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Today’s lead image contains a 1934 Ford five-window coupe and a model being filmed by Ramsey Productions of Oklahoma City, OK. Research covering the Production Company resulted in finding that Arthur Ramsey of Oklahoma City was a filmmaker, who produced newsreel movies in the 1930s and later was a captain of the Combat Film Office…
Today’s feature images taken in Montreal, Quebec, contain two street scenes with parked cars manufactured by US automakers. Some of these vehicles may have been assembled at plants in Canada and badged with brand and model names different than what was used here in the States; hopefully, our readers can tell us about any of the…
Updated: The “Horseless Carriages” feature this week includes three photos and an advertisement all found in “Motor Age” magazines published in the first half of 1912. The lead photo from the publications January 16, 1912 issue shows a new take on the use of running board seats on automobiles at the time. One of two…
This week’s Kodachrome feature begins with an image of a 1950s automobile that appears to have been close to new when the grandparents came to visit their grandchild. When viewed from the front the vehicle’s narrow track is quite noticeable due to the wide “upside down bathtub” styling the automaker chose for this model. As is…
This giant aircraft engine was the result of a developmental contract awarded to the Duesenberg Brothers in 1918 by the US government to build the largest and most powerful aero engine possible. The pair had previously created a V-12 engine along with a four-cylinder walking beam airplane engine quite similar to the earlier Duesenberg 16-valve auto racing…
Today’s lead image contains a mid-1950s view of the San Francisco Greyhound Bus terminal and Hotel, Pioneer Cocktails and the Travelers Liquor store. The street is packed with vehicles, and the newest ones apparently to date to about 1954. Interestingly the compact 1953 or ’54 Nash Rambler in the center of the roadway next to…
Snow is in the forecast for later on in the week here in the Northern New England so its a good time to share a couple of winter driving photos taken in the 1960s in the “City of Brotherly Love” by press photographers for the “Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.” The lead image was taken in 1961 on…
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