Vintage shots from days gone by!

Thunderbird Aircraft, Inc, near Glendale, produced a few H-14 biplane before going out of business, one of many early aircraft companies that ultimately failed...


Army Air Corps bombers at Grand Central Airport, near Glendale, 1929


Ford tri-motor at Grand Central



Amelia Earhart with the Beechnut Pitcairn Autogyro at Grand Central, 1931



The only prototype Douglas DC-1, at Grand Central, 1933



Aeronca LA, Grand Central, first flew in 1935



American Airline Curtiss Condor on fire after spilled gasoline, plane was lost, no lives lost, 1936

I encourage all who are interested in early aviation to visit "Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields,
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/

It is owned by Paul Freeman, who updates it constantly, operates on donations

 

Still there. Still looks the same. We have a late supper there after our monthly meetings across the street!

 

Grand Central is still there and now owned by Disney Studios. They have it shuttered at the moment. Here's a recent pic I took of it.

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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy inspection car

 

1948 Chicago Railroad Fair would have been fun for this railfan.

 

Pacific Electric, around 1945.

 

I have this strange craving for an order of chicken-fried steak or a hot beef sandwich (with gravy & mashed potatos).....

 

That's gonna' need one hell of a parachute, funny, I don't recall one of them going through the Airborne School................

Doc.

Edit: Now that was just stupid, huh??!!.

 

Waitress at Lindholm's Diner, 1973.

 

XP-300, great diner photos you're posting! Good stuff - thanks!

 

That'll put an eye out!

 

Cool
Halifax Nova Scotia from Citadel Hill. You can see the Navy anchored in the harbour.

 

Interesting left hand shift Indians. Most Indians where right shift left throttle, opposite of Harleys.

 

Indian supplied either left or right shift at request. Standard was left throttle. They did backwards right throttle for law enforcement in order to meet bid specs.

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great pics. thankyou for shareing them LOVE the one that looks like CRISTINE, ready to wake up and go on a rampageLOL

 

Thank you so very much to the keepers of Greasy food pictures, I mean DINERS ! hey, these shots are chock full of ideas to make a scale diorama out of . Merry Christmas to all too !

scrubba

 

This one is located near my old neighborhood down in South Jersey. On the Marlton circle at the intersection of routes 70 and 73. The place is still standing but has been out of business for a few years.

 

The Barrel Drive In, Clear Lake, Iowa been in business since the late 50's. Back then they had a disc jockey in the building on the roof playing real rock n roll and with a skating rink around the corner and more girls than at a concert at the Surf Ballroom where Buddy Holly had his last concert just a few blocks away.

 

Note the bad biker....

 

I was thinking truck driver. Not clear enough to be sure for me. Notice the nice blouse/shirt. Not biker attire methinks.