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We’ve had our share of snow so far this winter in Vermont, and a new dusting of the white crystals fell overnight. So its time once again to roll out another sampling of vehicles and drivers dealing with the snowscape that mother nature left behind in images taken in Philadelphia, PA. The lead image taken in…
Thanks to reader Bob Melusky, for today’s feature we have five images of Emerson’s Service Station located in East Hartford, Connecticut. In addition to offering “General Auto Repairing” two grades of gasoline were available at the Station: Tydol “Ethel” premium grade and “Flying A” regular. The motor fuels and “Veedol” oil and lubricants were products offered…
To start this week’s “Kodachrome” feature, this late-1950s lead image contains a scene captured somewhere in the greater New York City metropolitan area. The scene is dominated by left-to-right a Nathan’s “Famous” Frankfurter stand and Deli, a Nathan’s “Frozen Desert” shop, a “Skooter” beer hall serving Knickerbocker on tap, and an assortment of 1950s cars….
.In the early-1950s William L McCullough of Leighton, PA apparently used the earlier Fageol 1950 TC CargoLiner chassis design and updated it with a conventional single beam axle up front and a rear-mounted power plant to drive one of the rear axles (illustrations below) for his new concept vehicle. The one-off Fageol chassis used a swinging front axle and a mid-engine…
After a long period of construction (1949 to ’59) on the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) a section of it was opened to traffic in the Philadelphia, PA area on September 2, 1954. This image was taken from above City Avenue and the new Expressway in Philly at the entrance and exit ramps visible in the lower right-hand side of…
This Parking Lot Series color image dates to the early-1960s and the location of the facility at this point is unknown. The ornate columns, the raised flower beds, and the wide roadway in the background leading to this spot leaves the impression that this photo may have been taken at a US or state government facility….
After finding this 3:50 minute video via friend Tom Cotter, it brought back childhood memories of running back to the house from the garage just like Anthony did in the Prince Spaghetti commercial to watch auto racing on “ABC’s Wide World of Sports” on Saturday afternoons. Once a year Jim Mckay and Chris Economaki covered…
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