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Vintage Photos Archive
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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
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Vintage Photos and Postcards: Car Dealerships, Volume 1
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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 Snapshots: Flooding
Posted on January 13, 2020 | 16 CommentsSince this will be my last post featuring pictures from the Facebook group “Missouri’s Historic Highways”, it just seems right to have something memorable for the finale. So what could […]

![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)
![Vintage Snapshots: Flooding Since this will be my last post featuring pictures from the Facebook group “Missouri’s Historic Highways”, it just seems right to have something memorable for the finale. So what could […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/flood-howard-county-2.jpg)


