Vintage shots from days gone by!

Isn't this radio row, where the world trade center was eventually built?

 

The flag hung in Harlem -- from the offices of the NAACP during the 1930s -- whenever news of a lynching was received..

 

a terrible fate for beer Beer raids in Philly:

 

Elvis and Debra Paget, 1956.

 

I see a great idea for a Honeymooners prequel episode here - teenaged Ed Norton and Ralph Kramden doing a bucket brigade as the beer comes down

 

Can the brits tell me why a cigarette in your country is called that

 

Love me some Lucy!

 

"Taken on or about September, 1948 in the original showroom of Dooley Brothers Chevrolet/Oldsmobile in Somerville, New Jersey. On the left, a brand-new 1949 Chevrolet sedan and, on the right, a 1915 Chevrolet Amesbury Special. The second ever Chevrolet dealership in the New York area known then as the Newark zone. Pictured left to right: Harry Dooley III, Harry Dooley Jr., and Harry Dooley (standing next to his brother) Michael Bernard Dooley, Bernard Michael Dooley, and (on the fender) Lawrence Michael Dooley, age almost one. Submitted by the guy on the fender." -- Lawrence Michael Dooley

Location: Somerville, New Jersey

 

"My favorite car picture ever. My late grandmother snapped this shot of her two sons - Leww, my uncle, in front, and Lyn, my dad. They were both so proud of their cars - and in their town of 1600 population no one could imagine owning anything other than a Chevy, Plymouth, or Cadillac. "

 

'tis indeed Radio Row, Cortlandt Street, Manhattan by Berenice Abbott...

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/tag/berenice-abbott/

 

I dont know but I built a house for a english lady once and she would always say to me "Randy (cuz thats my name) would you like to go outside and nip a fag with me?"

 

As long as we're saluting the troops, I'll toss in a few of my dad's photos - he was a weather observer in the Air Force at Itami AFB during the occupation of Japan in 1948. It was peacetime, but they were already having some trouble from the local Communist fringe and he got shot at once (they missed).

F-6D (photo recon version of the P-51 Mustang):


"...and don't call me Shirley. Just my plane."

FP-80A photo recon jet:


P-84B jet fighter:

 

Not trying to be an ass but Plymouth Rock is just a few steps to the right of this photo.

 

Can't wait for page 3232

 

IIRC the term originally referred to small sticks used as kindling.

 

That Ester Eddie is the Coolest!...
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I agree .I found it at the same place as this one.



"This was my father's dealership back in the day in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was stunned that he outlived Oldsmobile, and General Motors, as he knew it, only survived him by a little over a year." -- Ray E. Lundahl Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho

 

"My father took this picture of my mother and their 1938 Buick, which they affectionately called Mrs. Bruneck. They had only recently wed, and times were tough. My parents always said that the Buick made them feel richer than they really were. They talked about this car well into the 1970s, and I don't think they ever owned a vehicle that they cared about as much--even when times for them got better." -- Joseph Link Location: Lincoln Park, Chicago


heres a link.

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/06/01/automobiles/01GM_USER_SLIDESHOW_30.html

 

I thought your name was Eddie

 

Another lucky kid!

 

Good thing I wasn't the ships captain.

 

My Dad's good friend looked after General McNarney's car in Germany, around 1946. His house is in the background. I think he's the one in the car...

 

Unfortunately, I can't remember where I got that photo, and I was more amazed at the Cord race car at the time. Damn I hate CRS! "Can't remember stuff"!

Update, I looked back through my browser history and found it again. Here's the whole article from the Nov 1949 Popular Science.

 

It sure is .Why do you ask?

 

Summer of 1956.