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Vintage Photos Archive
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Vintage Post Card: Municipal Auto Sales, Miami, FL
Posted on February 8, 2022 | 28 CommentsLots of late model used cars. Click image for maximum size. -
Vintage PR Shot: Anita Ekberg And Her DKW – Is This The Only “Suicide Door” Hardtop Coupe?
Posted on February 5, 2022 | 44 CommentsThanks to the rear-hinged “suicide” door of this DKW coupe, we get to see a lot more of the lovely Anita Ekberg than we would if it was front-hinged. It […] -
Vintage Photos: The Texas State Fair Auto Show (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968)
Posted on February 1, 2022 | 59 CommentsA CC reader sent me these terrific shots taken by Squire Haskins at the Texas State Fair Auto Show in the years 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968. The Texas State […] -
Vintage PR Photos: 1937 and 1939 Rytecraft Scoota-Car – “Slips In And Out (And Under) Traffic”
Posted on January 28, 2022 | 36 CommentsHang on to your hat, madam! Check out this gentleman driving his Scoota-Car: -
Vintage Photos: R.R. Conklin’s Land Yacht – Leisurely Cross Country Traveling In 1915 (With Detailed Period Articles)
Posted on January 22, 2022 | 17 CommentsCC reader Carlton C. sent me a link to these images at the Library of Congress, of R.R. Conklin’s “Auto Bus” land yacht that he commissioned, here underway on a […] -
CC Library: Reading “God’s Own Junkyard” 58 Years Later
Posted on January 16, 2022 | 40 CommentsThis is a fascinating book–ahead of its time and prophetic. I first saw it when I was in the 8th or 9th grade. Then the local library put it in […] -
Vintage PR Photo: 1956 Chevrolet Nomad – Paddling Upstream Without Any Water
Posted on January 15, 2022 | 34 CommentsI’m ok with all the fake backgrounds they used in these publicity shots, but this one is going a bit too far. Nothing but a roll of blue heavy paper? […] -
A Drive Down The Whole Length Of Sunset Boulevard In 1973
Posted on December 21, 2021 | 78 CommentsYou’re twelve years old, and your uncle who lives in LA and works in the entertainment business—natch—has invited you out from Nebraska for a visit. And to show you a […] -
Vintage PR Photo: You Can Have Your 1965 Barracuda In Any Of 17 Colors, Or All Of Them
Posted on December 20, 2021 | 23 CommentsI wonder what happened to it. -
Vintage Dealer Postcard: Fresno Motor Sales, Cadillac & Oldsmobile – There’s Some Heavy Metal At The Curb
Posted on December 4, 2021 | 10 Comments -
Vintage Photos: Studebaker Dealers – Old School Variety
Posted on November 26, 2021 | 32 CommentsMeyers Motors—I remember them from Iowa City, but I’m quite sure they had moved out of this downtown location by the time we moved there in 1960. I remember going […] -
Vintage Photo: The BMC Range On Full Display, 1956
Posted on November 10, 2021 | 31 CommentsI’m part way through the preparation of a fairly lengthy post on a key part of the British motor industry, and this has needed some deep diving on parts of […] -
Vintage Photo: Quitting Time At The Rouge, 1947 – Now To Find My Car
Posted on October 10, 2021 | 24 Comments -
Vintage Photos: Carspotting In Florida 1985-2003, pt. 2
Posted on October 6, 2021 | 15 CommentsYesterday in part 1 of this article, I related how in many ways I neglected to grow up. I certainly never outgrew my occasional childhood hobby of photographing old […] -
Vintage Photos: Carspotting In Florida 1985-1991, Part 1
Posted on October 5, 2021 | 42 CommentsIn some ways, I’ve never grown up. I still occasionally like to play Galaga, ride my bike, watch TV shows like The Dukes Of Hazzard, Leave It To Beaver […]
![Vintage PR Shot: Anita Ekberg And Her DKW – Is This The Only “Suicide Door” Hardtop Coupe? Thanks to the rear-hinged “suicide” door of this DKW coupe, we get to see a lot more of the lovely Anita Ekberg than we would if it was front-hinged. It […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/4036161485_8d2600bab9_o.jpg)
![Vintage Photos: The Texas State Fair Auto Show (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968) A CC reader sent me these terrific shots taken by Squire Haskins at the Texas State Fair Auto Show in the years 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968. The Texas State […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1967-Texas-State-Fair-04.jpg)

![Vintage Photos: R.R. Conklin’s Land Yacht – Leisurely Cross Country Traveling In 1915 (With Detailed Period Articles) CC reader Carlton C. sent me a link to these images at the Library of Congress, of R.R. Conklin’s “Auto Bus” land yacht that he commissioned, here underway on a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Conklin-auto-bus-2.png)
![CC Library: Reading “God’s Own Junkyard” 58 Years Later This is a fascinating book–ahead of its time and prophetic. I first saw it when I was in the 8th or 9th grade. Then the local library put it in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/88593_96f562c06864fa2f_b1-2.jpg)
![Vintage PR Photo: 1956 Chevrolet Nomad – Paddling Upstream Without Any Water I’m ok with all the fake backgrounds they used in these publicity shots, but this one is going a bit too far. Nothing but a roll of blue heavy paper? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4003673164_1021451440_b.jpg)
![A Drive Down The Whole Length Of Sunset Boulevard In 1973 You’re twelve years old, and your uncle who lives in LA and works in the entertainment business—natch—has invited you out from Nebraska for a visit. And to show you a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/345.jpg)


![Vintage Photos: Studebaker Dealers – Old School Variety Meyers Motors—I remember them from Iowa City, but I’m quite sure they had moved out of this downtown location by the time we moved there in 1960. I remember going […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/16245247097_86c720d334_k.jpg)
![Vintage Photo: The BMC Range On Full Display, 1956 I’m part way through the preparation of a fairly lengthy post on a key part of the British motor industry, and this has needed some deep diving on parts of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/exhibition-1956.jpg)

![Vintage Photos: Carspotting In Florida 1985-2003, pt. 2 Yesterday in part 1 of this article, I related how in many ways I neglected to grow up. I certainly never outgrew my occasional childhood hobby of photographing old […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Scans1_0009-3.jpg)
![Vintage Photos: Carspotting In Florida 1985-1991, Part 1 In some ways, I’ve never grown up. I still occasionally like to play Galaga, ride my bike, watch TV shows like The Dukes Of Hazzard, Leave It To Beaver […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/snap.jpg)


