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vedette |
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | has no one noticed how photogenic '57 Dodges are (pic57dodge.jpg) (postcardGuggenheimMuseum.jpg) (postcardGalvestonBeachBlvd.jpg) (postcardTullahomaTN.jpg) Attachments ---------------- pic57dodge.jpg (67KB - 435 downloads) postcardGuggenheimMuseum.jpg (53KB - 433 downloads) postcardGalvestonBeachBlvd.jpg (52KB - 445 downloads) postcardTullahomaTN.jpg (119KB - 432 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 2308 Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH | Wow! I haven't seen a piece of diagnostic equipment like that in years! When I trained at FVTI (a technical college) for automotive mechanics they had a nearly new Sun diagnostic machine that resembled this type. It was more up to date though than the one in the picture as I remember it had an oscillisope for testing the ignition circuit and an exhaust pipe sniffer probe for checking the exhaust emissions. (This was ca. 1975-6) The stuff they have these days in the dealerships though makes the Sun machine look like something from another century (literally). I wonder if the folder the gentleman is holding is his limited warranty from Chrysler Corporation? (57 Dodge Service Bay.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 57 Dodge Service Bay.jpg (67KB - 450 downloads) | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | This is the coolest thread ever. Just about ever shot is my childhood encapsulated. I walked those sidewalks and marveled at the signs, trolley wires, the chrome, .... everything ! I find it amusing how bare and open those parking lots are. All the uproar in recent years has put into law all the greenstrip rules of landscaping and made those asphalt fields as passe as finned cars. I kinda like 'em ! I am in need of a major fin fix these days. I check here nightly to see if there is new stuff posted. BTW - several shots have been forwarded to my architect for design ideas on the new shop. No pole barn going to be built here ! | ||
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | here's another Fin Fix for you Doc,I wish I could get a shot of fins too (postcardBigBearLakeCA.jpg) (postcardDumasTX.jpg) (postcardFlorenceWI.jpg) (postcardlincolndealer.jpg) (postcardRouynQuebec.jpg) (postcardSiouxFallsKELO.jpg) (postcardspiritLakeIA.jpg) (postcardStevensvilleMD.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardBigBearLakeCA.jpg (29KB - 436 downloads) postcardDumasTX.jpg (71KB - 439 downloads) postcardFlorenceWI.jpg (45KB - 431 downloads) postcardlincolndealer.jpg (22KB - 452 downloads) postcardRouynQuebec.jpg (166KB - 436 downloads) postcardSiouxFallsKELO.jpg (144KB - 434 downloads) postcardspiritLakeIA.jpg (123KB - 433 downloads) postcardStevensvilleMD.jpg (19KB - 407 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | Same Location just about the same times,but most of the cars are different apart from possibly one(not FL),but a white '59 Pontiac is in both pics. (postcardMackinawCityMI.jpg) (PostcardMackinawMI.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardMackinawCityMI.jpg (53KB - 428 downloads) PostcardMackinawMI.jpg (81KB - 421 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | more '57 Dodges (postcardCarmelCAdodgeconv.jpg) (postcardEugeneOR57Dodge.jpg) (postcardFranklinKY.jpg) (postcardmonroevillePA2.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardCarmelCAdodgeconv.jpg (188KB - 421 downloads) postcardEugeneOR57Dodge.jpg (27KB - 425 downloads) postcardFranklinKY.jpg (65KB - 418 downloads) postcardmonroevillePA2.jpg (60KB - 414 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | These are international! The white/red Plymouth is in Baghdad. (caxton06.jpg) (caxton11.jpg) (caxton17traffic.jpg) Attachments ---------------- caxton06.jpg (103KB - 407 downloads) caxton11.jpg (85KB - 420 downloads) caxton17traffic.jpg (85KB - 415 downloads) | ||
vedette |
