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hemidenis |
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Expert Posts: 3895      Location: Northen Virginia | Yes, that's the one, hard to be sure what it is. Edited by hemidenis 2011-07-16 7:57 PM (Desoto.jpg) Attachments ----------------  Desoto.jpg (8KB - 230 downloads) | ||
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| hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | No FL cars, but one for Doc to recognize. (One for Doc.jpg) Attachments ---------------- One for Doc.jpg (112KB - 240 downloads) | ||
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| Matthew Keij |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 481 Location: The Netherlands | Doctor DeSoto - 2011-07-16 3:15 PM hemidenis - 2011-07-17 7:51 AM Is that your car there doc? The ragtop in the upper left side. ******************************************************** Are you referring to the Shoppers World photo ? I see a white 59 Plymouth ragtop and what *could be* a sort of goldish-looking DeSoto, but my eyes aren't good enough to give a positive ID. Or are you looking at something else ? Shoppers World. Wow ! I remember those cheesy mega-stores. Is the one called something like "Jaybirds" still open between Chehalis and Centralia along the old highway ? Note the 57 Chrysler in the foreground with the rarely seen hood ornament pair.  The white one is a Sport Fury convertible. 2 cars left from the DeSoto is a 59 Plymouth 4 door sedan | ||
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| Doctor DeSoto |
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 Location: Parts Unknown | The hard-to-make-out DeSoto is probably a 57, with the sweep lower on the sides and hidden by the 61 Ford to its left. If it were a 58, the sweep would be visible on the upper rear fin. But I think you are right, it is a DeSoto. Given the color, it might be an Adventurer, clearly indicating the need for a fast car to get to the great deals there at Shoppers World ! Deaconess Hospital still stands, but DAMM, you'd hardly recognize it for all the building gone up around it. It looks like it stands out on a cow pasture in that shot ! Today, the elevated I-90 passes right behind the rear building, and the city has crowded up all around on all the other sides. Something deceiving here is how flat the ground looks. This is actually on a pretty steep hill, sloping downward toward the background. Surprisingly, the facade still looks much the same. A Harry Rectangle masterpiece of architectural design.  Edited by Doctor DeSoto 2011-07-17 5:47 AM | ||
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| hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | Union RR Station LA (Union RR Station LA.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Union RR Station LA.jpg (113KB - 259 downloads) | ||
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| Ray Bell |
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Expert Posts: 2478 Location: Dalveen, Queensland, Australia | |||
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| hemidenis |
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Expert Posts: 3895 Location: Northen Virginia | |||
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| hemidave |
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| Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Yeah, it's in Spokane ... I think on 5th ? The north-south street to the west is Lincoln ? It is one of the steepest streets in town ... a real thrill in the winter when there's snow and ice. You drop down about five blocks to the light at 3rd, which is almost always red. A thrill worth avoiding !  | ||
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| hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | Now here is a place we drove by a lot when I was a kid. Every Sunday we went to visit my grandfather, who worked for the B&M railroad, and drove to Greenfield, MA. This spot is on RT 2 known as the Mohawk Trail, which we frequented in the summer months. (Greenfield, MA.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Greenfield, MA.jpg (133KB - 231 downloads) | ||
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| di_ch_NY56 |
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Expert Posts: 1530 Location: ZH, Switzerland | |||
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| hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | How's the weather been....too hot? Cool down with this pic. (Blue Jay, CA.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Blue Jay, CA.jpg (62KB - 228 downloads) | ||
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| mrtester |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 802 Location: Norcross (Atlanta area), GA | Toronto, November 1959. (s0372_ss0100_it0442.jpg) Attachments ---------------- s0372_ss0100_it0442.jpg (139KB - 220 downloads) | ||
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| Windsor59 |
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Expert Posts: 2596 Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | hemidave - 2011-07-19 7:03 PM How's the weather been....too hot? Cool down with this pic. Nice snow pic, The owner of Plymouth may have stayed at the bar, looking a little forlorn out..  Blue Jay in US or Canada? | ||
