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Curbside Classics Archives
Vintage Photos Archive
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Vintage Snapshot: How American Cars Might Have Looked Without Restrictive Headlight Regulations
Posted on November 16, 2018 | 100 Comments -
Vintage Snapshot: The Fold-Together Pinto
Posted on November 15, 2018 | 30 Comments -
Vintage Wordless Snapshot: How Pickups Were Used In The Old Days
Posted on November 12, 2018 | 36 Comments -
![photo found at Dave Gelina’s Flickr page When we moved to Baltimore in 1965, the local airport was a lot busier than the one in Iowa had been. But that’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DG-planes-1960-BWI.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshot: What I Used To See from the Observation Deck at Friendship Airport (Now BWI)")
Vintage Snapshot: What I Used To See from the Observation Deck at Friendship Airport (Now BWI)
Posted on October 11, 2018 | 58 Commentsphoto found at Dave Gelina’s Flickr page When we moved to Baltimore in 1965, the local airport was a lot busier than the one in Iowa had been. But that’s […] -
![I ran across this shot at Dave Gelina’s Flickr page. It’s from about 1963, at the Benton Harbor, MI weekly farmer’s market. And it shows how pickups were more typically […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DG-pickups-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: How Pickups Used To Be Used")
Vintage Snapshots: How Pickups Used To Be Used
Posted on October 9, 2018 | 28 CommentsI ran across this shot at Dave Gelina’s Flickr page. It’s from about 1963, at the Benton Harbor, MI weekly farmer’s market. And it shows how pickups were more typically […] -
![Ran across this photo in my files of the parking lot below Mission San Diego de Alcala taken in May 1972. For any San Diegan there are a few other […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Mission_020.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshot: Mission San Diego de Alcala 1972")
Vintage Snapshot: Mission San Diego de Alcala 1972
Posted on October 8, 2018 | 8 CommentsRan across this photo in my files of the parking lot below Mission San Diego de Alcala taken in May 1972. For any San Diegan there are a few other […] -
![In Lethbridge we are fortunate enough to have the fantastic Lethbridge Historical Society who shares out delightful period photos of Lethbridge and area on their Facebook page. Their photos are […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/34721568_2113077752053136_3079550869025325056_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Mystery: Delivery Van")
CC Mystery: Delivery Van
Posted on June 14, 2018 | 29 CommentsIn Lethbridge we are fortunate enough to have the fantastic Lethbridge Historical Society who shares out delightful period photos of Lethbridge and area on their Facebook page. Their photos are […] -
![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://i0.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 | 23 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 […] -
![Raise your hand who else has daydreamt about travelling to the past with discreetly-camouflaged high-definition digital camera equipment. No such luck with this interesting footage made public today from the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "CC Diaporama: Vancouver, 1966")
CC Diaporama: Vancouver, 1966
Posted on November 6, 2017 | 89 CommentsRaise your hand who else has daydreamt about travelling to the past with discreetly-camouflaged high-definition digital camera equipment. No such luck with this interesting footage made public today from the […] -
Vintage Photo Outtake: What Folks Were Trading In At the Chrysler Dealer For the Forward Look
Posted on September 5, 2017 | 45 CommentsChrysler’s 1955 Forward Look cars were a huge step forward from their boxy predecessors. This shot, from Dave Galinas’ collection of vintage Kodachromes, shows what they were trading in. -
Vintage Photography: US Cars In the Forties, By Jack Delano At The Library Of Congress
Posted on June 29, 2017 | 61 CommentsFreight Depot of the US Army consolidating station, Chicago, Illinois. (1943) -
![This is a terrific shot that so perfectly captures why and how California invariably set the trends for the future. Converted buses, campers and vans. Vintage woodie wagon. Imports. Corvairs […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Beach-scene-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshot: CA Beach Scene, Circa 1964")
Vintage Snapshot: CA Beach Scene, Circa 1964
Posted on May 26, 2017 | 30 CommentsThis is a terrific shot that so perfectly captures why and how California invariably set the trends for the future. Converted buses, campers and vans. Vintage woodie wagon. Imports. Corvairs […] -
![I introduced you to my great, great Uncle Will, and his wife Grace, in my post Cars of our Ancestors back in Oct 2014. There we saw many images of Will’s circa-1918 Dodge Brothers […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Gaviota.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Cars of our Ancestors — Part II")
Vintage Snapshots: Cars of our Ancestors — Part II
Posted on April 13, 2017 | 19 CommentsI introduced you to my great, great Uncle Will, and his wife Grace, in my post Cars of our Ancestors back in Oct 2014. There we saw many images of Will’s circa-1918 Dodge Brothers […] -
Vintage Snapshots: Head West Until You See the 1980s
Posted on March 16, 2017 | 36 CommentsHarley and Rider SF 1980 -
Vintage Snapshots on Video: New York City In The 1970s
Posted on March 12, 2017 | 13 CommentsWhen I get bored with whatever’s on TV, I’ll often go on a YouTube binge and hunt for neat stuff on there. That’s when I found this gem, a […]