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | 57burb - 2008-04-23 3:03 PM These are international! The white/red Plymouth is in Baghdad. Danny,where is the bottom one with the '57 DeSoto taken?..Here's one of Tulsa's Miss Belvedere sponsors. (postcardTulsaPly.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardTulsaPly.jpg (35KB - 429 downloads) | ||
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Inactive by user's request Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | This is where the novel "Christine" actually took place. K. (postcardmonroevillePA2.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardmonroevillePA2.jpg (60KB - 420 downloads) | ||
vedette |
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | Kenny J. - 2008-04-24 1:09 AM This is where the novel "Christine" actually took place. K. and "Dawn of the Dead"by George A. Romero http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroeville_Mall (postcardmonroevillePa.jpg) (postcardmonroevillePA2.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardmonroevillePa.jpg (77KB - 434 downloads) postcardmonroevillePA2.jpg (60KB - 421 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | a couple featuring 2 FLs (postcardNevadaCityCA.jpg) (postcardDalhartTXHoliday.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardNevadaCityCA.jpg (103KB - 414 downloads) postcardDalhartTXHoliday.jpg (48KB - 413 downloads) | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | Note the big open holes in the Plymouth valance in the Nevada City shot. Very early production. | ||
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | more from the real USA (postcardAlmaMI.jpg) (postcardCambriaCATwo.jpg) (postcardChevronFL.jpg) (postcardDedhamMA.jpg) (postcardEDOrangeCA.jpg) (postcardLivermoreFallsME.jpg) (postcardLosAlamosNM.jpg) (postcardMiamiBeachSingapore.jpg) (postcardMyrtleBeachLaFrances.jpg) (postcardNorthBendOr.jpg) (postcardOldOrchardBeach.jpg) (postcardPalmSpringsCa.jpg) (postcardScottsdalePlymouth.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardAlmaMI.jpg (56KB - 422 downloads) postcardCambriaCATwo.jpg (118KB - 422 downloads) postcardChevronFL.jpg (37KB - 439 downloads) postcardDedhamMA.jpg (40KB - 430 downloads) postcardEDOrangeCA.jpg (130KB - 409 downloads) postcardLivermoreFallsME.jpg (87KB - 423 downloads) postcardLosAlamosNM.jpg (29KB - 397 downloads) postcardMiamiBeachSingapore.jpg (51KB - 419 downloads) postcardMyrtleBeachLaFrances.jpg (58KB - 410 downloads) postcardNorthBendOr.jpg (155KB - 414 downloads) postcardOldOrchardBeach.jpg (57KB - 423 downloads) postcardPalmSpringsCa.jpg (24KB - 402 downloads) postcardScottsdalePlymouth.jpg (54KB - 409 downloads) | ||
Kenny J. |
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Inactive by user's request Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | Pittsburgh (actually suburban Munhall), along the Route 65 trolley line: (PassingSiding1.jpg) Attachments ---------------- PassingSiding1.jpg (60KB - 402 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | looks like everyone in Pottstown PA was required to drive a FL car (postcardPottstownPAHospital.jpg) (postcardPottstownPA.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardPottstownPAHospital.jpg (80KB - 398 downloads) postcardPottstownPA.jpg (58KB - 398 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | few from Florida (postcardMiamiSpitzer.jpg) (postcardDaytonaBeachCottageColony.jpg) (postcardLiveOakFLKays.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardMiamiSpitzer.jpg (81KB - 393 downloads) postcardDaytonaBeachCottageColony.jpg (49KB - 393 downloads) postcardLiveOakFLKays.jpg (57KB - 398 downloads) | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7402 Location: northern germany | oh thanks man,vedette. this is my favorite thread. i once had 1000s of chrome postcard pictures (collected 99-07 from ebay) but my computer crashed. some of the pics i lost i found in this thread! thanks! | ||