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| mrtester |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 802 Location: Norcross (Atlanta area), GA | Old terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, Atlanta GA, circa 1964. This building was completed in 1961 and imploded in 1981, in favor of the current terminal. The Atlanta airport people do such a good job of removing all traces of their old airport buildings. Couldn't find any sign of this terminal anywhere. (atl61towleft.jpg) Attachments ---------------- atl61towleft.jpg (202KB - 216 downloads) | ||
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| imfinlay |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 499 Location: London, England | Yonge St and Church St today - I see the building with the arched windows behind the gas station is still there! (YongeandChurchtoday.gif) Attachments ---------------- YongeandChurchtoday.gif (99KB - 212 downloads) | ||
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| hemidenis |
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Expert Posts: 3895 Location: Northen Virginia | You right Doc, is all surrounded by buildings now, wonder how the original hospital structure still standing. (hosp.jpg) Attachments ---------------- hosp.jpg (54KB - 204 downloads) | ||
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| Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | 5th is something of a "side street". Most traffic goes on down Lincoln to 3rd or 2nd to go east or west. As such, I saw this postcard before I ever drove 5th and saw the building, but went looking for it once I had seen it and was surprised to see it pretty much as it was built !  Now how is this for "small world" ...... that red van belongs to a floor covering contractor I have used on many of my jobs !  | ||
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| hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | Sebring, FLA (Sebring, FL.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Sebring, FL.jpg (118KB - 226 downloads) | ||
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| hemidenis |
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Expert Posts: 3895 Location: Northen Virginia | That is amazing Doc, tell the guy his van is on Google! Still a hotel (rose.jpg) Attachments ---------------- rose.jpg (42KB - 206 downloads) | ||
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| Windsor59 |
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Expert Posts: 2596 Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Here some pics from Lisabon, Athen (Greece), Athen (US)..... Edited by Windsor59 2011-07-21 2:33 AM (LISBOA, PORTUGAL 1960.jpg) (lisbon-from-antwerp.jpg) (getimage.jpg) (Panepistimou Str., Athens, 1950s.jpg) (athens--jerrys.jpg) (7389922.jpg) Attachments ---------------- LISBOA, PORTUGAL 1960.jpg (86KB - 220 downloads) lisbon-from-antwerp.jpg (49KB - 220 downloads) getimage.jpg (137KB - 228 downloads) Panepistimou Str., Athens, 1950s.jpg (182KB - 222 downloads) athens--jerrys.jpg (52KB - 216 downloads) 7389922.jpg (179KB - 249 downloads) | ||
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| mrtester |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 802 Location: Norcross (Atlanta area), GA | Ghost Town at Caldwell, Idaho (fulton 005.jpg) Attachments ---------------- fulton 005.jpg (294KB - 211 downloads) | ||
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| hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | Doc, are these still standing??? (Another one for Doc.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Another one for Doc.jpg (92KB - 204 downloads) | ||
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| Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Yes they are ! Just east of Havana on Sprague. South side of the street. I bought my truck from the former owner's son. It sat parked out front for a year there. | ||
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| michiganhotrod1 |
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Regular Posts: 89 | Here are a few photos courtesy the Detroit News website. The photo in Ferndale (parking) is taken about 4 miles from the Chrysler headquarters in Highland Park. (20110712170537_1957-parking.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20110712170537_1957-parking.jpg (169KB - 252 downloads) | ||
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| michiganhotrod1 |
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Regular Posts: 89 | One more, also in Ferndale on Woodward Avenue. (20110712170520_1957-nine-mile-road.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20110712170520_1957-nine-mile-road.jpg (210KB - 208 downloads) | ||
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| michiganhotrod1 |
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Regular Posts: 89 | One more, also on Woodward. Mark (20110712170722_1958A.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20110712170722_1958A.jpg (127KB - 213 downloads) | ||
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| Windsor59 |
