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The four racing car photos contained in this feature are the most interesting of a series of undated pictures of cars and drivers that raced at a track in the Victoria, British Columbia area. The unique mid-engined car in the lead image features a side-to-side mounted engine, chain drive to the rear wheels and is…
Today we feature a pair of gasoline station images taken by well-known photographers who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression. Later, the Office of War Information retained some of the same documentarians to capture interesting scenes in the US. Russell Lee took the lead image one evening in April of 1942…
The white and red luxury convertible in today’s lead image is a very rare, top-of-the-line, limited-production automobile outfitted with a number of special features. One piece of equipment installed on this vehicle was only used on one other domestic car in the year that it was produced. As is the usual practice in this series,…
This load of three new 1930 Model “A” Fords is on a semi-trailer manufactured by the Taylor Truck-a-Way Co. of Los Angeles, CA. At the time, a rig of this type was used for local and regional transport, and long-distance transport of automobiles was handled primarily by train. The lightweight trailer frame is constructed in the form of…
Today’s lead image contains Gladwell Motors Lincoln-Mercury located at the intersection of Vancouver and Yates Streets in Victoria, British Columbia is dated by the source to 1947. A year earlier, Ford of Canada introduced the Mercury M pickup trucks to its Lincoln-Mercury division. These vehicles are a re-badged Ford F series truck with a different…
This press photo taken on August 9, 1943, shows motorist’s reaction due to a rationing board act aimed at easing driving restrictions in the Philadelphia area. World War II gas rationing had left most big-city parking lots empty due to non-essential drivers only receiving three gallons of gasoline per week, which for the most part…
This Columbia, SC, street scene image was taken in late-1955 or ’56. The “Loans,” “Columbia Grille,”and “Schlitz” beer signs, the Esso station on the far-right, and the numerous older everyday automobiles give the impression of it being located in a working-class neighbor in the City. Note the sign on the rear of the taxi cab…
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