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | here's some more Sid (postcardAtlanticHighlandsNJ.jpg) (postcardAspenMountain.jpg) (postcardBrookfieldMO.jpg) (postcardBucksLakeCA.jpg) (postcardCoquilleOR.jpg) (postcardElkoNV1950s.jpg) (postcardElkoNVStampede.jpg) (postcardFlagstaffWonderlandTwo.jpg) (postcardFortSmithARTwo.jpg) (postcardHarrisburgStation.jpg) (postcardJohnDayORMotel.jpg) (postcardLahainaHIFrontStreet.jpg) (postcardLasVegasMobileHomeInn.jpg) (postcardLasVegasThunderbird.jpg) (postcardLorainOH.jpg) (postcardMissoulaMTDodge.jpg) (postcardNorthPlatteBuffaloBill.jpg) (postcardPagosaSpringsCO.jpg) (postcardPeekskillNY.jpg) (postcardPortJeffersonNYWagonWheel.jpg) (postcardPuebloCOTownHouse.jpg) (postcardShamrockTXMaverick.jpg) (postcardStLouisBelAir.jpg) (postcardSyracuseNYSplit.jpg) (postcardSyracuseNY.jpg) (postcardTerreHauteINRitz.jpg) (postcardVirginiaBeach.jpg) (postcardWaterburyVT.jpg) (postcardWeottCA.jpg) (postcardWilliamstonNC.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardAtlanticHighlandsNJ.jpg (71KB - 387 downloads) postcardAspenMountain.jpg (64KB - 397 downloads) postcardBrookfieldMO.jpg (58KB - 380 downloads) postcardBucksLakeCA.jpg (71KB - 387 downloads) postcardCoquilleOR.jpg (65KB - 399 downloads) postcardElkoNV1950s.jpg (64KB - 393 downloads) postcardElkoNVStampede.jpg (63KB - 385 downloads) postcardFlagstaffWonderlandTwo.jpg (141KB - 404 downloads) postcardFortSmithARTwo.jpg (149KB - 389 downloads) postcardHarrisburgStation.jpg (67KB - 388 downloads) postcardJohnDayORMotel.jpg (110KB - 385 downloads) postcardLahainaHIFrontStreet.jpg (62KB - 392 downloads) postcardLasVegasMobileHomeInn.jpg (125KB - 393 downloads) postcardLasVegasThunderbird.jpg (58KB - 386 downloads) postcardLorainOH.jpg (91KB - 403 downloads) postcardMissoulaMTDodge.jpg (63KB - 402 downloads) postcardNorthPlatteBuffaloBill.jpg (110KB - 378 downloads) postcardPagosaSpringsCO.jpg (92KB - 392 downloads) postcardPeekskillNY.jpg (84KB - 399 downloads) postcardPortJeffersonNYWagonWheel.jpg (102KB - 387 downloads) postcardPuebloCOTownHouse.jpg (85KB - 386 downloads) postcardShamrockTXMaverick.jpg (66KB - 412 downloads) postcardStLouisBelAir.jpg (74KB - 392 downloads) postcardSyracuseNYSplit.jpg (76KB - 398 downloads) postcardSyracuseNY.jpg (42KB - 386 downloads) postcardTerreHauteINRitz.jpg (80KB - 400 downloads) postcardVirginiaBeach.jpg (101KB - 390 downloads) postcardWaterburyVT.jpg (64KB - 396 downloads) postcardWeottCA.jpg (74KB - 400 downloads) postcardWilliamstonNC.jpg (68KB - 382 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3888 Location: Northen Virginia | What a wonderful postcards, also interesting is tape the postcard address in map quest and check the aerial image of the place, some motels seem to survived!!!, Some dealers too!! | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 709 Location: Poznan, Poland, Europe | Great cars, I love the '57 Saratoga in Pagosa Springs. And thanks for a big view of Thunderbird too, always find small pics :P | ||
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | Doctor DeSoto - 2008-01-26 9:24 PM OK, .. so we have established that there was a Morris in Pittsburgh and another one 3000 miles away in Umatilla, Oregon. There *might* have been a 3rd one somewhere else ??? Great pix. I love this stuff. I expect to see a 5 year old ME standing in any one of them ! You were right Brent,there was a 3rd one... (postcardWeottCA.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardWeottCA.jpg (74KB - 391 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | some more photogenic '57 Dodges (postcardDallasTXLoveField.jpg) (postcardFoxLakeIL.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardDallasTXLoveField.jpg (121KB - 381 downloads) postcardFoxLakeIL.jpg (46KB - 392 downloads) | ||
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Veteran Posts: 166 Location: Nebraska | As I gaze upon these wonderful images of days gone by, provided by some of the most generous club members we could ever have the privilege of being associated with, I often wonder if any of us now own any of the cars pictured here... | ||
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Inactive by user's request Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | FinFan - 2008-05-08 8:52 AM Great cars, I love the '57 Saratoga in Pagosa Springs. It says "Pagosa Springs", but I don't see a 1948 Peterbuilt hanging out of the side of a feed store. K. | ||
