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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Ex Eugeniac
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Clearance-side Classics: Newark Edition
Posted on February 1, 2018 | 27 CommentsNew at Newark Street, Newark NJ – Fall, 1980 -
![Swanfeldt Tent and Awning Building, ca. 1930 (Image courtesy USC Digital Library) Journal of Mrs. J.O. Withers (Arah Hatton Withers) Original written in 2.75 in. x 4 in. leather-covered […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Anaheim-street-sweeper-1914.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC History: Great Grandma and Grandpa Day-Trip Southern California – 99 Years Ago!")
CC History: Great Grandma and Grandpa Day-Trip Southern California – 99 Years Ago!
Posted on December 31, 2017 | 22 CommentsSwanfeldt Tent and Awning Building, ca. 1930 (Image courtesy USC Digital Library) Journal of Mrs. J.O. Withers (Arah Hatton Withers) Original written in 2.75 in. x 4 in. leather-covered […] -
![Of course, any compendium of mid-century car humor can’t ignore the phenomenon of the drive-in movie theater. Most are gone now, but enough remain that you can still take your […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/MAD-drive-in-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Humor: Going MAD at the Drive-In")
CC Humor: Going MAD at the Drive-In
Posted on October 30, 2017 | 13 CommentsOf course, any compendium of mid-century car humor can’t ignore the phenomenon of the drive-in movie theater. Most are gone now, but enough remain that you can still take your […] -
CC Humor: MAD About Graphic Signage
Posted on October 17, 2017 | 9 CommentsHere’s a MAD look at how some 1960s-trendy, international-style pictograph signage might be improved. -
![Carpenter’s Sandwiches (6265 Sunset Boulevard, between Vine Street and Argyle Avenue, Hollywood). For 30 cents, you could enjoy a hamburger and wash it down with a beer while sitting behind […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Drivein_Herberts_nite_1945.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Roadside Classics: LA Before the Drive-Thru")
Roadside Classics: LA Before the Drive-Thru
Posted on October 9, 2017 | 64 CommentsCarpenter’s Sandwiches (6265 Sunset Boulevard, between Vine Street and Argyle Avenue, Hollywood). For 30 cents, you could enjoy a hamburger and wash it down with a beer while sitting behind […] -
CC Humor: MAD About Commuting in the 1970s
Posted on September 29, 2017 | 15 CommentsNothing makes drivers MAD-der than the frustrations of commuting. What was awful then is worse now. -
![Lollipop Motel sign, Wildwood, New Jersey (2006) Earlier in this space we reviewed some of the work of photographer Carol Highsmith. Highsmith donated her life’s work of more than 100,000 […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Highsmith-Lollipop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Roadside Classics: America Through the Lens of Carol Highsmith at the Library of Congress (Continued)")
Roadside Classics: America Through the Lens of Carol Highsmith at the Library of Congress (Continued)
Posted on September 4, 2017 | 27 CommentsLollipop Motel sign, Wildwood, New Jersey (2006) Earlier in this space we reviewed some of the work of photographer Carol Highsmith. Highsmith donated her life’s work of more than 100,000 […] -
![The US auto marketplace was never bare of fruit for the writers at MAD. From sleazy corporations, to clueless drivers, crooked mechanics, indifferent highway workers… nobody got off the hook. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MAD-car-mag-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Humor: MAD About Enthusiast Publications")
CC Humor: MAD About Enthusiast Publications
Posted on August 22, 2017 | 30 CommentsThe US auto marketplace was never bare of fruit for the writers at MAD. From sleazy corporations, to clueless drivers, crooked mechanics, indifferent highway workers… nobody got off the hook. […] -
![St. Joseph Auto and Furniture Fabric slip cover sign; St, Joseph, Missouri (1988) John Margolies was an American photographer who in the 1970s began traveling secondary US highways to document […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Margolies_betts.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Roadside Classics: Signs of America in the ’70s,’80s and 90s – By John Margolies at the Library of Congress")
Roadside Classics: Signs of America in the ’70s,’80s and 90s – By John Margolies at the Library of Congress
Posted on August 16, 2017 | 47 CommentsSt. Joseph Auto and Furniture Fabric slip cover sign; St, Joseph, Missouri (1988) John Margolies was an American photographer who in the 1970s began traveling secondary US highways to document […] -
![View showing the West-Way Super Service station located on the southwest corner of Western Avenue and Harold Way in Hollywood. (1933) In the early days of motoring, fuel, oil, […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Associated_Gas_Station_ca1930s.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Service Station Classics: The Innovative Auto Salons of Early Los Angeles")
Service Station Classics: The Innovative Auto Salons of Early Los Angeles
Posted on August 4, 2017 | 51 CommentsView showing the West-Way Super Service station located on the southwest corner of Western Avenue and Harold Way in Hollywood. (1933) In the early days of motoring, fuel, oil, […] -
![If you can remember comic books, you’ll probably recall some of the preposterous ads that ran on inside covers and spare pages. Some, like the one above, promised sure-fire schemes for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/CC-MAD-ads-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Vintage Ads: How To Make Big Bucks")
CC Vintage Ads: How To Make Big Bucks
Posted on July 25, 2017 | 69 CommentsIf you can remember comic books, you’ll probably recall some of the preposterous ads that ran on inside covers and spare pages. Some, like the one above, promised sure-fire schemes for […] -
![Photo: messynessychic.com What is it about large (OK, giant) trees that compels us to tunnel through their bases with our roads? It’s not a new invention, certainly predating the automobile, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wawona-tree.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage and Not-So-Vintage Snapshots: Drive-Thru Trees")
Vintage and Not-So-Vintage Snapshots: Drive-Thru Trees
Posted on June 30, 2017 | 21 CommentsPhoto: messynessychic.com What is it about large (OK, giant) trees that compels us to tunnel through their bases with our roads? It’s not a new invention, certainly predating the automobile, and […] -
Vintage Photography: US Cars In the Forties, By Jack Delano At The Library Of Congress
Posted on June 29, 2017 | 60 CommentsFreight Depot of the US Army consolidating station, Chicago, Illinois. (1943) -
![Image: MAD In the ensuing forty or more years since MAD published this send-up of scientifically classified irritating and ineffective drivers, I’d say that very little has changed. That is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MAD-wildlife-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Humor: A MAD Look At Wild Life On Our Highways")
CC Humor: A MAD Look At Wild Life On Our Highways
Posted on June 15, 2017 | 10 CommentsImage: MAD In the ensuing forty or more years since MAD published this send-up of scientifically classified irritating and ineffective drivers, I’d say that very little has changed. That is […] -
![Image: MAD Magazine In the middle part of the 20th century, the venerated MAD magazine got loads of mileage out of Americans’ angst about their less-than-reliable cars of the time. Today we get a look […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/MAD-repair-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Humor: Do Maintenance Headaches Drive You MAD?")
CC Humor: Do Maintenance Headaches Drive You MAD?
Posted on May 30, 2017 | 26 CommentsImage: MAD Magazine In the middle part of the 20th century, the venerated MAD magazine got loads of mileage out of Americans’ angst about their less-than-reliable cars of the time. Today we get a look […]
