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Vintage Photos Archive
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![I couldn’t resist this superb Mid-century modern dealership 2085 Gulf To Bay Blvd. in Clearwater, FL. Great building, and an equally great sign. Makes today’s dealerships look so cookie-cutter boring. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/51326520167_0bc399eef2_k.jpg "Vintage Dealer Postcard: Carlisle-Porter Motor Co. – Continental, Lincoln, Mercury, Edsel")
Vintage Dealer Postcard: Carlisle-Porter Motor Co. – Continental, Lincoln, Mercury, Edsel
Posted on September 9, 2021 | 29 CommentsI couldn’t resist this superb Mid-century modern dealership 2085 Gulf To Bay Blvd. in Clearwater, FL. Great building, and an equally great sign. Makes today’s dealerships look so cookie-cutter boring. […] -
![About 10 or 15 years ago, I was at a garage sale, and I found these large manila envelopes containing magazine and newspaper clippings related to antique cars . . […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20210803_120842.jpg "CC Newspaper Clippings: Evolution of Street Signs")
CC Newspaper Clippings: Evolution of Street Signs
Posted on August 6, 2021 | 37 CommentsAbout 10 or 15 years ago, I was at a garage sale, and I found these large manila envelopes containing magazine and newspaper clippings related to antique cars . . […] -
![Earlier this week, I had mentioned how living frugally and our general conservation of funds might have allowed for my family to take an extended road trip. When I was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1990-Summer-1974-AMC-Javelin-full-color-rotated-USE.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: 1973 AMC Javelin AMX, Niagara Falls and Me")
Vintage Snapshots: 1973 AMC Javelin AMX, Niagara Falls and Me
Posted on June 4, 2021 | 38 CommentsEarlier this week, I had mentioned how living frugally and our general conservation of funds might have allowed for my family to take an extended road trip. When I was […] -
![Everybody loved the first “Cars & Architecture” installment, so here is another great collection of photos that show period cars and fascinating architecture in beautiful, full-color, artistic shots! As a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/p015721.jpg "CC Snapshots: Cars & Architecture, Book 2")
CC Snapshots: Cars & Architecture, Book 2
Posted on May 20, 2021 | 40 CommentsEverybody loved the first “Cars & Architecture” installment, so here is another great collection of photos that show period cars and fascinating architecture in beautiful, full-color, artistic shots! As a […] -
![I’m building an album on Google Photos showcasing the best photographs I can find of intriguing examples of Victorian architecture with period cars up front. This is a very specific […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/0bd2f718d3c175be9f1bfcbe59d0ac481.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Cars & Architecture–The Ultimate Collection")
Vintage Snapshots: Cars & Architecture–The Ultimate Collection
Posted on May 13, 2021 | 63 CommentsI’m building an album on Google Photos showcasing the best photographs I can find of intriguing examples of Victorian architecture with period cars up front. This is a very specific […] -
![Let’s just say there were times in my childhood when I was desperate enough to watch even Lawrence Welk on tv. And there were all those beautiful young women. How […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/41037736331_084bab76d6_k.jpg "Vintage Photo: Lawrence Welk Could Pick Up Beautiful Young Women Even In A Scout")
Vintage Photo: Lawrence Welk Could Pick Up Beautiful Young Women Even In A Scout
Posted on April 30, 2021 | 50 CommentsLet’s just say there were times in my childhood when I was desperate enough to watch even Lawrence Welk on tv. And there were all those beautiful young women. How […] -
Vintage Snapshots: London in the Mid-1970s
Posted on April 25, 2021 | 30 CommentsAEC Routemasters vie with other traffic at the junction of Lower Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus on 19th April 1975. -
Vintage PR Photos: A Gallery of 1957 Chevy Wagons – Which One Is For You?
Posted on April 24, 2021 | 22 CommentsThe Thrifty One-Fifty Handyman? -
![Studebaker did not make post-war wagons until 1954, a bit late for the booming all-steel wagon market. But for their new 1947 line a woody wagon was intended to be […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/33104229928_aaa2830603_k.jpg "Vintage PR Photo: 1947 Studebaker Woody Wagon Prototype – It Was Pulled From Production At The Last Minute, But Later Rescued and Restored")
Vintage PR Photo: 1947 Studebaker Woody Wagon Prototype – It Was Pulled From Production At The Last Minute, But Later Rescued and Restored
Posted on April 12, 2021 | 14 CommentsStudebaker did not make post-war wagons until 1954, a bit late for the booming all-steel wagon market. But for their new 1947 line a woody wagon was intended to be […] -
![The story of the curved dash Olds, the first mass-produced automobile ever, is one we’ve never taken on here, as the interest in really early automotive history seems to be […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/47930980357_2db49594d2_k.jpg "Vintage Photos: “Curved Dash” Oldsmobile Fording Stream On The Way To Winning The First Transcontinental Automobile Race In 1905")
Vintage Photos: “Curved Dash” Oldsmobile Fording Stream On The Way To Winning The First Transcontinental Automobile Race In 1905
Posted on April 5, 2021 | 25 CommentsThe story of the curved dash Olds, the first mass-produced automobile ever, is one we’ve never taken on here, as the interest in really early automotive history seems to be […] -
![Backstory: Jack Falat worked as a Bell Telephone lineman based in Rutherford, NJ throughout the 1970s. He was also a skilled and avid photographer, and took pictures of interesting scenes […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/6c0e6f_0455727085fc42e78672afc055fc6215mv21.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Favorites From The Jack Falat Collection")
Vintage Snapshots: Favorites From The Jack Falat Collection
Posted on March 26, 2021 | 48 CommentsBackstory: Jack Falat worked as a Bell Telephone lineman based in Rutherford, NJ throughout the 1970s. He was also a skilled and avid photographer, and took pictures of interesting scenes […] -
![The strictly two/three passenger coupe/business coupe style petered out in the late forties and early fifties, depending on the brand. It was no longer was worth the investment in body […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50410557492_501331f2f7_k.jpg "Vintage PR Photos: 1956 Chevrolet 150 Utility Sedan – And A Brief History Of Chevrolet Business Coupes/Utility Sedans – Who Needs A Back Seat Anyway?")
Vintage PR Photos: 1956 Chevrolet 150 Utility Sedan – And A Brief History Of Chevrolet Business Coupes/Utility Sedans – Who Needs A Back Seat Anyway?
Posted on March 20, 2021 | 49 CommentsThe strictly two/three passenger coupe/business coupe style petered out in the late forties and early fifties, depending on the brand. It was no longer was worth the investment in body […] -
![Those big finned Buick drum brakes with little airscoops on the backing plates on the ’32 Coupe here yesterday are a testament that Buick was noted for its cultivation of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50421341771_04cd8d94c4_k-1.jpg "Vintage PR Photo: 1954 Buick Wildcat – With Stationary Front Wheel Air Intake Scoops For The Brakes")
Vintage PR Photo: 1954 Buick Wildcat – With Stationary Front Wheel Air Intake Scoops For The Brakes
Posted on March 19, 2021 | 31 CommentsThose big finned Buick drum brakes with little airscoops on the backing plates on the ’32 Coupe here yesterday are a testament that Buick was noted for its cultivation of […] -
Vintage Postcards: Car Dealerships, Vol 10
Posted on March 14, 2021 | 47 CommentsI’ll take your word for it. And so we’ve come to the end of my stash of these. -
Vintage PR Photo: Yup, That ’65 Grand Prix Was Shot In Paris, And The 2+2 Was Shot in Athens
Posted on March 9, 2021 | 19 CommentsStudebaker obviously wasn’t the only one posing their cars in front of stock photos. Pretty cheesy, though.
