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Photography Archive
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CC Photography: Losing Victorian Los Angeles–In Kodachrome (Part 1)
Posted on February 3, 2023 | 40 CommentsSan Francisco, California is famous for its ornate Victorian houses, but not many people know that Los Angeles was once a very Victorian city too. To describe it generally, […] -
Vintage Color Snapshots: Vancouver, B.C. in the 1970s
Posted on February 1, 2023 | 80 Comments(first posted 2/1/2017) Today vintage.es takes us to Vancouver, B.C. in the 1970s. -
Vintage Photos: Cruising Van Nuys Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1972
Posted on January 28, 2023 | 94 Comments(first posted 1/28/2017) CC reader Michael M. sent me a link to a gallery of photos shot on Van Nuys Blvd. in 1972, by photographer Rick McCloskey, and part […] -
CC Photography: Curbside Classics of 1991 – Freezing Time in a Rectangle
Posted on January 20, 2023 | 63 CommentsIn the late 1980s/early 1990s, I started noticing that my beloved cars of the ’50s were becoming evermore rare. So I began a project of photographing surviving examples that […] -
Vintage Photography: Poland in the Early 1980s
Posted on January 18, 2023 | 49 Comments(first posted 1/18/2017) I came across a series of photographs of life in Poland in the early 1980s by Chris Niedenthal at vintage.es. Not many have cars in them, but […] -
Vintage Snapshots: The Streets of San Francisco, 1960s
Posted on January 16, 2023 | 54 Comments(first posted 1/16/2017) Today we travel to San Francisco of the 1960s, via vintage.es. Nothing is more iconic than its cable cars, and here’s one heading down to Fisherman’s Pier, […] -
Vintage Snapshots: The Cars of Toronto, 1960s-1970s
Posted on January 13, 2023 | 59 Comments(first posted 1/13/2017) Let’s move on from New York and look at some vintage street scene snapshots from Toronto, Canada. These were posted at vintage.es and are credited to Ellis […] -
More Vintage Snapshots of New York In The 1970s
Posted on January 10, 2023 | 82 Comments(first posted 1/10/2017) A couple of months back, I shared you a gallery of 1970s vintage snapshots of New York. It was popular, so here’s some more. I picked this […] -
Curbside Classics: 1958, 1959, & 1960 Lincolns Photographed Curbside (in Kodachrome!)
Posted on January 9, 2023 | 47 CommentsIt recently came to my attention that among the “loved-or-hated” 1958-60 generation of Lincoln motorcars, there are only curbside examples profiled on CC of the 1958 and 1960 models . […] -
The NYC Curbside Classics of Langdon Clay (1974-1976)
Posted on December 5, 2022 | 42 Comments(first posted 12/5/2016) Langdon Clay spent two years roaming the streets of New York City, shooting parked cars. The results are now available in a book, Langdon Clay, Cars – […] -
Vintage Snapshots: The Cars Of New York City In The 1970s
Posted on November 7, 2022 | 79 Comments(first posted 11/7/2016) In 1973, I was a performer in an experimental theater company, and we got a gig to play in NYC, for six weeks, in the Village. Since […] -
Vintage Photos: Life On The Road – On US Hwy 30 In 1948
Posted on April 25, 2022 | 88 Comments(first posted 4/25/2016) If we chose to drive across the country nowadays instead of flying, it’s in serene air-conditioned comfort, with the kids engrossed in their video games. It […] -
Vintage Photography: The People and Cars of the Cornett Family, As Shot by William Gedney in 1964 and 1972
Posted on April 10, 2022 | 67 Comments(first posted 4/10/2016) One of the more remarkable photography collections I’ve stumbled on in recent years is one shot by William Gedney of the extended Cornett family in rural Kentucky. […] -
Winter Neighborhood Walk: Boonton, New Jersey
Posted on February 16, 2022 | 29 CommentsThis morning, February 13th 2022, I woke up to a Winter Wonderland of powdered-sugar snow. Everything looked so pretty that I decided to take a walk and capture on […] -
CC Slide Show: So This is Christmas
Posted on December 25, 2021 | 21 Comments[Originally published on 24 December 2016 @ 08:00] ‘Twas the night before Xmas; outside the garage, not a pickup was moving—not even this Dodge. It’s a ’64—Slant-6, natch—that lives over […]