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The Rotary Club, first formed in 1905, is a humanitarian organization that works to spread peace and goodwill around the world; in 1922 the club name was changed to the Rotary International. In 1912 the Rotary National Convention was held in Duluth, Minnesota, and today’s feature image contains club members taking a motor tour around…
Today’s feature image, taken on February 7, 1938, is the first in a series of photos showing Sunset Boulevard and vehicles on it dating all the way back to 1904. This photograph shows the Boulevard traveling left-to-right at the intersection with Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California. The 22-mile long thoroughfare travels west from Little Armenia located near the Hollywood Palladium and…
This photo is the first in a series of three parking lots images taken by photographer John Vachon in July of 1941 while he worked for the U.S. Farm Security Administration. The location is unknown, and the only possible hint as to where in the City it was located is the white fence and the billboard…
Today’s image, taken in the early-1950s from City Hall shows Reyburn Plaza in Philadelphia being pressed into service as a temporary parking lot and a street scene on Filbert Street. Partially visible at the rear of the plaza is a music shell. The great majority of the automobiles parked in the plaza other than a…
The City of Los Angeles has long been a destination for travelers, and after an arrival by boat, train or bus and settling in visitors usually wanted to view all of the relevant sites in and near “The City of Angeles”. Tanner Motor Tours had a fleet of vehicles made up of Packard, Cadillac, and Lincoln…
The Amador Garage, located in Dublin, California is one of two 1920s filling stations featured today. The City is located about twenty-five miles southeast of Oakland in the East Bay region and just north of Pleasanton. At the time this postcard image was taken it was a rural community; the town was founded by Irish immigrants in…
The focus of today’s feature is either unusual vehicles or those used for hire, on a stage line or as a bus from the Michael J. Semas Collection. Perhaps the most distinctive vehicle in the lot is the early Model “T” Ford in the lead image converted into a motorhome. Light-duty-low-priced early trucks had not…
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