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Today’s feature image takes us to Los Angeles, California for a view of a massive traffic jam on Wilshire Boulevard. The gridlock started on Sunday, April 13, 1941, when the annual “Miracle Mile” Wilshire Boulevard Easter Parade began. The Gaylord Hotel and Apartments building on the right-hand side of the view is housed in a thirteen story…
Because of the unusual V-8 emblems attached to their hats, this pair of models at first glance struck us as space aliens rather than proponents of the Ford. Upon a closer look, they are seen wearing clothing made of special Ford cloth and apparently were going to be in a parade or promotion of some…
Summer is in full swing right now, and areas of the Country are experiencing record high temperatures, so it seems like the perfect time to cool you off with this set of images taken in December of 1948. The lead photo and the expandable view of it below are of the intersection of Division Avenue and Hall Street in…
Recently we featured a 1952 Oldsmobile show chassis at the 1952 Los Angeles Auto Show. Today’s post contains three more pre-show publicity photos of displays by Hudson, DeSoto, and Packard accompanied by Hollywood models. The lead photo shows a Hudson Hornet cutaway car with models Janet Brett and Shirley Buchanan posing for the photo. The Hornet display…
Number One-Hundred and Thirteen of the Kodachrome Image Series begins this week with an interesting photo that is different from our usual fare and for a change we will identify the cars and the owner. The five Cunningham racing cars were built between 1950 to ’55 by American sportsman Briggs Cunningham here in the US and when constructed…
The last feature on the “Georgia Peach” was in late April of 2017, so an update on progress of the rebuild is in order. The engine, transmission, and overdrive were removed for a complete rebuild in mid-April, and all three were dissembled and all of the pieces where cleaned up for an inspection. At that…
It has been a while since we have featured any vintage filling station images, and for today a pair of 1920s photographs have been chosen. The lead photo is of Munro’s Corner Store, which sold groceries, animal feed and Gilmore Gasoline from four visible style pumps and one modern electric unit. The car at the…
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