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This large parking lot is located in the heartland of the US, and it is reported as being somewhere in Omaha, Nebraska. The facility appears to be quite full on a bright and sunny winter day in the late-1960s or the early-70s. The vehicles in the image range from the late-1950s on-up-to the then current models….
This Friday the feature Kodachrome image is identified by the source as a view of a harborside thoroughfare in San Diego, California, filled with early-to-mid-1950s automobiles. We see a blue sky, palm trees, short sleeve shirts and a wide array of mostly pastel-colored cars to check out. On the other side of the coin, since…
We apologize once again for a late and short post today due to the lingering effects of power, phone and internet outages here in Vermont caused by a wet and heavy snowstorm that fell earlier in the week. Today’s feature circa-1958 image contains a mix of late-1930s to late-1950s automobiles and trucks on an unknown section…
Updated: The lead circa-1950 image today contains the parking lot and vehicles at the Famous-Barr department store located at 7425 Forsyth Boulevard in Clayton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. The white building at the top-middle of the photo is the Garden Center, and to the far-right of it is a service station. The Clayton Famous-Barr store and parking lot have…
Today’s lead image of a National Auto Top Shop gives the impression that this operation may have been a part of a larger chain. Tell us all about the automobiles, the showroom, and any experiences you have had with similar trim shops back in time. As is the usual practice in this series, we ask our…
After viewing Inbued with Hues fine colorization work on the circa 1950 Golden Gate Bridge photo above, it set us on a quest to learn more about the famous structure. The construction began in January of 1933, and it officially opened over four years later on May 27, 1937. Its location, surroundings, design, and carefully chosen color…
Saturday’s feature image contains an early-1950s view of South Atlantic Boulevard where it crosses the Santa Ana Freeway in the Boyle Heights neighborhood south of Los Angeles. Construction of the majority of the Freeway (I-5) which replaced earlier roads began in 1947 and was completed in 1956. . The vehicles in this picture date from 1930…
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