VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

This reminds me of Motown after a heavy rain....

 

Or even a light rain.

 

Brookline Blvd. Pittsburgh, PA 1963

 

Brookline's Engine House #57 in 1952, showing the 1951 model
pumper and the 1949 model ladder truck.

 

Smithfield Street Bridge, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Winifred Wells - worth looking up

 

Rush hour traffic along the Smithfield Street Bridge, as seen from the Mon Wharf, in 1928.

 

How often do you see a KEEP LEFT sign here in the states?


The right side of the Smithfield Street Bridge was for trolley traffic only.

 

You meet the nicest people on a Honda.....

 

Mr. Anderson was too cheap to go for a 57 Fairlane 500 I guess

 

These Cammer powered “T’s” have been discussed in this post:https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...rthern-illinois.1000780/page-12#post-14017271
Rumor has it that there were a few of them built, one car has California plates, and the other was a fixture in the Kenosha Wisconsin area for many years, they are not the same car.

 

I started driving 1964, Milwaukee Wi. remember gas was 29.9 and the bulk/cut rate station would have 5 gallons for $1 on Tuesdays.

 

San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf.

 

An evening at the Drive-In. 1948, San Francisco.

 

Curtiss-Wright Model 2500 Air Car, a hover vehicle the Army Transportation Research Command tested in 1960. Hovering at around 10 inches, capable of 38mph over flat ground and water. Issues with noise and inclines meant it was never adopted by the military.