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Expert Posts: 3156 Location: NY & VT | Great pictures! ...there's a whole type of '50s/60s architecture that's now called Googie that was most prevalent in So Cal but found all over the US... the "Wonder Bowl" postcard was kind of a conservative example, the Googie look generally had lots of boonerangs, starbursts, wild colors, folded or pointed roofs, "forward look" kind of signage, space-age lighting stuff... goes great with our cars! There's several books on it, and you can see eamples by Google-ing Googie ... hey I like that... Google Googie! | ||
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Inactive by user's request Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | I always saw that look as being "Space Age" styling. I never heard the term "Googie", but that works, too! K. | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7455 Location: northern germany | phoenix AZ. does anyone know if its still there? (citycentermotel.jpg) Attachments ---------------- citycentermotel.jpg (80KB - 662 downloads) | ||
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Veteran Posts: 107 Location: Australia | We never had that many great looking cars in Oz | ||
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Expert Posts: 3070 Location: Scotland | more (Postcard56Dge.jpg) (postcard57ply.jpg) (postcard60dge.jpg) (PostcardfairfaxVaChry.jpg) (postcardfloridachryply.jpg) (PostcardLauderdalePettits.jpg) (PostcardMackinawMI.jpg) (postcardMendocino.jpg) (postcardNHply59.jpg) (postcardmichigan300b.jpg) (postcardNM.jpg) (postcardNM57chry.jpg) (postcardStatesboroGABryants.jpg) (postcardNM.jpg) (postcardStPetersburgSevilla.jpg) (PostcardStPetes57dgeconv.jpg) (postcardVaBeach.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Postcard56Dge.jpg (39KB - 679 downloads) postcard57ply.jpg (69KB - 660 downloads) postcard60dge.jpg (122KB - 643 downloads) PostcardfairfaxVaChry.jpg (177KB - 759 downloads) postcardfloridachryply.jpg (74KB - 666 downloads) PostcardLauderdalePettits.jpg (50KB - 649 downloads) PostcardMackinawMI.jpg (81KB - 683 downloads) postcardMendocino.jpg (48KB - 668 downloads) postcardNHply59.jpg (82KB - 671 downloads) postcardmichigan300b.jpg (87KB - 662 downloads) postcardNM.jpg (31KB - 647 downloads) postcardNM57chry.jpg (69KB - 670 downloads) postcardStatesboroGABryants.jpg (39KB - 662 downloads) postcardNM.jpg (31KB - 693 downloads) postcardStPetersburgSevilla.jpg (56KB - 659 downloads) PostcardStPetes57dgeconv.jpg (123KB - 653 downloads) postcardVaBeach.jpg (152KB - 671 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 1508 Location: new york | this is a great collection of post cards and photos thanks guys! HAPPY MOTORING!!! | ||
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | For anyone interested (and we all should be, as devotees of all things-50's) in the genre, there are two volumes/editions of the book "Googie: 50's coffee shop achitecture", by Alan Hess (Chronicle Books), altho the earlier one may be out of print, and only available via used book stores. The books are very well written, & illustrated. The term "Googie" : "....the detractors [of 50's style Moderne coffee shops & drive-in restaurants] labeled these structures the 'Googie School of Architecture', after a particularly outlandish coffee shop in L.A. . Googie's was located at the corner of Olive & 5TH, in downtown L.A., and featured a distinctive horizontaly/diagonally banded fascade, with animated- looking "Googie" name-boards, which had the effect of grabbing passers-by attention, like static neon signposts. The mansard-roof treatments were applied to the ground floor restaurant area, of a 6-story commercial business building. There were extensive glass wall-panels, so that the borders between outside & inside environments became merged. A companion book is "Populuxe", by Thomas Hine (Knopf), a MUST have, and then there's another ESSENTIAL book (it's a thickee!) "50's All American Ads", by Jim Heimann (Taschen): full-color, and close-up portions of all-things 50's magazine advertisements. The last (next) book that you should have is "The 50's" by David Halberstam (R.I.P.). Then, there are: "The Fifties (Photographs of America", by Magnum Photos (Pantheon), "The 1950's", by Edith Horsley" (Domus Books), and Southern California in the 50's", by [good-old FWDLK-maven: ] Charles Phoenix (Angel City Press). All these books concern the 50's ethos and culture, and do show/discuss finned cars, to varying extents, but their viewpoint is much broader and complete than the books which merely discuss "50's cars". Edited by d500neil 2007-12-06 1:39 AM | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | The term "Googie" was coined by architectural critics after the Googie's coffee shop on Sunset Blvd. at Crescent Heights in LA, designed by John Lautner, built 1949. It was an early glass wall coffee shop that ushered in the era of George Jetson strip styling. | ||
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | My Googie book shows the restaurant at Olive & 5th, and has its design be created by Armet & Davis. | ||
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Inactive by user's request Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | Pittsburgh's Hill District, mid 1960s. K. (pitt1673.jpg) Attachments ---------------- pitt1673.jpg (59KB - 647 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3070 Location: Scotland | wish you were there (postcardSecaucusNJChrisAnn.jpg) (postcardTillamookORMotel.jpg) (postcardRenoCavalierTwo.jpg) (postcardPocatelloTL.jpg) (Postcardply56.jpg) (postcardply55.jpg) (postcardmackinaw57ply.jpg) (postcardLasVegasCaravan.jpg) (postcardGatlinburgMotelDeSotos.jpg) (postcarddodges55.jpg) (postcardAnokaMN.jpg) (postcardDaytonaBeachImperial.jpg) (postcardClevelandTL.jpg) (postcardClinesCornersCars.jpg) (postcardchrys55.jpg) (postcardAlamogordoTL.jpg) (postcardAustinTX1960s.jpg) (postcardMilwaukeeMarquette.jpg) (postcardJeffersonTX.jpg) (postcardMedoraNDTwo.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardSecaucusNJChrisAnn.jpg (59KB - 644 downloads) postcardTillamookORMotel.jpg (41KB - 636 downloads) postcardRenoCavalierTwo.jpg (98KB - 657 downloads) postcardPocatelloTL.jpg (48KB - 642 downloads) Postcardply56.jpg (199KB - 659 downloads) postcardply55.jpg (108KB - 649 downloads) postcardmackinaw57ply.jpg (18KB - 628 downloads) postcardLasVegasCaravan.jpg (45KB - 638 downloads) postcardGatlinburgMotelDeSotos.jpg (53KB - 652 downloads) postcarddodges55.jpg (69KB - 646 downloads) postcardAnokaMN.jpg (73KB - 636 downloads) postcardDaytonaBeachImperial.jpg (66KB - 684 downloads) postcardClevelandTL.jpg (52KB - 633 downloads) postcardClinesCornersCars.jpg (41KB - 643 downloads) postcardchrys55.jpg (117KB - 633 downloads) postcardAlamogordoTL.jpg (83KB - 639 downloads) postcardAustinTX1960s.jpg (52KB - 641 downloads) postcardMilwaukeeMarquette.jpg (52KB - 625 downloads) postcardJeffersonTX.jpg (34KB - 635 downloads) postcardMedoraNDTwo.jpg (100KB - 650 downloads) | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | d500neil - 2007-12-06 10:50 PM My Googie book shows the restaurant at Olive & 5th, and has its design be created by Armet & Davis. ********************************** I believe a second Googie's was opened later. I refer to the original, built in 1949. Got a build date on the other one ? | ||
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Inactive by user's request Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | St. Louis, 1964: (STL02.jpg) (STL03.jpg) Attachments ---------------- STL02.jpg (60KB - 628 downloads) STL03.jpg (67KB - 623 downloads) | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | Get a load of that 57 DeSoto sans bumper / grille coming at the camera ! | ||
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13062 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Really nice postcards - TNX a lot for posting them! I did noticed that there where only 2 Chrysler 60 in the cards - a rare car even back then? | ||
