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Packard of New Orleans was located on Saint Charles Avenue at Saint Mary Street in the historic Louisiana City. The “Uptown” section of the Avenue is lined with old money mansions, and one of the City streetcar lines established in 1835 continues to travel on its grass-lined median. Not much is known about this dealership…
Up until now, we haven’t seen any Product Mobile images, which are as sharp and detailed as this set of photos of the “Rosedale” Dairy milk bottle vehicle. It appears that the Dairy and the Mehse-Baker Ford Agency, both located in Laramie, WYO, entered a partnership with this promotional vehicle that benefited both firms. Apparently,…
This unique 1925 Cadillac V-8 Model 314 one-hundred and forty-five inch WB show chassis must have been a delight to view in person. It was used for Cadillac’s exclusive “Custom” Body Series automobiles and powered by a 314 CI L-head ninety-degree V-8 engine backed up by a multiple disc clutch, a three-speed transmission and a…
The circa-1932 lead image today containing one of the Goodyear Buick “Air Wheel” cars and a 1932 Chevrolet was taken at Manchester Blvd and Southwest Ave in Maplewood, Missouri, a suburb of St Louis. Goodyear had the Flxible Co. of Loudonville, Ohio, construct two stretched four-door sedan bodies on lengthened 1929 Buick chassis’ to promote…
Today’s lead image contains a Chrysler-Plymouth dealership photographed in the early 1950s operated by Sid Luckman, a well-known sports figure at the time. Share with us what you find of interest here. As is the usual practice in this series, we ask our readers to tell us the year, make, and model of all of…
Today’s feature contains a few photos taken for an advertisement in the Ann Arbor News highlighting Tom Terrell Edsel Inc. employees and their experience in the automobile business. The Ann Arbor Library states that the ad was published on September 2, 1957, two days before the Edsel was introduced to the public on “E-Day,” September…
The Guenther-Methudy Sales Company of St Louis, MO, went all out when it set up this combination tire shop and filling station located at 3553 Lindell Blvd. in the City circa 1917. It appears that the Company may have purchased a three-story house and built an elaborate two-story storefront on it and converted the building…
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