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Vintage Photos Archive
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![It’s hard to overstate just what a huge influence the VW Beetle had on Germans after the war. Having waited a full decade for it, once it became available to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Volks21.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Happy Early VW Owners")
Vintage Snapshots: Happy Early VW Owners
Posted on March 4, 2021 | 34 CommentsIt’s hard to overstate just what a huge influence the VW Beetle had on Germans after the war. Having waited a full decade for it, once it became available to […] -
![If you’re up for another drive down Sunset Boulevard in 1966, hop in and this time we’ll go the other direction, and turn the camera to the south side, which […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/232.jpg "Vintage Photos: A Drive Down Sunset Strip, 1966, Going The Other Direction")
Vintage Photos: A Drive Down Sunset Strip, 1966, Going The Other Direction
Posted on February 15, 2021 | 43 CommentsIf you’re up for another drive down Sunset Boulevard in 1966, hop in and this time we’ll go the other direction, and turn the camera to the south side, which […] -
![This pic of Deane Buick amidst the visual din of Denver’s Colorado Boulevard in Autumn 1963 sparked some fun car spotting when I posted it the other day, so let’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/colo-blvd-at-virginia.jpg "Vintage Photos: Colorado Boulevard in the ’60s (and COAL Outtake: Smelly Old Chev Vans)")
Vintage Photos: Colorado Boulevard in the ’60s (and COAL Outtake: Smelly Old Chev Vans)
Posted on February 3, 2021 | 31 CommentsThis pic of Deane Buick amidst the visual din of Denver’s Colorado Boulevard in Autumn 1963 sparked some fun car spotting when I posted it the other day, so let’s […] -
![I’ll start with this photo that I took in 1974 on Kodachrome. I went around shooting some places at random and some because of an association in my mind. This […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Sunset_Cliffs.jpg "Vintage Photos: Street Scenes – San Diego, 1973-74")
Vintage Photos: Street Scenes – San Diego, 1973-74
Posted on January 17, 2021 | 51 CommentsI’ll start with this photo that I took in 1974 on Kodachrome. I went around shooting some places at random and some because of an association in my mind. This […] -
![Part 1 was just the warm-up act to Ed Ruscha’s drives up and down Sunset Boulevard. I find these very engrossing, so here’s the second of three parts from 1966, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/21.jpg "Vintage Photos: A Drive Down The Sunset Strip, 1966, Part 2. – More Exotics This Time")
Vintage Photos: A Drive Down The Sunset Strip, 1966, Part 2. – More Exotics This Time
Posted on January 8, 2021 | 44 CommentsPart 1 was just the warm-up act to Ed Ruscha’s drives up and down Sunset Boulevard. I find these very engrossing, so here’s the second of three parts from 1966, […] -
![I ran into this at “The Working Vehicle” Flickr page. It’s a fine looking bus to serve the students at the Fulton Rancho Private School for Girls in Azusa, CA, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/31229389931_4fd33ac137_o.jpg "Vintage Photo: The Fulton Rancho Private School for Girls Had A Mighty Fine Bus – Can You ID The Make?")
Vintage Photo: The Fulton Rancho Private School for Girls Had A Mighty Fine Bus – Can You ID The Make?