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Expert Posts: 2308 Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH | A very interesting collection of postcards indeed! I wish I could go back into that era and buy a couple of loaded MoPars. I wouldn’t want many – just a 1958 DeSoto Adventurer, a 1960 Chrysler New Yorker, a 1960 Dodge Polara wagon, and a 1961 Plymouth Fury. I’m not greedy! There were a couple of interesting odd sightings too. In the picture Michigan300B, there’s a 1950-51 Shoebox Ford parked in the front rank. It appears to have a custom grille bar as I never saw a stock one that looked like that. Maybe it came from a 1953 Plymouth? In the picture STL02 the 1959 Plymouth wagon is wearing a US Government license tag. I wonder which government agency thought it needed a wagon, the Post Office maybe? | ||
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Boy, this is the wrong thread, to discuss Googie commercial architecture, but I got back out my book, & LO: John Lautner did design the 1st Googie coffee shop, in 1949, at the corner of Sunset Blvd & Crescent Hts, in . L.A. In 1952, House & Home's architectural editor, Douglas Haskell, with a passenger-witness, drove past Googie's & declared that all such mid-century Modern architecture was henceforth to be called "Googie", and, the term stuck. The book does not explain why the architectect was changed, but, in 1955, Armet & Davis were hired to design "Googie's Downtown" at the corner of Olive & 5th. The book does say, of Armet & Davis : "It was the prolific team of Louis Armet & Eldon Davis that established the Coffee Shop Modernn as a major popular modern style. ....enough [buildings] remain, even altered, so that it is the work of Armet & Davis that creates the major physical memory of the style. " Edited by d500neil 2007-12-11 6:00 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 3070 Location: Scotland | Here's some postcards of Neil Vedder on his coast to coast trip back in the '50s looking for "Googie" architecture. (postcardberthoudcolo.jpg) (Postcard_Main-st_L'anse.jpg) (postcardD500neilWindsorMotel.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardberthoudcolo.jpg (80KB - 616 downloads) Postcard_Main-st_L'anse.jpg (24KB - 644 downloads) postcardD500neilWindsorMotel.jpg (39KB - 625 downloads) | ||
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | That's actually rust-out, going-on, on that parked Coro. I just scored a copy of that St Petersburg, FL postcard, and will make an 8x12" digital cropped-copy of it, for matting/framing in my office, alongside a certain all-blue CRL convertible, that I've done that treatment-to. Note the dual antennae (mine's got a single-fender mount) and the correct (dammnit) OEM eggshell-painted wheels. My car, too did not come OEM with spinners, (but he's damm-sure wearing those 'spats', now!) | ||
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Inactive by user's request Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | Kind of sort of a Forward Look in this old picture : (streetcar-4706-09.jpg) Attachments ---------------- streetcar-4706-09.jpg (59KB - 637 downloads) | ||
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | ...which answers the riddle: " When does an electric trolley car appear to have automotive FINS on it (without its actually having been IN a collision, with one??) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3070 Location: Scotland | 58 DESOTOS RULE - 2007-12-11 8:21 AM There were a couple of interesting odd sightings too. In the picture Michigan300B, there’s a 1950-51 Shoebox Ford parked in the front rank. It appears to have a custom grille bar as I never saw a stock one that looked like that. Maybe it came from a 1953 Plymouth? Isn't that grille bar of a 1954 Pontiac?. (postcardmichigan300b.jpg) (1954PontiacStarChiefConvertible-sept8.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardmichigan300b.jpg (87KB - 639 downloads) 1954PontiacStarChiefConvertible-sept8.jpg (15KB - 615 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 2308 Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH | I believe you are correct; a 1954 Pontiac bumper bar looks closer than a 1953 Plymouth. Rather bland though. The fellow might have made his front end more exciting by using the chrome grille teeth from a 1952-3 DeSoto. It was a common trick back in the 50s. | ||
