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Vintage Photos Archive
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Vintage Snapshot: Higher Freight Charges May Apply
Posted on May 3, 2020 | 28 Comments -
Vintage Post Cards: Car Dealerships, Vol. 5
Posted on May 1, 2020 | 36 CommentsI’ve still got some more… -
Vintage Car Haulers: La Crosse FWD Car Carrier – Styled by Brooks Stevens
Posted on April 30, 2020 | 36 CommentsI’ve taken a deep dive into vintage car carriers, and will be sharing more soon. But this is a really exceptional one: the La Crosse Carrier, with front wheel drive […] -
Vintage Car Carrier: You Can’t Fit 13 of Today’s Cars – And How About 18?
Posted on April 24, 2020 | 56 CommentsSo I guess this was Peak Car Carrier. Or were there any that topped this? Oh, and that’s a Dodge L-series tractor. Update: Shortly after I wrote this up, I […] -
Vintage Postcards: Car Dealerships, Vol. 4
Posted on April 17, 2020 | 47 CommentsI love this shot; it looks like it could be from today, for a classic import dealer. -
Vintage Postcards: Car Dealerships, Vol. 3
Posted on April 14, 2020 | 62 CommentsI hope you’re not getting tired of these yet. I’m not. -
Vintage Postcards and Photos: Car Dealerships, Vol. 2
Posted on April 7, 2020 | 75 CommentsLet’s take a look at some more vintage dealerships from Alden Jewell’s collection. The excitement about the new Edsel was palpable; too bad it didn’t turn into steady sales for […] -
Vintage Photo: For the Extra Tall
Posted on April 6, 2020 | 24 Comments -
Vintage Photos and Postcards: Car Dealerships, Volume 1
Posted on April 4, 2020 | 84 Comments -
My Vintage Photographs: Heavy Metal in the Late ’60s
Posted on February 12, 2020 | 34 CommentsBig Mack Attack (first posted 2/5 2014) In the summer of 1968 I was driving past McCormick Place on the Outer Drive in Chicago and noticed that the parking lot […] -
Vintage Photograph: Bachelor Mother, 1967 and Two Foreign Car Buff Dads
Posted on February 7, 2020 | 16 CommentsHere’s a few more from Shorpy, a bit more recent. The captions says: Divorcée Kay Biocini of Redwood City, Calif., chauffeuring some of her five children, John, George, Peter, Rodney […] -
Shorpy Vintage Photograph: Union Stockyards, July 1941 – Can You ID Them All?
Posted on February 6, 2020 | 15 CommentsShorpy; how could I forget about Shorpy? Too busy, that’s probably why. But CC reader Craig D. reminded me that I initially turned him on to that repository of old […] -
CC Vintage Snapshots and Photography: The Hauntingly Beautiful Nighttime Trolleys of Toronto
Posted on February 2, 2020 | 23 CommentsEvery once in awhile, your passions in life overlap – in my case, two of those passions are mass transit and film noir. I recently found a superb website called […] -
Vintage Instamatic Snapshot Classic: 1955 Flxible Visicoach – Starting Young
Posted on January 25, 2020 | 5 CommentsI’m not ashamed to admit that I was a big fan of NASCAR. It was an important bonding activity with my parents and me – it was one thing we […] -
Vintage Snapshots: Howard Johnson’s – Let’s Stop at HoJo’s!
Posted on January 18, 2020 | 56 CommentsHere’s a food-thematic assemblage of vintage color snapshots from Dave Gelinas’ collection. Howard Johnson’s were everywhere once upon a time, especially along highways, where it came to symbolize road trip […]


![Vintage Car Haulers: La Crosse FWD Car Carrier – Styled by Brooks Stevens I’ve taken a deep dive into vintage car carriers, and will be sharing more soon. But this is a really exceptional one: the La Crosse Carrier, with front wheel drive […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/42034174914_e84756d2e3_k.jpg)
![Vintage Car Carrier: You Can’t Fit 13 of Today’s Cars – And How About 18? So I guess this was Peak Car Carrier. Or were there any that topped this? Oh, and that’s a Dodge L-series tractor. Update: Shortly after I wrote this up, I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/8151550313_57de7971a0_k.jpg)




![My Vintage Photographs: Heavy Metal in the Late ’60s Big Mack Attack (first posted 2/5 2014) In the summer of 1968 I was driving past McCormick Place on the Outer Drive in Chicago and noticed that the parking lot […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/01-Greco-68-Truck-Show.jpg)
![Vintage Photograph: Bachelor Mother, 1967 and Two Foreign Car Buff Dads Here’s a few more from Shorpy, a bit more recent. The captions says: Divorcée Kay Biocini of Redwood City, Calif., chauffeuring some of her five children, John, George, Peter, Rodney […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SHORPY-Bachelor-mother-1967-.jpg)
![Shorpy Vintage Photograph: Union Stockyards, July 1941 – Can You ID Them All? Shorpy; how could I forget about Shorpy? Too busy, that’s probably why. But CC reader Craig D. reminded me that I initially turned him on to that repository of old […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SHORPY-8c19540a.jpg)
![CC Vintage Snapshots and Photography: The Hauntingly Beautiful Nighttime Trolleys of Toronto Every once in awhile, your passions in life overlap – in my case, two of those passions are mass transit and film noir. I recently found a superb website called […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Bingham-Loop-Oct-1965-1-e1580091267163.jpg)
![Vintage Instamatic Snapshot Classic: 1955 Flxible Visicoach – Starting Young I’m not ashamed to admit that I was a big fan of NASCAR. It was an important bonding activity with my parents and me – it was one thing we […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_2753.jpg)
![Vintage Snapshots: Howard Johnson’s – Let’s Stop at HoJo’s! Here’s a food-thematic assemblage of vintage color snapshots from Dave Gelinas’ collection. Howard Johnson’s were everywhere once upon a time, especially along highways, where it came to symbolize road trip […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Hojo-1.jpg)


