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Charlie Stuart an Indianapolis, Indiana car dealer sold both Studebaker and later Oldsmobile automobiles from the 1940s to the ’70s in the City. Stuart also handled the Indianapolis 500 pace cars for Studebaker in 1952 and later in 1960 the Oldsmobile. Today’s photos are dated by the source to 1948 and show views from both…
The Kodachrome Car Photograph Series begins this week with a circa late-1940s to early-1950s image of a Pep Boys store in an unknown location. The first two vehicles in this scene date back to the pre-World War II days and the pickup truck and dark-colored sedan in the background were manufactured in the postwar days. The photo…
Car owners who take their vehicle to a garage for repairs or service tend to get anxious beforehand and during the process. Bemis and Moe the owners of this “Super Station” located in San Jose, California, at the corner of South Second and San Carlos Streets no doubt learned this and used artwork to calm…
Today’s feature press photo contains a view of Ridge Avenue and Darien Street located in East Falls, a neighborhood located on the west side of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The image was taken during rush hour on November 2, 1954. Other than the Cadillac visible in the left-center of the picture many of the automobiles appear to be…
In January of 1959 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the De La Boca Volunteer Fire Department, located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, four of the Department’s Firemen (Bomberos) set out on an extraordinary journey with their 1925 Brockway fire truck to Cortland, New York. The reason for the amazing seventeen-thousand-mile trek to the Brockway Truck Company located…
Today’s feature image is an interesting view of a 1930 Cadillac V-16 with custom or semi-custom coachwork wearing Pennsylvania license plate IR16. No information is with the photograph and a google search for the picture online resulted in not learning more about it. Using the clues available in the shot it is possible that a…
The Kodachrome Car Photograph Series begins this week with a circa early-1960s image taken from the inside of a Volkswagen showroom of a Type 2 fifteen window Deluxe Volkswagen Bus (Transporter, Microbus, Kombi) parked outside at the curb. The upscale “Samba” Deluxe model features eight more windows in the roof and a sliding fabric sunroof. Can anyone…
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