Vintage shots from days gone by!

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Must be the southern snake handlers, Still going on in some places

 

Must be Zydeco musicians. Button accordian and a washboard. Makes me hungry for some red beans and rice. And some hot sauce!

 

Don't forget the ocra fried in bacon greaseand the chitlins. If you think I'm joking, don't laugh until you've sought out somebody who can cook 'em them right.

 

Hey jimi. Now you got me thinking about my Pops. He used to keep an extra large jar of pickled pigs feet in the cupboard up under the kitchen sink. I could always tell if he had a really hard day at work, 'cause he would come home and head right to the pigs feet. He would pull out a large trotter, grab a knife, fork, and some hot sauce, and go to town on his delicacy. Of course, I'd be standing by with the bottle of Rolaids.
BTW, I got to find me some ocra......

 

I think this is Admiral Byrd's snow cruiser. That is one BIG machine.

 

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This picture, posted awhile back on Shorpy.com, got me started on countless hours of collecting old pictures of gas stations, which led to car dealers, which led to tow trucks, which led to police cars....etc.

The picture was taken in NW North Dakota, in an area that is now booming with oil drilling activity.

 

fried okra i get in my neighbors garden every time he turns his back.

 

Twin6, any idea what kind of car? The top adds nice lines to it, I'm guessing aftermarket?

 

No idea, but that's the fanciest California top I've seen in a while. In an odd way, made me think of some of the models I built that were based on wild hot rods of the 60's!

 

Yankee........

LOL!

It's okra!

 

If you have any SouthUrn roots, you just don't question staple food -- and you don't necessicarily call it soul food, either. It's just what was availalable. With little refrigeration in the mid-20th-Century, people were still doing things the OLD ways. Nothing went to waste, because we were God-respecting and didn't throw away his blessings. You tended the pigs, so it would be stupid not to use everything. Since I come from country roots, I'll look up some good stuff on the theme and post it (like head sauss, e.g.). THANKS fer gettin' me all far'ed-up!

 

Hey, REB! Thats only the SECOND time in my life somebody called ME a Yankee. I was born in Kentucky. Harruumph!


Anyway, as I said, FIND somebody who can SPEEL and ask THEM to cook you some OKRA.

 

Pic of my grandma, she died many years before i was born....she was a singer and harmonica-player, sang and played in little clubs in southern Denmark, northern Germany and everywhere, did some Andrew-Sisters-Stuff and other tunes from the late 30's/early 40's.....

all i got of her is this image and an ole tape she recorded to demo her skills at the southwestern-german-broadcast, the envelope its in is stamped in May, 1955..sounds sweet!.. shortly after that she died.. i was born in '69..Grammy, listen to me up there, grammy? sorry for thumbnails, photobucket account won't work for me at the moment...


Marvellous thread, enjoyed every page, pic and comment, lot's of fun and pleasure! I'll stay tuned! Carsten

 

After all the funning around, you snap me back to reality. Since I'm German, Irish, English and Cherokee, I have my sentimental (Reb/Yankee) side. The photo of your grandmother is just GRAND! Thanks.

I love the HAMB, as it brings everybody together, in membrance of the past.

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just a heart-warmin'comment, next stop: O-H-I-O, stop at Jimmy! promised! if I get the tape converted to mp3, i'll send it via p.m. to ya! my sister grabbed another pic of her, i enjoyed my 43 annual with her to-day, this pic is awesome, i will send..

 

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This is the best thread on the web. Now if I only had $10 for every post I could take my wife to Florida for a vacation.

TomB

 

Dear Tom, from Maryland to center of FLA it's only 953mls! (google earth said so),whatcha do with rest of the money, best thread? subscribed and confirmed! vacation? for such huge amount of money i'm in, from over here! room number? lunch at eight, then you, wife and me (sorry, won't let it get to personal!) let's meet at the pool, about 9, for 10$ each post i will parachute over Miami from business class with all my overweight incl. tools, car and pals! free fall, let's see, ninethirty i'm down, 10$ multiplicated a million good posts make..... beer, you and me! holiday!

this thread's goin' mad, but in the good way, it sure is my weekend breakfast!

see ya in FLA ...Carsten

 

btw, just kiddin', but member finrodder will aproach Florida soon, give him a welcome... fine guy! (finrodder, sorry for let not ya go undercover!) have a nice trip! hope to see ya soon!

 

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for starting this thread! never seen one like this, pics, stories, news'n old's, personal stuff, sad'n'funny, US', european' and world-related history.sky&subsurface,acres&graveyards, everything's in! done fine, dog! hope, i, as a newbee, am welcome, i feel so, for havin' been an " outerspace-autronic-eye" for so long... looking for a word to describe this: aw...nic....aaah fuc....shit, that's pure porn you're doin'! go on! subscribed! Carsten aka 'pard'painted'firewall..

 

I remember delivering pizza here '89/'90

 

That's the reason NOT to run the pipes straight out the back on a Station Wagon (or van if the rear windows open). Always out the side behind rear wheels.

 

The building is still there.

 

Butternut, WI

 

Tearing down another piece of history

 

My Grand-Ma's sister 1942

 

That would have been California Custom Coach, builders of flexible Auburn Speedster Replicas.

 

We all agree on one thing, this a great thread but there is one thing missing and it probably could not be possible to create. I am referring to the lack of a way to do a quick search for a particular page or entry. I wish I had had the foresight to keep a file. Or is there a way and I am too blind to see it ?

 

Giddy Up !!!