Vintage shots from days gone by!

"Thats right sonny---End of town---Right turn to the old airport landing strip,---They drag race every Sat. night"

 

A few shots from an event held in Madison Tn. Hillbilly Day.
1962-63-64
Times have changed.

 

Cottage Grove Oregon.
Hey HAMB'ers! What famous event took place on this very street ?
Don't give up! Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!

 

Long before Bluto (zero point zero) and the gang invaded Cottage Grove, Buster Keaton filmed most of his masterpiece "The General" there. Both are among my favorite films... the other of course is Animal House for the youngsters in the group.

 

I thought I saw the Death Mobile coming! Gary

 

Probably only remembered by the locals, but in the early 80's, I raced my shifter kart on that very Cottage Grove street. Quite an experience when you get to do it legally.

 

The driver or the 35 was Percy BRYANT who was a speedway rider in the 30s they closed the road just ahead of the car and a lot a of the surface was unpaved,the record was still stands

 

Animal House outtake

 

freemont 80s, oakland 80s, my mates short

 

"You got fins to the left, fins to the right..." (Courtesy of J. Buffet)

 

Spitting image of my High School sweetheart - except that she drove a red Mustang. Wonder where she is now? (the Mustang, that is...)

 

You had nice taste in High School Sweethearts!

 

Did she know, She was yer sweetheart?
just wondering

 

Well, I took her to the Prom - that count?

 

yepper that counts..

I recall once when I was young I had an opportunity to make love to Susan Pleshette, I was READY and Willing, but she was busy with The BOB NEWHART Show, in Hollywood I think..
Man, did I love her,

 

Love hurts, Man!

 

Syd Barrett

 

Yup - a friend was an extra in the movie, he said it was an absolute blast.

 

Maggie from one Northwest kid to another, thank you so much for posting the wonderful photos.


Seattle WA. looking South at the Alaska Way Via Duct. Art Deco ferry Kalakala can be seen upper right. After her service was done she was towed to Alaska, beached and used as a cannery for many years. She was eventually brought back to Seattle with hi hopes of conversion to an attraction of some sort. Like a lot of big projects of this type money and time were not on her side. Sadly not to long ago she was scrapped. Rumor has it she was bit of a handful and a had penchant for tearing up docks and pilings!

 

Air mail pilot from the 1920's , in case anyone was wondering what a "BADASS" looked like. http://postalmuseum.si.edu/airmail/pilot/pilot_old/pilot_flying_hopson_long.html

 

Look him up! How about flying an open cockpit biplane with no radio at night in the winter in th North East.