Vintage shots from days gone by!

[greenfieldkid]

Ed Lowther's #2 sprint car. I believe the driver this day was Cotton Farmer but am not sure. Ed's regular driver was Van Johnson. Van was killed in another car at Williams Grove Speedway in 1959. After Van was killed, Ed painted the top part of the tail of this car black as a memorial to Van. This was one pretty car. I can still remember the goosebumps I got when seeing it as a kid.

[greenfieldkid]

This is Ed Lowther's #2 sprint car. I believe this day the car was being driven by Cotton Farmer. Ed's regular driver was Van Johnson (both Ed and Van were from Pittsburgh, Pa.). Van was killed in another car at the Williams Grove Speedway in 1959. Ed painted the top part of the tail black on this car as a memorioal to Van.

[model.A.keith]

Crowd of bathers on the Lake Michigan beach, Chicago, Ill., circa. 1925

[Novadude55]

Originally Posted by Mazooma1

every year dad would make a "snowman" out of tumbleweeds that he's get from vacant lots. He's spray paint them white and dress 'em up for the Christmas season...no snow for us in SoCal

Hey, we did that too down in Santa Ana,, stick a pole in the ground and stacked two or three tumbleweeds on it, tie em down, flock the crap outta them, decorate em, great snowmen,, even had one hangin from the ceilin in our house one time,, my dad was such a kidder,,,my dad worked at Northrup in El Segundo, maybe he got the idea from you..??

[jimi'shemi291]

For NovaDude: Commander Gatti's arrival in Africa, 1938. An
International D-2 woody station wagon waits on the deck.

[Novadude55]

Originally Posted by jimi'shemi291

For NovaDude: Commander Gatti's arrival in Africa, 1938. An
International D-2 woody station wagon waits on the deck.

thanks jimi'shemi291,,
added to the collection,,
someday maybe i should start a woody thread,,
if it hasnt been done already

[4woody]

"Hey, we did that too down in Santa Ana,, stick a pole in the ground and stacked two or three tumbleweeds on it, tie em down, flock the crap outta them, decorate em, great snowmen,, even had one hangin from the ceilin in our house one time,, my dad was such a kidder,,,my dad worked at Northrup in El Segundo, maybe he got the idea from you..??"

Wait...
Your dad tied a snowman down and "Flocked the crap" out of him!?!!
That's just...wrong...

[Mazooma1]

Originally Posted by Novadude55

Hey, we did that too down in Santa Ana,, stick a pole in the ground and stacked two or three tumbleweeds on it, tie em down, flock the crap outta them, decorate em, great snowmen,, even had one hangin from the ceilin in our house one time,, my dad was such a kidder,,,my dad worked at Northrup in El Segundo, maybe he got the idea from you..??

Ha...although I never saw another one, I doubt that they were all that rare. We were about 40 miles northwest of you in Arcadia, just east of Pasadena and just south of where I am now. (I didn't get very far in 60 years...three miles )

[Y-Blockhead]

Originally Posted by Mazooma1

We were about 40 miles northwest of you in Arcadia, just east of Pasadena and just south of where I am now. (I didn't get very far in 60 years...three miles )

That's funny. I, too, didn't get very far in 60 years, From Hermosa Beach all the way to Redondo Beach, CA. Maybe 2-3 miles...

[MrFire]

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fo...cke-20611.html

[MrFire]

CWA = Country Womens Association (in Australia)



http://www.utas.edu.au/library/compa...tory/C/CWA.htm

[MrFire]

http://www.dwdnsw.org.au/images/votes_for_women.jpg

[MrFire]

http://vietnam-war.commemoration.gov...3220_001_1.jpg

[MrFire]

The Country Womens’ Association (CWA) and the Australian American Association were among groups that organised hospitality services for Americans on R & R, giving them the chance to visit Australian homes or join families on outings. Some Americans preferred to spend their leave outside Sydney and visited rural New South Wales, but for many their experience of R & R was largely limited to Kings Cross.


http://vietnam-war.commemoration.gov...recreation.php

[MrFire]

http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/imgal/5.htm

[MrFire]

http://archivesoutside.records.nsw.g...-on-parade.JPG

[MrFire]

http://archivesoutside.records.nsw.g...na-RW1938.jpeg

http://archivesoutside.records.nsw.g...he-war-effort/

[MrFire]

http://blogs.abc.net.au/australiaall...hnson-cak.html

Amy Johnson Cake.
Rub 2ozs butter into 1 large cup S.R flour, sifted with a pinch of salt, mix to firm dough with a little milk. Roll out 1/4" thick and line a greased cake tin. Spread with raspberry jam and sprinkle with 1/2 cup currents. Then make a sponge mixture: beat 2 eggs and 3/4 cup of sugar until light and fluffy. Fold in 1 cup sifted S.R flour and finally 2 tablespoons butter melted in 3 tablespoons of milk. Pour on top of pastry. Bake about 40 minutes in moderate oven. When cold, ice with thin lemon icing and sprinkle with coconut

[MrFire]

http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/un...ilise/toys.asp

[MrFire]

http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/pri...en/spouse.aspx