Vintage shots from days gone by!

[jimi'shemi291]

I hear you, man. I sure don't want to come off as being a stickler. But folks need to be creful about it (as it can be a legal issue), and besides people deserve credit for their work. Good exchange. And good luck on finding a clearer copy of the MOTOR mag cover from the cool Art Deco era!

[indybigjohn]

Originally Posted by jimi'shemi291

Soviet stamp commemorating the successful
October 4, 1957, launch of the Sputnik un-
manned satellite. Images THANKS to NASA.



Front page of PRAVDA, Oct. 6, 1957.



1957 plus 15 years. A '72 Soviet stamp commemorating Sputnik.



There's a commonly held myth that the 1950s was a decade
of relative peace and plenty, though there's probably a kernel
of truth to it. But it wasn't all about "I Like Ike," Rock'nRoll
supplanting Your Hit Parade, Howdy Doody, poodle skirts,
jocks, JDs with loud hotrod cars, The Pelvis, Davy Crockett,
the Hula Hoop and the Flying Purple People Eater.

While the tough kids were rockin' 'round the clock and "good"
kids were at chaperoned dances with cake walks and the like,
the decade was also marked early on by a real and unwanted
war (dismissed as a "police action") and materials shortages,
the Civil Rights Movement was taking root (the Feminist
Movement getting traction), and a severe, prolonged re-
cession threw a wet blanket on the economy, beginning in
1958.

But the Rocket Age and WWII had quietly brought America's
old option of isolationism to a permanent end. Termed by
some a caretaker president, Eisenhower kept an eagle eye
on activities of the Soviet Union and communist China.
Though parents pretended not to worry, the undeniable "Cold
War" with communist powers (call it the Red Scare, if you
please), came to a head on October 4, 1957, when the
Soviets successfully launched the first, unmanned satellite
into Earth's orbit.

I was serving in northern Japan with the USAF Security Service as a voice intercept operator from June 1957 through June 1960, and I can attest that there was a LOT going on behind the scenes.

[indybigjohn]

In reference to one of the photos in Post 22897, Paul Harvey was one of our biggest supporters while I was at Indianapolis Raceway Park, providing "official" cars and anything we needed. He also maintained his ties with old drag racers. Once he called me during the U.S. Nationals and said, "Gas Ronda is at the back gate and nobody knows who he is. Can you help?" Of course I could. On my way to the back gate I ran into Wally Parks and he wanted to know where I was going. I told him where and why, and he said, "Let's go take care of it. We can't forget those guys."

One of Wally's favorite sayings, and he used it often when they were organizing the museum, was, "If we don't remember where we've been, we can't know where we're going."

[John F]

Originally Posted by rbantique

dug out some old NASA trading cards

Cool!
I have some original LEM toggle switches (lot qualification parts) as dash switches in my cobra

[unkamort]

Seeing all the Monster Movie posters posted here lately reminded me of Sivad (Davis spelled backward) who hosted the 'Fantastic Features' show on WHBQ Memphis Saturday nights in the early 60's, one of 3 (!) TV stations available in my little town. Pretty neet stuff for a 10 year old. How can ya not like a Vampire with a southern accent?! But I wonder if there were other regional scarry guys out there.
More info can be found here...

http://www.chillercinema.com/sivad.html

and the shows intro with the 1800's horse drawn hearse is on utube.

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the infamous K car

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Hoffa.

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Ford Strike in 41


Can anybody tell what kind of car this is?

[noboD]

'61 or '62 Plymouth/Dodge??

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Ol Man Henry himself.

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Winter sucks...



but the spring thaw has it's issues too...





and Summer has it's own concerns...

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ol man Henry himself...

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I like trucks...

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notice the pace car...

[Novadude55]

Originally Posted by MrFire

http://lifeinacircus.wordpress.com/2010/09/

what a bunch of hamb'ers,...

[vintagehotrods]

^^ Actually I think they look a little to clean cut to be HAMBERS.....^^

[Dog427435]

[Dog427435]