Vintage shots from days gone by!

That is the toll gates at the southern end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in late 50's. See the lane change sign on the right. They would change over lanes heading into the city and use them as additional lanes outbound for peak hour traffic.

 

i had read it was almost uninhabitable before air-conditioning ...

 

Anybody else think they are planning a bridge?
Upper left corner of photo by the busses, looks to be some cement work going on.

 

Portland, OR 1959

 

L.A. 1952

 

Halsted Street, Chicago - 1956

 

Hollywood Boulevard, 1965

 

Southport, NC after Hurricane Hazel in October 1954.

 

Again Hurrican Hazel. This is the aftermath at Wrightsville Beach, NC

 

Looks like the 1958 Indy winner champion getting a new 58 olds. One of the greatest drivers ever !

 

How strange that #1 cylinder is at TDC, while that other 2 are in the middle??? As I recall these were also 2 cycle.

 

Neiman Marcus, Houston, TX

 

Yep, pretty new bridge abutment.

Not sure what the ramp to the left of the "canoes" ramp might be for, or why there're some buses there, but the "canoes", being on a tether, would always swing to the same ramps.