Vintage photos....Awesome!

[Campari]

[kowabonga]

[TopDown_]

[Harvey Hopkins]

[vwlarry]

The Cadillac Sedanette bodystyle, like the 1949 version above, is just about the sleekest Cadillac ever, IMO. So sexy and timeless. It was also very influential. The ultra-valuable Bentley Continental Coupes of the early fifties were more or less nearly carbon-paper copies of these Caddies.

[Powderkeg]

Thanks for that, Larry!


Seat belts come on board in the 50's...............sort of

The only information with this photo is the date, Feb. 19, 1956 and the handwriting identifying it as being used for a traffic safety piece in one of the Detroit Newspapers.

the newpaper article may have involved the seat belt, which published reports tell us, was first offered in the US on the Nash in 1949 and Ford also offered them as an option in 1955. I

f you study this scene, you can see the efforts that Detroit went to just to stage interior shots. The photo, which has not been cropped appears to be of a mockup. Study the flat sectioned area of the headliner and top, which seems to identify this as a studio prop.

[Bodacious]

Pedal car....

[Massive Attack]

[Jesarray]

[Galrot]

^^ Awesome picture. Where is it?

[Mtl-Marc]

^^ Awesome picture. Where is it?

Peugeot + Renault + hot woman ==> Paris.

[om617952]

[Maggiolone]

I love this photo.

I enjoy seeing all the roadside shrines when I've driven through the Alps.

[Exhaust Muncher]

I love this photo.

I enjoy seeing all the roadside shrines when I've driven through the Alps.

x2. Thank you again.

[lil' thumper]

This is New York City. West Side Highway

This dramatic press photo shows us the West Side Highway in NYC, with an assortment of late thirties and early forties automobiles. This photo shows The famous French Ocean Liner the Normandie which was being prepared for WWII service on February 9, 1942, when it caught fire after a cutting-torch ignited a stack of thousands of life vests.

Unfortunately firefighters pumped to much water into the seaward side of the vessel which caused it to roll over and capsize. The ship was eventually righted and ended up being cut up for scrap when it was found to be quite badly damaged.

[Gavin Calistros]

Fire in New York City Subway

(companion photo to one before)

[vwlarry]

I wonder if the man in the central/4-o'clock position in the photograph of the subway fire is shooting motion pictures? The box he's with looks like a movie camera, and if anyplace in the world in 1914 would have the latest in high-tech imaging equipment for its time, it would be New York City. Interesting if true. Newsreels were just being born at that time as features added to the program at movie theatres. Look also at the shawl the horse pulling a buggy is wearing across the street; it's January and probably pretty cold. The tire chains on the touring car are interesting, too. This picture is a cornucopia of interesting period stuff.

[Seabird]

The Cadillac Sedanette bodystyle, like the 1949 version above, is just about the sleekest Cadillac ever, IMO. So sexy and timeless. It was also very influential. The ultra-valuable Bentley Continental Coupes of the early fifties were more or less nearly carbon-paper copies of these Caddies.

For comparison. Holy crap!

1952 Bentley Conti Coupe

[barry2952]

For comparison. Holy crap!

I believe those are both the same car.

[Maggiolone]

My great uncle was in the Army, stationed in New york at the time, and was pressed into hose duty as a firefighter aboard the Normadie, when it caught fire. He played a part in its capsizing.

[vwlarry]

Normandie in her prime:

[kowabonga]

Well, now. The county decided we could spend the money on this new equipment.

Let's test it out.

[DUTCHMANia]

Furniture and undertaking? Interesting combination.

Probably not as far-fetched as one might think.. they're both wood-crafts trades.

[HCsmokey]

1944ish?

What kind of car is this??
The rear end looks weird:



Keep in mind, this is a personal photo. I don't know the woman; but my Great Uncle did.

[vwlarry]

1944ish?

What kind of car is this??
The rear end looks weird:


.

1941 Plymouth coupe.

[Galrot]

Norway.


O-47-38 Norge: Høyfjellsovergang, fotografert i juni by National Library of Norway, on Flickr

[Seabird]

I believe those are both the same car.

You might be right.

[TaaT]

[TopDown_]

I wonder if the man in the central/4-o'clock position in the photograph of the subway fire is shooting motion pictures? The box he's with looks like a movie camera, and if anyplace in the world in 1914 would have the latest in high-tech imaging equipment for its time, it would be New York City. Interesting if true. Newsreels were just being born at that time as features added to the program at movie theatres. Look also at the shawl the horse pulling a buggy is wearing across the street; it's January and probably pretty cold. The tire chains on the touring car are interesting, too. This picture is a cornucopia of interesting period stuff.

Good eye, Larry!

This would have been one of his views. Fantastic shot from above, even though the photographer/Bain news service got the year off by one. Subway fire was actually in 1915.

[VDub2625]

Found this in another thread, I'm at work now so i can't browse the link but I'm SURE there's tons of gems:

While decompressing from finals this morning, I stumbled across the Chicago Auto Show website's image archive:
http://www.chicagoautoshow.com/show_...y/default.aspx
(thanks Sven7 for the link on MIVE )

Here's the VW booth from 1976:



Here's 1979 - this would have been the first year for the Westmoreland Rabbits:









Finally, here's 1983, US debut of the GTI:

[Harvey Hopkins]

"Honey, I'll be back in a while. I'm taking the dog out to the park for a walk."

[Blunderbuss]

Listed as "Contraption from Hell"

Auto Street Cleaner in NYC

1913

[Rory Calhoun]

The distinguished gentleman himself

The old and the young. Sweet shot.

[2VWatatime]

Good eye, Larry!
This would have been one of his views. Fantastic shot from above, even though the photographer/Bain news service got the year off by one. Subway fire was actually in 1915.

Well, it was January so perhaps the photog was still a few weeks behind. Anyway, a bit of an event as the weather was decent & there were plenty of news hounds nearby, resulting in a number of photos:

[2VWatatime]

Oh, and there's still Subway grates in the sidewalk there (55 & Broadway) today!