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Expert Posts: 3070 Location: Scotland | it looks like his door/side chrome trim was lifted off a 1955 Pontiac. | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 988 Location: Kansas City, Kansas | These are not postcards, but great old streetscape images with a few forwardlooks: http://www.texasfreeway.com/Austin/historic/photos/austin_historic_... | ||
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Expert Posts: 1207 Location: Ponder, TX | here are a couple. Edited by GaryS 2007-12-21 8:46 PM (hahn_gate.jpg) Attachments ---------------- hahn_gate.jpg (70KB - 605 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 1207 Location: Ponder, TX | This is at Hahn AB, Germany, about 1962 or 1963. Edited by GaryS 2007-12-21 8:49 PM (586Parking_lot.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 586Parking_lot.jpg (39KB - 632 downloads) | ||
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Inactive by user's request Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | It ain't Forward Look, but it sure is Mopar! K. (rcelectric001.jpg) Attachments ---------------- rcelectric001.jpg (57KB - 639 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3070 Location: Scotland | wonder which highway hi-fi record Larry has selected,rock n roll or Davy Crockett (dodge56recordplayer.jpg) Attachments ---------------- dodge56recordplayer.jpg (52KB - 604 downloads) | ||
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Veteran Posts: 242 Location: falköping.sweden | i now,EDDIE MEDUZA | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | No doubt some rip-rockin' Polka ! | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 444 Location: North of the 49th | Hows this....57 and '58 Dodge and a couple of Plymutts. (thevillage.jpg) (beforethebridge.jpg) Attachments ---------------- thevillage.jpg (198KB - 603 downloads) beforethebridge.jpg (34KB - 599 downloads) | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 988 Location: Kansas City, Kansas | grunau - 2007-12-25 7:18 PM Hows this....57 and '58 Dodge and a couple of Plymutts. I love that top photo in the message above. The trash can hanging off the pole (by the bus stop sign) looks a little small to handle the trash needs for the streetscape. | ||
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Anyone notice the roofline, on that 59 IMP, in Pecos, TX? | ||
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Expert Posts: 3070 Location: Scotland | d500neil - 2007-12-26 9:41 PM Anyone notice the roofline, on that 59 IMP, in Pecos, TX? Looks a bit Crown Imperial Ghia-limousine style. (postcardScottsdalePackardPlymouth.jpg) (postcardArdmoreOKMotorLodge.jpg) (postcardCanutilloTX.jpg) (postcardHopeBCCars.jpg) (postcardIowaCityUniversityLibrary.jpg) (postcardBadlandsPlymouths.jpg) (postcardLovelandCO1960s.jpg) (postcardMarysvilleCA1950s.jpg) (postcardMidlandTX.jpg) (postcardMinotNDHospital.jpg) (postcardmotorshow58.gif) (postcardNogalesMexicoSplit.jpg) (postcardNorthDakotaStreets.jpg) (postcardOhioTurnpike1950s.jpg) (postcardRedRockMojave.jpg) (postcardRockfordILNight.jpg) (postcardWildRosePassTX.jpg) (postcardWY.jpg) (postcardYellowstoneAdmin.jpg) (postcardParkFallsWICorvair.jpg) (postcardZionVisitorCenter.jpg) (postcardDuarteCityOfHope.jpg) (postcardWinslowTownHouse.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardScottsdalePackardPlymouth.jpg (56KB - 629 downloads) postcardArdmoreOKMotorLodge.jpg (75KB - 603 downloads) postcardCanutilloTX.jpg (43KB - 619 downloads) postcardHopeBCCars.jpg (54KB - 599 downloads) postcardIowaCityUniversityLibrary.jpg (39KB - 605 downloads) postcardBadlandsPlymouths.jpg (99KB - 594 downloads) postcardLovelandCO1960s.jpg (48KB - 636 downloads) postcardMarysvilleCA1950s.jpg (47KB - 613 downloads) postcardMidlandTX.jpg (81KB - 595 downloads) postcardMinotNDHospital.jpg (45KB - 613 downloads) postcardmotorshow58.gif (39KB - 601 downloads) postcardNogalesMexicoSplit.jpg (69KB - 608 downloads) postcardNorthDakotaStreets.jpg (93KB - 610 downloads) postcardOhioTurnpike1950s.jpg (80KB - 606 downloads) postcardRedRockMojave.jpg (91KB - 596 downloads) postcardRockfordILNight.jpg (56KB - 618 downloads) postcardWildRosePassTX.jpg (55KB - 611 downloads) postcardWY.jpg (62KB - 619 downloads) postcardYellowstoneAdmin.jpg (46KB - 619 downloads) postcardParkFallsWICorvair.jpg (53KB - 631 downloads) postcardZionVisitorCenter.jpg (61KB - 593 downloads) postcardDuarteCityOfHope.jpg (57KB - 604 downloads) postcardWinslowTownHouse.jpg (51KB - 648 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3070 Location: Scotland | a few dealer's postcards (postcard55ply.jpg) (postcard55plyrear.jpg) (postcard58dge.jpg) (postcard58dgeswept.jpg) (postcarddgedart.jpg) (postcarddgedartwelk.