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Inactive by user's request Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | 1958Paul - 2008-05-09 6:07 PM As I gaze upon these wonderful images of days gone by, provided by some of the most generous club members we could ever have the privilege of being associated with, I often wonder if any of us now own any of the cars pictured here... I was wondering that, too, Paul. Especially since I own a pink and white '59 Plymouth wagon with a trailer hitch like the one in this photo. And mine has Oregon plates that expired in 1969. K. (johnday.jpg) Attachments ---------------- johnday.jpg (110KB - 382 downloads) | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | Last time I was through John Day, it looked just like that ! Bet that 59 wagon hasn't moved and is still registered to room 12 ! | ||
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | any other member's cars here. (postcardFishermansWharfPlymouth.jpg) (postcardFortStocktonTXMotel.jpg) (postcardGasquetCAPatrickCreek.jpg) (postcardLoganUTMotel.jpg) (postcardLonePinePlymouth.jpg) (postcardMyrtleBeachPier.jpg) (postcardPismoBeachCAEdgewater.jpg) (postcardRiversideCAMagnolia.jpg) (postcardSanJuanCapistrano.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardFishermansWharfPlymouth.jpg (84KB - 397 downloads) postcardFortStocktonTXMotel.jpg (117KB - 408 downloads) postcardGasquetCAPatrickCreek.jpg (98KB - 392 downloads) postcardLoganUTMotel.jpg (125KB - 394 downloads) postcardLonePinePlymouth.jpg (59KB - 412 downloads) postcardMyrtleBeachPier.jpg (64KB - 402 downloads) postcardPismoBeachCAEdgewater.jpg (137KB - 409 downloads) postcardRiversideCAMagnolia.jpg (98KB - 396 downloads) postcardSanJuanCapistrano.jpg (99KB - 397 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | more (postcardAmosQuebec.jpg) (postcardApacheJunctionAZ.jpg) (postcardAvonParkFLA.jpg) (postcardBellevueWAThunderbird.jpg) (postcardCambridgeOH1950s.jpg) (postcardCashmereWA.jpg) (postcardCedarSpringsTX.jpg) (postcardFestusMO.jpg) (postcardGaylordMI.jpg) (postcardJacksonvilleORDeSoto.jpg) (postcardJacumbaCAMotel.jpg) (postcardLagunaBeachFL.jpg) (postcardLonghornRanchNM.jpg) (postcardLongLakeNY.jpg) (postcardMaconGA1950s.jpg) (postcardMiddleboroMA.jpg) (postcardMineralWellsTXMotel.jpg) (postcardMontroseCA.jpg) (postcardNashvilleIN.jpg) (postcardPasoRoblesStreetDesPly.jpg) (postcardPhoenixTrailerPark.jpg) (postcardSanPedroCa.jpg) (postcardSantaRosaNMLetties.jpg) (postcardSpringfieldMOTL.jpg) (postcardTucsonAZ57Chrysler.jpg) (postcardTucumcariLaCita.jpg) (postcardVancouverWA.jpg) (postcardWaikikiAquarium.jpg) (postcardWaikikiMarketPlace.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardAmosQuebec.jpg (80KB - 401 downloads) postcardApacheJunctionAZ.jpg (82KB - 404 downloads) postcardAvonParkFLA.jpg (57KB - 390 downloads) postcardBellevueWAThunderbird.jpg (90KB - 399 downloads) postcardCambridgeOH1950s.jpg (83KB - 403 downloads) postcardCashmereWA.jpg (91KB - 388 downloads) postcardCedarSpringsTX.jpg (32KB - 393 downloads) postcardFestusMO.jpg (72KB - 404 downloads) postcardGaylordMI.jpg (67KB - 400 downloads) postcardJacksonvilleORDeSoto.jpg (90KB - 394 downloads) postcardJacumbaCAMotel.jpg (80KB - 396 downloads) postcardLagunaBeachFL.jpg (48KB - 401 downloads) postcardLonghornRanchNM.jpg (179KB - 488 downloads) postcardLongLakeNY.jpg (107KB - 398 downloads) postcardMaconGA1950s.jpg (82KB - 379 downloads) postcardMiddleboroMA.jpg (56KB - 398 downloads) postcardMineralWellsTXMotel.jpg (48KB - 393 downloads) postcardMontroseCA.jpg (87KB - 394 downloads) postcardNashvilleIN.jpg (97KB - 388 downloads) postcardPasoRoblesStreetDesPly.jpg (80KB - 398 downloads) postcardPhoenixTrailerPark.jpg (74KB - 401 downloads) postcardSanPedroCa.jpg (72KB - 410 downloads) postcardSantaRosaNMLetties.jpg (140KB - 399 downloads) postcardSpringfieldMOTL.jpg (75KB - 397 downloads) postcardTucsonAZ57Chrysler.jpg (74KB - 392 downloads) postcardTucumcariLaCita.jpg (66KB - 401 downloads) postcardVancouverWA.jpg (91KB - 398 downloads) postcardWaikikiAquarium.jpg (96KB - 393 downloads) postcardWaikikiMarketPlace.jpg (85KB - 399 downloads) | ||
