Vintage shots from days gone by!

And what were the odds you expected to see one with Buster Keaton on it?

 

HA!----Get over it!---This is AMERICANA at its best---Girls & ALL!!!

 

when this thing hits 88 mph you're gonna see some serious s**t !!!!

 

This is a 1960's Brockway truck, probably a 257 model.

 

Fort Knox, Feb. 1932

The first view is of US Highway 31W (aka "Dixie Highway"...or "Dixie Dieway") looking north towards Louisville. Second view is South toward Radcliff. Few, if any, of the buildings visible exist today, certainly none close to the road. The bullion depository building construction did not begin until 1935-36 so no evidence of it appears. There are no direct rail/road intersections anymore, either.

 

We've been going through some old slides of my Dad's and converting them to digital. Here's a few of what we got.

Dad and his old "Girl Frind" Nel in New York 1945.



Down town Terra Bella CA. 1940 ish.



Old harvester in the Central Valley, mid '40s also.

 

"Yeah, I'm a couple of weeks behind."

Hell, I stay a couple of weeks behind!!

 

I think the engine's flooded.

 

She's 14??!! Wow.

 

Mystery 'Late-30's-early-'40's
vintage delivery van - Can
anybody I.D it??

I found this pic of a very cool looking
'late-30's-early-40's-vintage' streamlined
delivery van on the 'Curbside Classics'
site on a thread on the history of
automotive streamlining ('An Illustrated
History Of Automotive Aerodynamics:
Part 2 - 1940–1959')

( www.curbsideclassic.com/automotive-histories/an-illustrated-history-of-automotive-aerodynamics-part-2-1940-1959/ )

Talk about an 'Art-Deco bread box'! I
love it! Unfortunately, other than the
one pic, there's no information on it.
Can anybody here identify it as to the
year and possibly, the make and/or
also maybe the designer or the body
builder?? To help in the I.D'ing I've
attached a slightly enlarged and
enhanced version of the pic, plus a
link to the original pic from "Curbside
Classics" as well.

Mart3406
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Original pic -
www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/aero-truck.jpg
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-----------------
Not anymore she isn't! That pic was
taken in 1961 and I just realized that
if she was 14 then, she'd be 65 now!!
I'm not quite that old (not yet anyway)
but thinking about that and realizing
that 1961 was 51 years ago, suddenly,
I'm feeling very, very ancient!

Mart3406 (who believes
wholeheartedly in the adage
"Getting old is not so bad...it
beats hell out of the alternative!")
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On the set of High Noon.

 

International, from here and here.

 

Debbie Reynolds

 

GE X211 Nuclear engine to power the Convair B-72. Program was canceled in 1961.