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One constant in the greater Los Angeles area is traffic, and this set of photos taken circa-1930 show that it was not just a post-World War II problem although it did get worse as time went by. The lead image and the enlargeable version below both contain heavy traffic at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard…
The old saying “Nothing Stays the Same Forever” is certainly true in this case as not much of anything other than some of the earth in this March 24, 1929 view of Nassau Boulevard and Douglaston Parkway intersection located in the Little Neck neighborhood of Queens, New York has survived. Nassau Boulevard has been replaced…
It is likely that a number of our readers have watched a video or viewed photos of early-1950s Cadillac or Packard sedans fitted with one of California inventor Brooks Walker’s patented fifth wheel parking devices. Recently we discovered that his “Park Car” mechanism constructed and filmed in the fifties was not the first one he…
Today’s feature image contains a view of Tom’s Burlington Garage located near Linton Park, which is northwest and across the Willamette river from Portland, Oregon. The signage indicates that Tom ran a general service garage and sold Union Gasoline. Apparently, he is posing for the photo with a full-sized roadster which is the subject of interest…
Filling station grand opening days back in the period usually included support and signage for the new operator of an establishment from the oil company that owned, built and leased the facility. Today’s lead image from the Phillips Petroleum Archives contains a view of a grand opening day that took place in 1953 in Tampa, Florida, in…
The West Coast Longshore Workers Strike, one of a series of labor strikes in the US in the early to late-1930s was a long and bloody battle between the strikers, police, and authorities. It was initiated on May 9, 1934, by disgruntled dock workers in San Francisco, was centered there and quickly expanded to encompass the…
“The Raymond,” a resort hotel located on Bacon Hill in South Pasadena, California, opened for the first time in June of 1886. The opulent and palatial facility soon became the destination for wealthy and famous tourists visiting the area. After an ember from a chimney landed on the wooden-shingled roof, the structure caught fire and…
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