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Vintage Photos Archive
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Vintage Postcards: Images Of California, In The ’50s-’60s
Posted on June 8, 2025 | 22 CommentsStove Pipe Wells Hotel, Death Valley National Monument. -
Vintage Photos: Chevrolet Dealers In The 1960s & 1970s
Posted on June 7, 2025 | 30 CommentsNew ’67s in the showroom at East Hartford, CT. -
Vintage Dealers: Used Car Buying In The ’50s-’60s – From The “World’s Greatest Bargains” To Other “Clean Used Cars”
Posted on June 5, 2025 | 21 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. Today we are going to tour some used car lots across the country. There is a good selection of new car dealer’s offerings as well as […] -
Vintage Postcards: Restaurants And Diners In The ’50s & ’60s – Colorful Signs And Cars Of The Era
Posted on June 4, 2025 | 36 CommentsHarman Millstream Cafe & Kentucky Fried Chicken, Ogden, UT. -
Vintage Photos: Iowa City Street Scenes In The ’60s & ’70s – Vintage Cars and My Old Haunts Being Demolished Thanks To Urban Renewal
Posted on June 3, 2025 | 41 CommentsI accidentally stumbled into a trove of old photos of downtown Iowa City, most of them from the years 1970-1976, which perfectly match the years I lived there a second […] -
Vintage Snapshots: The Station Wagon, In The 1950s
Posted on June 2, 2025 | 26 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. The wonderful world of wagons is our feature today with a good selection from the fifties and one from the sixties for good measure. They were […] -
Vintage Photos: Ford Dealers, Showrooms & Deliveries In The ’50s-’60s
Posted on May 31, 2025 | 33 CommentsHappy folks at Moosic Motors Ford, Moosic, PA. -
Vintage Photos: The Cars Of 1955 Arriving For A Record Year In Sales
Posted on May 30, 2025 | 36 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. 1955 was a banner year for the American car industry. Most manufacturers had completely new styling, and many had new V8 power plants. Due to advancing […] -
Vintage Postcards: Malls And Shopping Centers In The 1950s-1960s – Part 2
Posted on May 29, 2025 | 29 CommentsSouthcenter, Tukwila, WA. -
Vintage Snapshots: Hot Chevys In The ’60s And ’70s
Posted on May 27, 2025 | 17 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. Today we have a fine gallery of Chevrolets that were quite common on the streets back in the day. The owners have applied their personal touches […] -
Seeing The USA: Road Tripping In The 1950s – 1970s
Posted on May 26, 2025 | 15 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. Summer is here for all practical purposes so we are going to do some traveling to see the sights. Only this time we are going to […] -
Vintage Postcards: Lincoln-Mercury Dealers – 1950s-1960s
Posted on May 24, 2025 | 18 CommentsLynch Motors, Lincoln-Mercury, Santa Monica, CA. -
Vintage Snapshots: Traveling By Car In The ’50s-’70s
Posted on May 23, 2025 | 31 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. In addition to the arriving and leaving, we have a few stops along the way in today’s gallery. Most of these were vacationers, while some were […] -
Vintage Snapshots: A Gallery Of Volkswagen People – ’60s-’70s
Posted on May 22, 2025 | 22 CommentsFor today, we’re giving Patrick Bell a bit of a break and I’ll fill in for commentary. Every once in a while, as a recent post showed, I’m reminded that […] -
An Oldsmobile Dealer In Seattle – Images From The ’40s To The ’80s
Posted on May 21, 2025 | 17 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. We have a short history lesson of a long time Seattle Oldsmobile dealer for today’s feature; Riach’s. A lesson prompted by the image above, which seems […]


![Vintage Dealers: Used Car Buying In The ’50s-’60s – From The “World’s Greatest Bargains” To Other “Clean Used Cars” Text by Patrick Bell. Today we are going to tour some used car lots across the country. There is a good selection of new car dealer’s offerings as well as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/4145137503_cbeb5b815f_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![Vintage Photos: Iowa City Street Scenes In The ’60s & ’70s – Vintage Cars and My Old Haunts Being Demolished Thanks To Urban Renewal I accidentally stumbled into a trove of old photos of downtown Iowa City, most of them from the years 1970-1976, which perfectly match the years I lived there a second […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Dubuque-Street-Looking-South-1970-1976.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Vintage Snapshots: The Station Wagon, In The 1950s Text by Patrick Bell. The wonderful world of wagons is our feature today with a good selection from the fifties and one from the sixties for good measure. They were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/40cf05b8677605a339301384824803da.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![Vintage Photos: The Cars Of 1955 Arriving For A Record Year In Sales Text by Patrick Bell. 1955 was a banner year for the American car industry. Most manufacturers had completely new styling, and many had new V8 power plants. Due to advancing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-05-25-00.33.07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![Vintage Snapshots: Hot Chevys In The ’60s And ’70s Text by Patrick Bell. Today we have a fine gallery of Chevrolets that were quite common on the streets back in the day. The owners have applied their personal touches […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/3d6f5f0b11a2c0c602b5ef28b9b42297.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Seeing The USA: Road Tripping In The 1950s – 1970s Text by Patrick Bell. Summer is here for all practical purposes so we are going to do some traveling to see the sights. Only this time we are going to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-02-03-00.42.51.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![Vintage Snapshots: Traveling By Car In The ’50s-’70s Text by Patrick Bell. In addition to the arriving and leaving, we have a few stops along the way in today’s gallery. Most of these were vacationers, while some were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-05-17-02.21.16.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Vintage Snapshots: A Gallery Of Volkswagen People – ’60s-’70s For today, we’re giving Patrick Bell a bit of a break and I’ll fill in for commentary. Every once in a while, as a recent post showed, I’m reminded that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tumblr_px8hizZaV01qcdxvpo1_1280-e1747895689257.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![An Oldsmobile Dealer In Seattle – Images From The ’40s To The ’80s Text by Patrick Bell. We have a short history lesson of a long time Seattle Oldsmobile dealer for today’s feature; Riach’s. A lesson prompted by the image above, which seems […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/54348160325_ae8a51407d_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


