Picture it. New York City, 1947.
Posted by New York Daily News on Thursday, January 21, 2016
hat tip to Mya Byrne
CC Vintage Video: NYC Digs Out Of The Great Blizzard Of 1947
– Posted on January 26, 2016
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Curbside Classics Archives
Great photo from the Life magazine archive of the storm….
I could also mention the snowstorm of March 1971 who hit Montreal. People used snowmobiles and did some skiing in downtown Montreal.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19710305&printsec=frontpage&hl=fr
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19710306&printsec=frontpage&hl=fr
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19710308&printsec=frontpage&hl=fr
Here a video showing the 40th anniversairy of that snowstorm broadcasted in 2011.
Ed Herlihy…the voice of the 1940’s.
It’s hard for whippersnappers like us to tell, because every radio and TV announcer voice until about the late-’50s has that same Mid-Atlantic voice.
The same thing seems to be true today. There’s a lite/top-40 station in the Baltimore area (WLIF-101.9FM located in Paul’s old stomping ground of Towson ;o) that seems to change the female component of their morning show on a rather regular basis. The new girl seems to always have the exact same voice as the outgoing girl. Maybe they all go to the same broadcasting school that teaches them exactly how to sound.
Wow! How about those vacuum wipers? They went from stopped to frenzied in no tme
I found that so interesting that I went looking for videos a little more relevant to me. This is a good one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkAnRZBFuLY 1981 London, lots of Rover SD1s, Vauxhalls, Bedford trucks, British Leyland rubbish, plus a Cortina estate being rear-ended on camera.
Bonus points if you can ID the green car in the background at 1:06 – a car I had forgotten all about!
It looks like a Vauxhall Ventora . A FE victor with a 3.3 straight six and extra bells and whistles.
Hmm, interesting suggestion. Looking up images online suggests you could be right, but I don’t remember them being common. I was thinking Opel Rekord, but I guess there’s a decent chance they’re just badge engineered versions of the same thing? Or how about a Vauxhall Victor?
Never a common car either way.
Or a VX 4/90 the twin carb 4 banger with all the fruit.
I go for the VX4/90, which was the sports version of the Victor. Neither nor the Ventora was that common, but an interesting slightly left choice against a Cortina, Granada or Princess.
Opel Rekord was not a bad suggestion, as the two shared a floorpan
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/curbside-classics-european/carshow-classics-1957-to-1972-vauxhall-victor-luton-salutes-the-victor/
I actually experienced this storm as a small child visiting grandparents in Brooklyn. Our extended family of about 7 or 8 folks were stranded and forced to spend several days and nights in my grandparents’ 3 room apartment. We had a great time (if you were 6 or 7) and much laughter. My father’s 1947 Lincoln (V12 of course) was buried out front! (pic is similar 1946)
Memories ;
I remember many times getting snowed in as a Child .
Jumping out of second story windows , no school etc. .
Two of my Sisters live in and near Richmond , one got slightly over 3′ of snow.
-Nate