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Regular Posts: 69 Location: Central New Jersey, USA | vedette - 2008-03-30 9:27 PM NJ/NY Diners seem to attract FL owners Funny thing is that the reo diner is about 1 mile from my house and is still standing. They have a car show literally around the corner on Main St. in woodbridge. As for the bridgewater diner, it stands too, remodeled though, and there's a show across the highway at the now fudruckers, at the time a forrest. Edited by marcar1993 2008-06-04 10:50 PM (60sBrigewatrerDiner.jpg) (60sReoDiner.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 60sBrigewatrerDiner.jpg (42KB - 404 downloads) 60sReoDiner.jpg (40KB - 400 downloads) | ||
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | HEY SID! You noticed the 'skirts' on the 55 PLY convertible, in the "Longhorn Ranch/N.M." postcard, up-above here? There's a '58 PLY in the photo, so the 55 has been wearing those skirts probably-almost from when it was new! | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7402 Location: northern germany | d500neil - 2008-06-05 5:47 PM HEY SID! You noticed the 'skirts' on the 55 PLY convertible, in the "Longhorn Ranch/N.M." postcard, up-above here? There's a '58 PLY in the photo, so the 55 has been wearing those skirts probably-almost from when it was new! yes, saw it. i once had a huge collection of old chrome postcards with lots of forwardlook cars with skirts, mostly 55/56 plymouths, and a couple of 57-60. this is my favorite in this thread. i like light colored bodys with dark top and side spear+ skirts. you can't make a 57/58 plymouth look longer,sleeker and lower. i love this car! Edited by 1960fury 2008-06-10 8:58 AM (postcardWichitaFallsTexas.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardWichitaFallsTexas.jpg (164KB - 395 downloads) | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | While Sid and I will never agree on fender skirts, I am right here on the "sleek". Is it just me, or does anyone else here find it hard to believe GM and Ford could even GIVE their cars away in those years ? Look at the 59 Ford or the 58 Caddy in that shot ! What "unsleek" cars they were ! I guess this is proof that MY interest in sleek 50's cars was not entirely shared by the buying public ! I have been watching some Perry Mason episodes from early 1958 where they use a 58 Bonneville ragtop and in the last one, a 58 Pontiac Tri-Powered Star Chief. Both would be considered top shelf 50's GM cars then and now, but man ! ..... what fat, dumpy cars when put up against any comparable Plymouth. Exner really was on a different planet. Thank God ! | ||
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | more ForwardLooks in their natural habitat. (postcard1958bearsMinnesota.jpg) (postcard1960DodgeDartPhoenix.jpg) (postcardAlbuquerque1950sStreet.jpg) (postcardAnnArborAuditorium.jpg) (postcardAustinTXStar.jpg) (postcardBeverlyHills.jpg) (postcardBismarckNDHospital.jpg) (postcardBlytheCAFlyingA.jpg) (postcardBozemanMTMainStreet.jpg) (postcardBrookfieldMO.jpg) (postcardBrookingsOR.jpg) (postcardButteMTBroadway.jpg) (postcardCambriaCADeSoto.jpg) (postcardChatsworthGAKins.jpg) (postcardCommerceGA.jpg) (postcardDaltonGA.jpg) (postcardDavenportChiropractic.jpg) (postcardDaytonaBeachAtlantis.jpg) (postcardDaytonaBeachcadillac.jpg) (postcardDetroitOR.jpg) (postcardDublinGA.jpg) (postcardEauClaireWI.jpg) (postcardEstesParkCO.jpg) (postcardEverettWA.jpg) (postcardFortMcLeodABTravel.jpg) (postcardGatlinburgTN2.jpg) (postcardGoingToTheSunRoad.jpg) (postcardGrandJunction.jpg) (postcardLaPazMexico.jpg) (postcardLawtonOK.jpg) (postcardMontpelierIDDodge.jpg) (postcardOccidentalCA.jpg) (postcardPalmDesertSunShadow.jpg) (postcardPlainsMT.jpg) (postcardPriceUTCafe.jpg) (postcardSierraCityCAMotel.jpg) (postcardSunsetUTMotel.jpg) (postcardTomsPlaceCAmonoco.jpg) (postcardVernonTXMotel.jpg) (postcardWacoTX1950s.jpg) (postcardWenatcheeWA.jpg) (postcardWoodlandCA.jpg) (postcardWrayCO.