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After finding and enlarging this 1920s overhead view of Summer Street located in Boston, Massachusetts, a pair of Boston Fire Department trucks on the way to fight a fire became visible. On the lower side of the image (below) a fireman driving a Christie f.w.d. gasoline-powered steam fire pumper is in the lead and followed by…
Today’s feature image contains an early-1950s Cadillac sedan in some type of a giveaway or fundraising contest displayed upon a wooden platform. The location and the details surrounding the event are unknown. It appears the Cadillac is damaged or maybe a late model used car because in the area where the grille curves around to…
The Kodachrome Car Photograph Series begins this week with this image taken by General Motors Photographic of a Chevrolet convertible and an attractive “model family.” The photo was taken on a runway at the Miami Beach Airport and subconsciously tricks the viewer into thinking that their family will look like this if they purchase one of…
A number of similar surviving images containing views of traffic in large cities were taken for street and highway departments to document traffic patterns for later study in an effort to ease congestion. This photo according to source materials was photographed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the intersection of Broad and Poplar Streets in mid-afternoon on…
Today’s feature image is a Ford press photo taken in a styling showroom located at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan. Over sixty scale styling models painted in various colors and combinations are arranged diagonally on the wooden flooring for inspection by L.D Crusoe (with paper and pen in hand) a vice-president at the Ford Division….
Dr. William R. Bertelsen a country MD, who was a pioneer of air-cushioned vehicles, was an inventor with wide-reaching interests who designed and produced the “Aeromobile-200.” The hovercraft was constructed at the Bertelsen Manufacturing Co. located in Neponset, Illinois, in the late-1950s to early-’60s. The first version of the vehicle can be viewed at the National Air…
After the Goodyear Tire Company had proven that coast-to-coast truck trips with its pneumatic tires were possible, the next goal was to make the transport of goods take less time. To test its own smaller diameter tire designs, Goodyear built six-wheel trucks that not only sped up truck transport, but also allowed for carrying a heavier…
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