Vintage shots from days gone by!

Gary Reynolds · Apr 14, 2015

RedlandMaggie · Apr 14, 2015

flatheadfever · Apr 14, 2015

Robert J. Palmer said: ↑

That poor 60 Chevrolet!
Where is this?
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The big earthquake in Alaska in the early 60s, Anchorage.

36 ROKIT · Apr 14, 2015

^^^^ 1964 to be exact...

36 ROKIT · Apr 14, 2015

Gary Reynolds said: ↑

Dedication of Vista House, 1916. This is the western entrance to the Columbia River Gorge.
I remember going there in the 50's and 60's as a kid, usually on the way to Bonneville Dam or Multnomah Falls.
In those days it was bustling, full of tourists, postcards, curios, pennants, Kodak Film displays, smelled of fresh popcorn and poasted peanuts. You could look through numerous telescopes at the Gorge, there were sometimes mountain goats on the sheer cliffs below. It was fantastic! When I left Oregon in 1986 it was closed due to vandalism, the tourist trade vanished. What great days
those were though, great fun on a summers day when you went out for a weekend drive.

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Vista House has been refurbished, the hordes are back, and then some. Most weekends you cannot get into
the parking lot at Multnomah Falls!

RedlandMaggie · Apr 14, 2015

RedlandMaggie · Apr 14, 2015

Sahr's, Portland, Oregon

DDDenny · Apr 14, 2015

Bowtie Coupe said: ↑

That's gorgeous! Must have been really something to see back in the day.
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Still is
Google: Frozen Multnomah Falls Oregon

Bowtie Coupe · Apr 14, 2015

DDDenny said: ↑

Still is
Google: Frozen Multnomah Falls Oregon
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That's great news! I've been to approx 35 of the 50 states and have the two hardest out of the way. My goal is to touch them all. One of the big areas that I'm lacking is the Northwest, so now I have something to look forward seeing when I get to OR.

LGS126VEMS112 · Apr 14, 2015

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Flower car or did Cadillac actually make a few El Camino-type pick up trucks?
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Flower car. Out of about 2,000 plus commercial chassis Cadillac supplied each year in this era about 100 were turned into flower cars like this, by S & S, Superior and Miller.

4everblue · Apr 14, 2015

KRB52 said: ↑

Flower car or did Cadillac actually make a few El Camino-type pick up trucks?
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Rear of Turnpike Cruiser roof grafted on