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcard55ply.jpg (19KB - 602 downloads) postcard55plyrear.jpg (25KB - 591 downloads) postcard58dge.jpg (48KB - 605 downloads) postcard58dgeswept.jpg (31KB - 600 downloads) postcarddgedart.jpg (28KB - 606 downloads) postcarddgedartwelk.jpg (18KB - 608 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 1207 Location: Ponder, TX | I enjoyed those last post cards for more than the FL cars. Some of the pictures were taken near my home town in North Dakota, and the hospital is the one where my cousin was head nurse in the oncology ward for over 20 years. | ||
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Expert Posts: 3070 Location: Scotland | GaryS - 2007-12-30 10:20 PM glad you liked them,I enjoyed those last post cards for more than the FL cars. Some of the pictures were taken near my home town in North Dakota, and the hospital is the one where my cousin was head nurse in the oncology ward for over 20 years. (postcardallasTX.jpg) (postcard5thAve.jpg) (postcardbanningCA.jpg) (postcardbluejayCA.jpg) (postcardburlingtonhospitaliowa.jpg) (postcardcherokeeNC.jpg) (postcardclevelandOH.jpg) (postcardcorpuschristiTX.jpg) (postcarddoverNJ.jpg) (postcardftnelsonBC.jpg) (postcardharrisburgill.jpg) (postcardIronwoodMI.jpg) (postcardKlamathOR.jpg) (postcardMoisantNewOrleans.jpg) (postcardNYgenevakirkwood.jpg) (postcardOklahomacity.jpg) (postcardpentictonBC.jpg) (postcardroanokeVa.jpg) (postcardSanFrancisco.jpg) (postcardseasideOR.jpg) (postcardWatongaOK.jpg) (postcardwichitafallsTX.jpg) (postcardWoodstockONDundas.jpg) (postcardStatelineNVDeSoto.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardallasTX.jpg (114KB - 612 downloads) postcard5thAve.jpg (139KB - 619 downloads) postcardbanningCA.jpg (39KB - 591 downloads) postcardbluejayCA.jpg (70KB - 602 downloads) postcardburlingtonhospitaliowa.jpg (48KB - 608 downloads) postcardcherokeeNC.jpg (33KB - 587 downloads) postcardclevelandOH.jpg (26KB - 609 downloads) postcardcorpuschristiTX.jpg (24KB - 621 downloads) postcarddoverNJ.jpg (81KB - 602 downloads) postcardftnelsonBC.jpg (85KB - 604 downloads) postcardharrisburgill.jpg (160KB - 615 downloads) postcardIronwoodMI.jpg (263KB - 614 downloads) postcardKlamathOR.jpg (70KB - 605 downloads) postcardMoisantNewOrleans.jpg (107KB - 624 downloads) postcardNYgenevakirkwood.jpg (31KB - 618 downloads) postcardOklahomacity.jpg (93KB - 610 downloads) postcardpentictonBC.jpg (26KB - 628 downloads) postcardroanokeVa.jpg (43KB - 611 downloads) postcardSanFrancisco.jpg (56KB - 613 downloads) postcardseasideOR.jpg (24KB - 621 downloads) postcardWatongaOK.jpg (53KB - 609 downloads) postcardwichitafallsTX.jpg (72KB - 597 downloads) postcardWoodstockONDundas.jpg (141KB - 603 downloads) postcardStatelineNVDeSoto.jpg (53KB - 606 downloads) | ||
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Member Posts: 12 Location: Southeast Kansas | Seeing the pictures of the electric buses really took me back. I will never forget the hot oil/electric smell of them nor the odd electrical motor sound they made when they move off from a stand still. Sort of a "Rrrrrrrrrrrr". I saw and rode mine in Germany. Brummbaer | ||
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Member Posts: 12 Location: Southeast Kansas | Looking at these old postcards got me to wondering, "Does anyone still take photos like these." I sincerely doubt it. Now its all techno glitz and special effects. No place for pictures showing things as they are with an eye toward saving a time/place for future viewers. Sad commentary. Brummbaer who is an avowed old fart. | ||
