The simple life! People looked happy. Woman wore dresses, and I love the little white socks. Was that the same guy that was drinking the hard stuff with the trophy? Lots of smokers. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for that Ryan. The car #88 of Bob Estes was a joint venture with Connie Weidel of dry lakes fame. They built the car in Inglewood Ca. That's Manny Ayulo at the wheel. Unfortunately the car didn't qualify in 1948, but this is some great footage. Bob was a good friend of mine, and I miss him dearly. I especially like seeing the marking, and branding in Texas. This is something my whole family would do on the ranch when I was a kid, a full day of hard work, then a big bar-b-que......
Correction "l" nglewood Ca. We didn't live very far from BobEstes Lincoln Mercury dealership. It was an amazing time and you didn't know what type race car you may see there.
Loved the girl posed under the Dynamite sign. You would never see a sign like that today. Bet they were spraying the cattle with DDT back then. Very fun to watch.
Thanks for posting, Ryan. I can barely remember 1948. I grew up in a small rural midwestern town and it all looks very familiar.
Wow......47/48 two-tone Chev......49 Caddy......lots of shiny DC3's......Indy roadsters......pretty girls......cowpunching......bib overalls (just like pictures of my dad in that era)......horses......quick lunch fixed on the back of a Chev pickup.......sure wish I could find the keys to my time travel machine !!
An exquisite display of a time, traditions, and a life long gone, but not forgotten by those of us who lived it.
Hey Ryan, Outstanding shots on that movie reel find. Thanks for a throwback to those easy going times of family, farm, and just plain no nonsense, “Life of Riley.” From someone who had a similar 40s-50s upbringing, those memories were just of a simple way of our lives. They were nicely captured in the movie reels. It was not so hectic, as it was during our long span of 70 years of growing up and just trying to get along in this modern society. But, one thing those old family reels needed was sound. It would have been fun listening to that nice looking woman in the reels explaining what was going on in the film. The sounds of the water, wrangling, and even that cool, old guy eating a sandwich and talking at the same time is priceless. It is endless fun from the past. I have found similar old family movies taken from the early 50s into the drag racing scene up to 1964. Thanks for posting my early hot rod/drag racing films here on the HAMB. The family ones don’t have classic cars or hot rods in them, so, they were edited out. Since that original posting, my edited drag racing and hot rod films have been randomly posted here and there. Those definitely bring back our own memories of a great time that had come and gone, what we used to do, and where we lived in the neighborhood. In 1948, we had just moved to a Craftsman house near the Terminal Island Freeway. It was our first real house after 2 years of living in a small trailer. A shorter stone’s throw to the, not yet built, Lions Dragstrip area. (It came later in 1955) Jnaki Thank you for your valuable find and showcasing what it was like in another part of the country during this timeline of “Living in the USA.”
Fantastic! Also especially loved seeing the DC3's, Ma and Pa planting the garden, and the wrangling. He could not shoot enough footage of his pretty young bride, pretty cool stuff. And just think, the old folks were born in the 1870's and 1880's.
Thanks for posting. Eating lunch off the back of a chevy pickup and working cattle the old way. Great to see
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