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Today’s photo takes us to Atlanta, Georgia for a view of the front and left-hand side of the Downing Nash Inc. building and used car lot. The image according to the source was taken in April of 1957, which was the last year that Nash, an automaker located in Kenosha, Wisconsin was in production since its…
Today’s feature photo contains a view looking north to the center of Atlanta, Georgia that includes rush hour traffic on I-75, which is known as the Downtown Connector. The majority of the vehicles in this circa 1967 image are made by domestic auto automakers, and only about half a dozen imported cars are visible on the…
In 2017, Atlanta, Georgia was ranked as having the fourth-worst traffic problem in the US, and on the international level it came in as the eight-worst for the second year in a row. Today’s feature image taken circa 1967 in the southern City show that during rush hour the traffic problem on Interstates 75 and 85…
Following yesterday’s post covering the Mastin-Parris Motor Co. a De Soto and Plymouth agency in the pre-war days, today’s feature is post-war promotional photos of Wagstaff Motors, another De Soto and Plymouth dealership that was located on Spring Street in Atlanta, Georgia. The photo taken at a Gulf service station is dated June of 1960,…
Today’s street scene image of an unidentified intersection in Atlanta, Georgia, is a press photo that documented traffic congestion in the City. Surrounding this intersection are a number of businesses that dealt with servicing vehicles, on the far-left is a Standard Oil filling station, a General Tire shop and an Auto Loan business. On the right-hand…
Today’s feature image by Floyd E. Jillson for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Newspaper was published on December 12, 1963. The picture contains the Atlanta, Georgia, skyline, new General Motors 1964 automobiles on train cars, and the Southeast Expressway. The new cars were built at the General Motors Lakewood Heights Assembly Plant that was located about five…
Today’s feature image dated September of 1945 contains an unidentified intersection in Atlanta, Georgia. For old car enthusiasts who enjoy viewing old photos this picture has it all, a busy street scene, a filling station, and a parking lot. The Standard Oil gasoline station on the right-hand corner has a parking lot costing 75-cents a…
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