VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

Willows, CA 1955 Homecoming:

 

Willows again, 1958:

 

~1910-1915 - Empire State Express (New York Central Railroad) coming thru Washington Street, Syracuse, N.Y.

 

1941 - NYC Empire State Express.

 

Rare color shots of Paducah, KY in August 1938, taken from a passing riverboat; glass slides (one with a crack ) that have been in my family for decades:



Thanks for looking!

 

This photo that was published in Pacific Coast Racing News showing Car Owner Johnny Balch and his three top contender drivers . From left to right Perry Grimm # 33, Danny Oakes # 65, and Johnny McDowell # 9, in the pits at Gilmore Stadium.

 

Billy Cantrell # 3, taking the checkard flag at San Bernadino, California

 

Midget racing at Orange Show Stadium lead by pole sitter Johnny Moorhouse and Jimmy Davies . Photo comes from Dick Wallen,s book United States Auto Club fifty years of Speed and Glory.

 

Bill Vukovich #45, in the Fred Gerhardt Offy midget at Fresno Airport Speedway . He won the 1950 National Midget Championship in this car.

 

Jack Turner in the Harmon Offy won his second AAA midget national championship ln 1955.

 

Two more from our family - New Orleans, 1954:

 

Interesting film

(214) New York 1945 in color [60fps, Remastered] w/added sound - YouTube

 

I think he may be confused on which style he was going for…