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Expert Posts: 2308 Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH | I wonder where this motel was in Dover, NJ? Was it on US Hwy 46 or NJ State Route 15? I lived in that area for three years from 1987 to 1990 and I don't remember this place. Nice 56 Plymouth though. (postcarddoverNJ.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcarddoverNJ.jpg (81KB - 637 downloads) | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 709 Location: Poznan, Poland, Europe | I finally see one Opel Rekord Olympia caught in traffic read that these were imported after '58 recession but so poorly and I never seen one on photo. | ||
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Couple observations: Does anyone recognize what kind-year of car is approaching the camara, in the Loveland, CO, downtown- scene (around the middle of this page) ??---I can't figure it out. I just won the card, showing the yellow/white CRL D500, in Park Falls, WI. That coffeeshop, in Ironwood, MI is scarily-seismically deficient, by having its heavy upper living area supported (sort-of!) by the lower plate glass windows, and without having ANY corner-support, on the left-side, to resist "racking" movement. And, yeah: Michigan can get earthquakes! | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 709 Location: Poznan, Poland, Europe | d500neil - 2008-01-03 10:33 PM Couple observations: Does anyone recognize what kind-year of car is approaching the camara, in the Loveland, CO, downtown- scene (around the middle of this page) ??---I can't figure it out. Vw Karmann Ghia typ 34 ? http://karmann-ghia-lippe-nrw.de/mitglieder/m_ueberdick.htm | ||
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Expert Posts: 3070 Location: Scotland | d500neil - 2008-01-03 5:33 PM Couple observations: Does anyone recognize what kind-year of car is approaching the camara, in the Loveland, CO, downtown- scene (around the middle of this page) ??---I can't figure it out. I just won the card, showing the yellow/white CRL D500, in Park Falls, WI. That coffeeshop, in Ironwood, MI is scarily-seismically deficient, by having its heavy upper living area supported (sort-of!) by the lower plate glass windows, and without having ANY corner-support, on the left-side, to resist "racking" movement. And, yeah: Michigan can get earthquakes! Neil,that one in Loveland CO is a tough one,at first glance I thought it was a 1960 Pontiac ,but on closer inspection I'd say a 1957 Dodge with customised front-end.Here's another one from Ironwood MI during an earthquake(split the town in two)and for FinFan there's also another Opel Olympia Rekord. Edited by vedette 2008-01-03 6:46 PM (postcardIronwoodMISplit.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardIronwoodMISplit.jpg (78KB - 624 downloads) | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 709 Location: Poznan, Poland, Europe | Looks like even the basic Rambler DeLuxe had fins taller than the poor Olympia. But European fins rarely went up, usually only sticked out on the end. | ||
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Expert Posts: 2244 Location: Yorba Linda, Ca | Naw, Bjorn Skiffs | ||
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Expert Posts: 2308 Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH | Vw Karmann Ghia typ 34 ? http://karmann-ghia-lippe-nrw.de/mitglieder/m_ueberdick.htm These were never officially imported into the United States by VW so it's unlikely it would be one of those. We had a Karmann-Ghia body parts book at our dealership with section devoted to the Type III varient, but we never saw one. The Squareback and the fastback models were the only ones sold officially here and they were only here from 1965 to 1973. As for the postcard, I can't blow it up enough to tell what kind of car that is facing the camera. My best guess is it might have been a 1960 Pontiac, but there isn't enough resolution in the picture. Edited by 58 DESOTOS RULE 2008-01-03 8:30 PM (Karmann-Ghia Ueberdick01.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Karmann-Ghia Ueberdick01.jpg (38KB - 615 downloads) | ||
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