Showing posts with label cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cars. Show all posts
Thursday, July 23, 2026

Old Cars, Somewhat Out of Focus

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  It looks like some sort of gathering.  Anyway, I have no idea what kind of cars these are, and the picture is too out of focus to do a goo...
Saturday, September 7, 2024

Hold Still, Ladies

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  It looks like some photographer is chasing a couple of women down the street.  Of course, more than likely, the cameraman knows his female...
Thursday, February 16, 2023

A Century of Progress 2

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   I have four of these postcards from the 1933 Chicago World's fair, The Century of Progress. I wasn't going to publish them back-t...
Saturday, September 3, 2022

Pierpoint Landing

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  This postcard was never sent, so I don't have an exact date that I can reference in this post.  Just going by the cars, I'm thinki...
Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Erie Catholics 3

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  The last three photos from this very small collection.  Each image is labeled "Erie PA" We already know the woman is Elizabeth G...
Monday, December 20, 2021

Erie Catholics 2

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  All three of these photos are labeled, "Elizabeth Gibson, Erie PA."  The same Elizabeth Gibson mentioned in the first post of th...
Saturday, February 6, 2021

Shoes

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  Why are they looking at their shoes?  Or maybe there's something small and disgusting in the dirt. 
Monday, September 14, 2020

Music To My Ears 16

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I have to say, I've become addicted to the color restoration setting on the scanner.  Written on the back, "Madonna Inn, Aug...
Saturday, May 9, 2020

Middle Aged Drag Racers.....

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Or a drive-in theater? 
Sunday, March 1, 2020

Los Angeles via Hurricane, Utah 7

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This is the last from this collection and it's a fitting end.  As I noted in the first post from this lot  these pictures f...
Monday, July 15, 2019

What Was She?

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What was she? A waitress or a maid?  That might depend on what part of the country she lived. 
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

A Face in the Shadows

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Jack and Bob are identified, while the woman, her face darkened by a shadow, is left anonymous.  Take a close look at the car window.  T...
Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Shadows and Light

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Flee, flee for your life.  They are coming to get you.
Saturday, March 2, 2019

The Post War European Trip Collection-Back In the U.S.A.

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I started this collection with two postcards from Missouri and I'm ending with  three people sitting in a car with Missouri license ...
Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Stop Complaining

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I sold your tricycle to Aunt Betty.  Mommy needs a night on the town.
Sunday, January 13, 2019

The Car Crowd

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One one hand, I found this photo in the same antique mall and the same booth as the picture in the last post.  One the other hand it...
Thursday, January 10, 2019

And You Think You've Got Problems

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About a month ago I ran over some debris on the street and shredded a tire.  I called AAA, had them change the tire for me, and then I w...
Saturday, December 22, 2018

Another Girl and Her Bike

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"Damn it, Veronica, Daddy is trying to take a picture of his car.  Get out of the way!" "If you're such  great phot...
Monday, December 17, 2018

Harvey Girls

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In 1883, Fred Harvey decided that he wanted an all female waitstaff at his restaurants, so he placed ads in eastern and mid-western news...
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

The Post War European Trip Collection-Souvenir Snapshots 6

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More from Paris and some unknown locations.  Click on The Post War European Trip Collection, etc., etc., etc.