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcard1958bearsMinnesota.jpg (84KB - 401 downloads) postcard1960DodgeDartPhoenix.jpg (76KB - 389 downloads) postcardAlbuquerque1950sStreet.jpg (73KB - 390 downloads) postcardAnnArborAuditorium.jpg (104KB - 389 downloads) postcardAustinTXStar.jpg (68KB - 389 downloads) postcardBeverlyHills.jpg (66KB - 383 downloads) postcardBismarckNDHospital.jpg (72KB - 379 downloads) postcardBlytheCAFlyingA.jpg (86KB - 396 downloads) postcardBozemanMTMainStreet.jpg (64KB - 383 downloads) postcardBrookfieldMO.jpg (58KB - 394 downloads) postcardBrookingsOR.jpg (71KB - 398 downloads) postcardButteMTBroadway.jpg (85KB - 395 downloads) postcardCambriaCADeSoto.jpg (56KB - 386 downloads) postcardChatsworthGAKins.jpg (70KB - 400 downloads) postcardCommerceGA.jpg (89KB - 381 downloads) postcardDaltonGA.jpg (82KB - 387 downloads) postcardDavenportChiropractic.jpg (81KB - 389 downloads) postcardDaytonaBeachAtlantis.jpg (71KB - 389 downloads) postcardDaytonaBeachcadillac.jpg (24KB - 370 downloads) postcardDetroitOR.jpg (107KB - 397 downloads) postcardDublinGA.jpg (63KB - 399 downloads) postcardEauClaireWI.jpg (72KB - 400 downloads) postcardEstesParkCO.jpg (77KB - 384 downloads) postcardEverettWA.jpg (129KB - 388 downloads) postcardFortMcLeodABTravel.jpg (57KB - 389 downloads) postcardGatlinburgTN2.jpg (76KB - 383 downloads) postcardGoingToTheSunRoad.jpg (96KB - 392 downloads) postcardGrandJunction.jpg (85KB - 396 downloads) postcardLaPazMexico.jpg (77KB - 386 downloads) postcardLawtonOK.jpg (82KB - 386 downloads) postcardMontpelierIDDodge.jpg (49KB - 387 downloads) postcardOccidentalCA.jpg (69KB - 398 downloads) postcardPalmDesertSunShadow.jpg (76KB - 399 downloads) postcardPlainsMT.jpg (70KB - 401 downloads) postcardPriceUTCafe.jpg (56KB - 391 downloads) postcardSierraCityCAMotel.jpg (112KB - 390 downloads) postcardSunsetUTMotel.jpg (78KB - 397 downloads) postcardTomsPlaceCAmonoco.jpg (102KB - 399 downloads) postcardVernonTXMotel.jpg (76KB - 373 downloads) postcardWacoTX1950s.jpg (82KB - 386 downloads) postcardWenatcheeWA.jpg (77KB - 386 downloads) postcardWoodlandCA.jpg (81KB - 383 downloads) postcardWrayCO.jpg (56KB - 393 downloads) | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 709 Location: Poznan, Poland, Europe | I like the bank from Lawton and that white/grey DeSoto from Cambria. Grey must have been rare. | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 406 Location: Voss,Norway | These post cards are just so kool!!!! I love looking at them. A shoot in the dark and maybe i have asked this before but is there anybody that has a postcard from Jamestown,ND from the late fifties and up to around 1963? Thats when my 57 was in that town. Molli Anderson used a regular parking spot, and it had to be parked near the presbytarian church, under the stained glass window. Maybe someone caught it on film...... | ||
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | 57belvedere - 2008-06-16 6:31 AM These post cards are just so kool!!!! I love looking at them. A shoot in the dark and maybe i have asked this before but is there anybody that has a postcard from Jamestown,ND from the late fifties and up to around 1963? Thats when my 57 was in that town. Molli Anderson used a regular parking spot, and it had to be parked near the presbytarian church, under the stained glass window. Maybe someone caught it on film...... Kjell,I'll keep an eye out for Molli Anderson's Belvedere in these cards... (postcardBanningCAGuysHouse.jpg) (postcardCarmelCA1958Plymouth.jpg) (postcardColonMI.jpg) (postcardGranbyQuebecZoo.jpg) (postcardHamptonBeachTwo.jpg) (postcardHighlandLakesNJ.jpg) (postcardHuronOH.jpg) (postcardKingmanAZ2.jpg) (postcardLongviewWA.jpg) (postcardNorwalkSquareCA.jpg) (postcardTremontonUTMainStreet.