.
I would say the newest car to be seen is the 1951 Merc at right front
I agree with Carl because the Mercury is a ’51. What year model is the bathtub Nash pulling into traffic?
Hudson is a 1949 50 or 51, Nash is a49 or 50
What building/sign is casting the shadow in the foreground at the bottom left?
Aaron…Sorry but we so not know.