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This is the first in a series of articles covering three early cars constructed by the Auto Parts Manufacturing Co. located in Detroit, Michigan, between the years of 1909 to ’13. At this point, it is not known if the vehicles were prototypes built for other companies or were used to showcase the Company’s capabilities at…
Number One-Hundred and Fourteen of the Kodachrome Image Series begins this week with a photo taken at a car dealership of a new car moment with the classic view of the salesman handing over the keys to the happy new owner. There are more than enough clues in the photo to tell us all about the Corvette, the…
Today’s feature photo is of the Motor House, constructed in the mid-1930s, and located at 68 Milligan Street in the center of the City of Perth, the Capital of Western Australia. The facility housed a drive-through filling station in the front of the building on the ground floor, the Lee Body Works on the second floor,…
Today’s feature image takes us to Los Angeles, California for a view of a massive traffic jam on Wilshire Boulevard. The gridlock started on Sunday, April 13, 1941, when the annual “Miracle Mile” Wilshire Boulevard Easter Parade began. The Gaylord Hotel and Apartments building on the right-hand side of the view is housed in a thirteen story…
Because of the unusual V-8 emblems attached to their hats, this pair of models at first glance struck us as space aliens rather than proponents of the Ford. Upon a closer look, they are seen wearing clothing made of special Ford cloth and apparently were going to be in a parade or promotion of some…
Summer is in full swing right now, and areas of the Country are experiencing record high temperatures, so it seems like the perfect time to cool you off with this set of images taken in December of 1948. The lead photo and the expandable view of it below are of the intersection of Division Avenue and Hall Street in…
Recently we featured a 1952 Oldsmobile show chassis at the 1952 Los Angeles Auto Show. Today’s post contains three more pre-show publicity photos of displays by Hudson, DeSoto, and Packard accompanied by Hollywood models. The lead photo shows a Hudson Hornet cutaway car with models Janet Brett and Shirley Buchanan posing for the photo. The Hornet display…
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