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardBanningCAGuysHouse.jpg (51KB - 388 downloads) postcardCarmelCA1958Plymouth.jpg (117KB - 385 downloads) postcardColonMI.jpg (69KB - 398 downloads) postcardGranbyQuebecZoo.jpg (73KB - 381 downloads) postcardHamptonBeachTwo.jpg (136KB - 372 downloads) postcardHighlandLakesNJ.jpg (90KB - 373 downloads) postcardHuronOH.jpg (70KB - 389 downloads) postcardKingmanAZ2.jpg (65KB - 394 downloads) postcardLongviewWA.jpg (81KB - 373 downloads) postcardNorwalkSquareCA.jpg (77KB - 392 downloads) postcardTremontonUTMainStreet.jpg (86KB - 376 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | lots of Forward Lookers out for a gamble at the "Stardust"....and a couple of '57 2 door hardtops meeting up. (postcardLasVegasStardustFLs.jpg) (postcardCrescentCityCali.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardLasVegasStardustFLs.jpg (89KB - 379 downloads) postcardCrescentCityCali.jpg (91KB - 376 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | more (postcardGlenwoodVillageNC.jpg) (postcardFontanaVillageResortNC.jpg) (postcardForestvilleCA.jpg) (postcardLevisQuebec.jpg) (postcardMackinacStraitsPlymouth.jpg) (postcardOrangeCAHospital.jpg) (postcardRenoWesterner.jpg) (postcardSanPedroCADeSoto.jpg) (postcardSanYsidroFlamingo.jpg) Attachments ---------------- postcardGlenwoodVillageNC.jpg (84KB - 372 downloads) postcardFontanaVillageResortNC.jpg (91KB - 383 downloads) postcardForestvilleCA.jpg (112KB - 386 downloads) postcardLevisQuebec.jpg (101KB - 380 downloads) postcardMackinacStraitsPlymouth.jpg (50KB - 381 downloads) postcardOrangeCAHospital.jpg (89KB - 391 downloads) postcardRenoWesterner.jpg (56KB - 386 downloads) postcardSanPedroCADeSoto.jpg (117KB - 377 downloads) postcardSanYsidroFlamingo.jpg (54KB - 388 downloads) | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7402 Location: northern germany | bump (50sangolaindiana.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 50sangolaindiana.jpg (72KB - 367 downloads) | ||
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Couple things: In the San Pedro (pronounced "San Peedro") CA postcard, up above here a couple-cards, and, also way-up, on Mark's last BIG-mega-posting, on the card, entitled : "Davenport Chiropractic" , look at how TIGHTLY the cars parallel parked to each other! Think that the cars' bumpers were not put to good very-effective usage, back in the day? Other thing: on that same mega-posting, on the Dublin GA postcard, which was taken around 1958, note that Regular gas cost $0.32/gallon; Primo was $0.35/gallon. Think that was cheap? NOoooooo; that translates to at least $3.50, and probably close to $4.00/gallon now. And those people paid that price on a daily 10-mile/gallon usage rate, all-day/every day, and bought new or replacement cars about once every five years (or less). And, there was about 1 car/family, back then; certainly not more than two, per average household. The reason that they could pay so much for gas (and their real take-home pay was very similar to what we make, today) was that their lives were SIMPLE, and cheap---in the sense that they paid NOTHING for their TV service (if they had it, in some of those small towns) and they had ONE telephone in their entire household, and maybe that was arranged on a 'party-line' basis, and they bought "designer-NOTHING" stuff-and-apparel. a luxury was a power lawn mower, or eating-out (dinner!) once in a while. When they went on vacation, they went CAMPING, and they never heard of LL Bean, or Camping World, or Caballas, or Lands-End, or Bass Pro Shops or Bannana Republic, or Orvis.....or Big 5 Sporting Goods. Hardly-nothing was a "must-have" item, back then, but a decent-paying regular job, a nice (1300 sq.ft) house, and a NEW(ish) car !----and a wifey and good looking children, which the lone-working-father fully supported and who paid for their higher- learning, himself. "Credit cards" were a luxury, which were paid off, each month. Cars were mostly paid for in cash-money. An airplane trip was a special luxury, too. Money was SAVED, back then. Being "in debt" was being on the road to the "poor house"(wherever THAT was!) So, with our 25++mpg-mobiles, now-a-days, which hardly require any service, over 15+ year service lives, we bitch about $3.50++/gallon gas, BECAUSE we spend so much of the rest our take-home pay on trifles and "emotionally-necessary" custom-designer-related crap, that really has nothing to do with the necessities of living. The list of what we-all WASTE our money on, today, in relation to the extent of our being in DEBT, is endless. You pay off your credit card balance, every month, and save money for whatever-good-reason: you're the EXCEPTION, in today's familial fiscal realities. Edited by d500neil 2008-08-27 6:07 PM | ||
