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[clem clement]

Love the ‘41.
Clem

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                   Four Fun Friday Fifties Kodachrome Car Images →

                  Number One-hundred and four of the Kodachrome Image Series begins this week with a photograph taken in Hollywood, California at some point in the early fifties. The location is at the intersection of Selma Avenue and Vine Street and includes a number of 1930s to ’50s automobiles. The area was a very desirable location for businesses at the…
                 
                   1950s Volkswagen “Woods Find” Liberated After Four Decades →

                  Today’s young old car enthusiasts, both here in the US and the rest of the world have a much different view of what they find of interest and collect than do the older generations of old car enthusiasts. A number of them seek out fifties and sixties “Barn Finds” and then restore the mechanics and…
                 
                   Early-1940s: Training For “Your Life Work” In Automotive Service →

                  After yesterday’s popular article which features a photo of an Auto Shop class struck a cord with a large number of readers, today’s follow-up post contains an interesting 1940s educational training film covering work opportunities in the automotive trade. The video is a part of the “Your Life Work Series” produced by Vocational Guidance Films Inc….
                 
                   Young Men at Work in High School Auto Shop Class 101 →

                  Today’s image is a press photo that appears to have been taken in the early-sixties of a high school Auto Shop class and garage; the name of the school and its location are both unknown. The instructor of the class is standing with his back to the camera at a work bench just to the…
                 
                   Exceptional 50 HP National Dirt Track Racing Photograph Surfaces →

                  Every once in a while an extraordinary early racing image turns up from the past and this photo of the “Number Eleven” National is one of them. The driver is Lee Humiston, a motorcycle racing star of the period who is reported to be the first rider to set a motorcycle speed record of one-hundred…
                 
                   Parking Lot Series: Gaspee Street, Providence Rhode Island →

                  Today’s photograph taken in 1955 shows a view of a parking lot located across the street from the State House in Providence, Rhode Island. The building on the far-upper-left-hand-side of the image is identified as St. Patrick’s Church. Considerable redevelopment has occurred in the area, and the church building has since been taken down. The…
                 
                   Vintage Gas: Back Home in Indiana at the Dixie Bee Garage →

                  Today’s lead image and other versions below shows a view of the “Dixie Bee” Garage which sold Polar Bear and Sho-Me Gasoline produced by the Sho-Me Oil and Refinery Co. The photo apparently shows the owner of the Garage, Arthur Johnson in front of the “Sho-Me” visible style gasoline pump on the far-right with his crew….
                 
                   Rhode Island Gem: American Underslung Type 54 Traveler →

                  Back in its day the American Underslung Type 54 “Traveler” was one of the most distinctive and attractive automobiles on the market. It was constructed by the American Motors Company based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and sold for $4,250. It was the shorter and more visually pleasing 124-inch w.b. four-passenger demi-tonneau version of the 140-inch w.b. Type…
                 
                   Volvo 122s “Georgia Peach” Station Wagon Restoration – Part VI →

                  The last feature on the “Georgia Peach” was in early January of this year, so an update on the restoration is in order. The rebuild of the engine transmission, and overdrive had to wait until after the 1914 Simplex was on its way back to the Collier Museum in Naples, FL. In the middle of…
                 
                   John Vachon: Upscale Pre-World War II Chicago, IL Parking Lot →

                  This photo is the first in a series of three parking lots images taken by photographer John Vachon in July of 1941 while he worked for the U.S. Farm Security Administration. The location is unknown, and the only possible hint as to where in the City it was located is the white fence and the billboard…
                 
           
     
     
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