Vintage shots from days gone by!

The Rose Bowl parking lot, Pasadena, CA

 

A big thank you to all the Veterans including one of my Uncles who served as a Medic in Korea. He always talks about his trusty Jeep and how he modified it so he could carry 2 stretchers.

 

Chinese troops wave at the passing American troops.



A M-29 Weasel in Belgium in 1944.





WACS who ferried B-17's to Europe.

Studebaker's part of the Second World War effort. My hat goes off to all those who used these machines to protect us from evil.

 

The pitch on the CVEs deck looks dangerous,eh? just another day in paradise for the jeep carriers.

 

Priscilla

 

Posing with the Willys

 

See they are not all gassers, some people drove them for work.

Pat

 

Also a commercial use for a Mullins Red Cap trailer. 1935/36
...Jay

 

That's a sweet Willys Wagon - early 1960s 2wd Maverick?

 

Are you sure she wasn't using a Coleman white gas stove?
Propane fired didn't come til' later.

 

"Quick---Hit the dimmer switch"

 

Albany, Oregon

 

Was propane - fueled by the same type disposable tanks that propane torches used. This would have been around 1961. I actually laid hands on that stove in 2013 while cleaning out my parents' house.

 

Ahh, the sultry side of the lovely Ms. Funicello - my first pre-teen crush! That Frankie guy had all the luck!

 

'38 Rose Parade


Nash dealer, Pasadena


Late '30s, Pacific Electric Red Car going down Colorado Blvd, Pasadena


Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, late '20s


Accident, Pasadena, late '40s


Colorado Blvd, after the Rose Parade, '38...'34 Ford 2-door, '37 Ford, Willys sedan in background, couple of Chevys in foreground.....

 

No, the Coleman stove had a tank that attached in a manner similar to the way the propane line goes to the burners. It has a screw-off cap and you added liquid "Coleman Fuel" to it. the Fuel came in cans that you bought or brought with you. We even had a Coleman heater for our 2-room tent that worked with the fuel as well. We were using the liquid fuel in the late 60's through the late 70's. I don't recall when we switched to the propane tanks.

 

Mine too. 'Way pre-teen, like Mickey Mouse Club.

Check out the beach shoes!

 

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Still from Beach Party, most likely? She's not being sultry - that's "The Look" she gave Frankie when she thought he wasn't paying attention to her.
BTW, have to give kudos to Frankie Avalon in those movies; great comic timing and never took himself too seriously.

 

Jim - know exactly what you're talking about - still have my Coleman two-burner gasoline stove from the 70's (including nifty stove stand as pictured above), and a couple of well used Coleman gasoline lanterns (still used for night fishing). After I started camping in pop-up trailers which had their own propane stoves, I would use the gasoline stove at home for frying fish outdoors.

 

Guess I missed Frankie's great comic timing - too distracted by Annette!