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Just noticed, on that Davenport Chiropractic postcard, that , in addition to the two 60 Dodges parked next to each other, the farther-back parked '55 Fart is actually wearing "cruiser skirts" on it. | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 802 Location: Norcross (Atlanta area), GA | I am quite familiar with the Davenport Chiropractic postcard. That picture was taken about 1960-61, in my hometown of Davenport, Iowa. It's the chiropractic school (http://www.palmer.edu), which also housed a local radio station at that time. All those cars are parked very close to each other, and that street is on the top of a hill overlooking the downtown area. Unfortunately, neither of my parent's cars (1956 Belvy, 1961 Dart Seneca) are in this shot. | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7402 Location: northern germany | hey vedette, where are you? we need more! (50sbigspringtx.jpg) (plymouthute.jpg) (60dodge.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 50sbigspringtx.jpg (23KB - 361 downloads) plymouthute.jpg (69KB - 364 downloads) 60dodge.jpg (82KB - 372 downloads) | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 416 Location: North Central Alberta Canada | This is nothing short of incredible, I just spent hours looking and reading this thread. Thinking about how great the 50’s must have been to grow up in. Then at the end d500neil put it all in perspective. He didn’t mention that in the schools the children were taught to duck and cover under their desks in case of a nuclear attack which everyone thought was eminent. Now I have to get to work, it’s going to be a late day…..Thankyou for posting these pictures. | ||
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Yeahbutt: Duck-and-Cover was something else that was FREE of charge, back then. NOW: we have to PAY (to the Govenment) in order to be scared....of "terrorist attacks" ...Homeland Security, it's called. | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 990 | I'll have to agreed with Neil. Yes, daily expenses were probably lower, but the standard of living was also lower. Who had CH&A in their homes back then? Cars were more expensive to buy and maintain back then, quality was lower, which meant they were traded more often. A one-year-old '55 Dodge retained 60% of it's value. Takes five years for an Accord or Camry to drop to 60% of original value. Hondas have a 105,000 mile tuneup interval. Yes, the cold war was in full swing. I'm in Florida, I was a little boy during the Cuban missle crisis of 1962. I remember stockpiling foodstuffs in the coat closet at school in case of an attack. It was all moldy and spoiled at the end of the school year. Remember the fallout shelters and the symbols? | ||
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Cars were a major status symbol, and the typical nu-cu-ler family did not have more than two (if that) cars in the household. There really wasn't much else to waste their money ON, besides shelter, food, basic clothing (hand-me-downs) and car expenses. Everything else was a luxury (like eating outside the house) which was paid for, by SAVED (not borrowed) money. | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 452 Location: Southern California | Can't get enough of these! Takes me back to growing up in the orange groves of SoCal in the pre-space-flight-fifites. Summer vacations all across the U.S... Staying in motels exactly like these! HELP! Life wasn't better back then, just a heck of lot more of it! Duck and Cover! LOL! Get me outta here! I'm living in the future! | ||
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