Posted on January 5, 2021 | 21 CommentsI ran into this at “The Working Vehicle” Flickr page. It’s a fine looking bus to serve the students at the Fulton Rancho Private School for Girls in Azusa, CA, […] -
Vintage Photo: 1956 Dodge Police Pursuit – When CHP Black and Whites Had Whitewalls
Posted on January 1, 2021 | 20 CommentsThis brings new meaning to the expression “black and white”. -
![I found this picture online about a year ago, thinking I might share it here, but Jim Brophy’s recent post of vintage bus photos inspired me to finally write up […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/8F142087-4DC4-4981-A8B6-93FFC5058829.jpeg "New Look Bus Parade in Berkeley, 1960")
New Look Bus Parade in Berkeley, 1960
Posted on December 30, 2020 | 33 CommentsI found this picture online about a year ago, thinking I might share it here, but Jim Brophy’s recent post of vintage bus photos inspired me to finally write up […] -
![As is often the case, the import bug bit the poster’s father, and the two successive 1950s Beetles soon gave way to this handsome 1961 Mercedes 190 sedan, perhaps the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/8943504837_35ee57ea94_h.jpg "Vintage Kodachrome: Upgrading From a VW to a Mercedes, and More")
Vintage Kodachrome: Upgrading From a VW to a Mercedes, and More
Posted on December 22, 2020 | 28 CommentsAs is often the case, the import bug bit the poster’s father, and the two successive 1950s Beetles soon gave way to this handsome 1961 Mercedes 190 sedan, perhaps the […] -
![CC reader Rob O. turned me on to what is undoubtedly the ultimate vintage photo CC car-spotting treasure trove. In 1966, artist Ed Ruscha drove along the Sunset Strip in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/1965-1.jpg "Vintage Photos: A Drive Down Sunset Strip in 1966 (Part 1) – The Google Street View Prequel")
Vintage Photos: A Drive Down Sunset Strip in 1966 (Part 1) – The Google Street View Prequel
Posted on December 20, 2020 | 78 CommentsCC reader Rob O. turned me on to what is undoubtedly the ultimate vintage photo CC car-spotting treasure trove. In 1966, artist Ed Ruscha drove along the Sunset Strip in […] -
![This fine picture taken somewhere along I-80 is a reminder that winter is upon us. I can see snow in the hills, at about 3000 feet. And I need to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Greyhound-chaining-up.jpg "Vintage Snapshot: Chaining Up the Greyhound MC-7 Somewhere On I-80 – Winter Is Coming")
Vintage Snapshot: Chaining Up the Greyhound MC-7 Somewhere On I-80 – Winter Is Coming
Posted on December 16, 2020 | 10 CommentsThis fine picture taken somewhere along I-80 is a reminder that winter is upon us. I can see snow in the hills, at about 3000 feet. And I need to […] -
![This picture, found at the Facebook group Missouri’s Historic Highways, was taken in December 1961. It shows a snowplow and a motorgrader captured in the state capital in a location […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/spartan-1.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: The Chevrolet Spartan")
Vintage Snapshots: The Chevrolet Spartan
Posted on December 16, 2020 | 35 CommentsThis picture, found at the Facebook group Missouri’s Historic Highways, was taken in December 1961. It shows a snowplow and a motorgrader captured in the state capital in a location […] -
![Continuing this series, in 1956 the photographer bought himself a new Volkswagen to replace his ’53 Ford wagon. He wasn’t the only one, as VW sales suddenly took off rather […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/8588096650_a51e17eeae_h.jpg "Vintage Kodachrome: Exploring and Off-Roading In The Southwest In A ’56 Volkswagen")
Vintage Kodachrome: Exploring and Off-Roading In The Southwest In A ’56 Volkswagen
Posted on December 8, 2020 | 46 CommentsContinuing this series, in 1956 the photographer bought himself a new Volkswagen to replace his ’53 Ford wagon. He wasn’t the only one, as VW sales suddenly took off rather […] -
![Hall-Scott hemi-head gas engines were commonly used in fire truck pumpers because of their exceptional power output. But back when this fire truck was built, Hall-Scott was only building airplane […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Shorpy-Fire-motor.jpg "Vintage Photo: 1913 Robinson Fire Truck Engine With 1242.5 Cubic Inches – Biggest Fire Truck Engine Ever?")
Vintage Photo: 1913 Robinson Fire Truck Engine With 1242.5 Cubic Inches – Biggest Fire Truck Engine Ever?
Posted on December 7, 2020 | 18 CommentsHall-Scott hemi-head gas engines were commonly used in fire truck pumpers because of their exceptional power output. But back when this fire truck was built, Hall-Scott was only building airplane […] -
![The photographer has now traded in his ’41 Mercury coupe for a ’53 Ford wagon, and we see it here in a variety of settings including the giant sequoia in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8887410276_773bbfccd1_h.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Exploring the Southwest and Mexico in a 1953 Ford")
Vintage Snapshots: Exploring the Southwest and Mexico in a 1953 Ford
Posted on December 3, 2020 | 21 CommentsThe photographer has now traded in his ’41 Mercury coupe for a ’53 Ford wagon, and we see it here in a variety of settings including the giant sequoia in […]