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Expert Posts: 2596 Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Here some old pics ho I found at net (4f4400fcc8ea20de_landing.jpg) (16thBaltimore_AlliedMotors_1955.jpg) (1956%20Plymouth%20Turbine_01.jpg) (1959%20Plymouth%20Turbine%20Special.jpg) (Chrysler Turbine Car from the movie The Lively Set.jpg) (1984_Downs_711727.jpg) (76447d3e7dac7c1d_landing.jpg) (DeSoto 57.jpg) (family%20003.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 4f4400fcc8ea20de_landing.jpg (32KB - 211 downloads) 16thBaltimore_AlliedMotors_1955.jpg (37KB - 221 downloads) 1956%20Plymouth%20Turbine_01.jpg (41KB - 207 downloads) 1959%20Plymouth%20Turbine%20Special.jpg (57KB - 216 downloads) Chrysler Turbine Car from the movie The Lively Set.jpg (20KB - 206 downloads) 1984_Downs_711727.jpg (55KB - 204 downloads) 76447d3e7dac7c1d_landing.jpg (42KB - 197 downloads) DeSoto 57.jpg (33KB - 199 downloads) family%20003.jpg (134KB - 215 downloads) | ||
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| hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | Wow, that Desoto conv with the ladies in it  Sarasota, FLA (Sarasota, FL.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Sarasota, FL.jpg (109KB - 217 downloads) | ||
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| hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | Farmers Market, LA (Farmers Market, Los Angeles.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Farmers Market, Los Angeles.jpg (148KB - 215 downloads) | ||
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| Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | What an incredible time to be alive in L.A. Wow! | ||
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| hemidenis |
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Expert Posts: 3895 Location: Northen Virginia | |||
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| hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | Montana (Montana.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Montana.jpg (26KB - 209 downloads) | ||
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| hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | New York (NY.jpg) Attachments ---------------- NY.jpg (128KB - 223 downloads) | ||
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| SavoyPlaza |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1172 Location: Georgia | And here are two more photographs: Pete (287 Arizona.jpg) (289-2nd-between-taylor-and-salmon-north-1958.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 287 Arizona.jpg (34KB - 213 downloads) 289-2nd-between-taylor-and-salmon-north-1958.jpg (52KB - 207 downloads) | ||
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| hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | Memphis, TN (Memphis, TN.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Memphis, TN.jpg (93KB - 214 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 4654 | Barstow, CA (Barstow, CA.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Barstow, CA.jpg (102KB - 226 downloads) | ||
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| SavoyPlaza |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1172 Location: Georgia | I dig that Holiday Inn Memphis photo, Dave. Those big signs were a sight to behold when they were lit up!  Here's an interesting view: Pete (288a-eastbank-and-minnesota-freeway-broadway-williams-and-weidler-northwest-1964.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 288a-eastbank-and-minnesota-freeway-broadway-williams-and-weidler-northwest-1964.jpg (186KB - 214 downloads) | ||
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| hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | No FLs, but this is the city I live in, and this intersection has not changed much. The bank on the corner is now a jewelery store, the Calvin Theater has been restored and the Hotel Nothampton has been around for a long time. (Northampton, MA.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Northampton, MA.jpg (119KB - 202 downloads) | ||
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| hemidenis |
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Expert Posts: 3895 Location: Northen Virginia | Not even theses small towns look the same. Bank still there with a different name; the left side is complete gone. (barstow.jpg) Attachments ---------------- barstow.jpg (66KB - 205 downloads) | ||
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| hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | Clinton, OH (Clinton. OH.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Clinton. OH.jpg (83KB - 219 downloads) | ||
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| Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | WTH did Barstow do with that whole mountain ? It just vanished !!!! | ||
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| sparky7 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 636 | Doctor DeSoto - 2011-07-29 7:31 AM WTH did Barstow do with that whole mountain ? It just vanished !!!! The mountain is still there! Even for a little post card, the (professional) photographers back then would use a 4X5 inch large format camera. The color printer (Um, a craftsman, not a desktop device) needed a big piece of film to start with. Also, by manipulating the lens, they could get all the buildings to stand up straight, and get everything near and far in focus. They also used mostly "normal lenses" which give the same angle of view as a 45-50mm on a 35mm camera. The Google "street view" cams use a wider angle lens that gives a "buggy" feel, with closer buildings bigger, and the far away objects very small. Never mind the fact that the webcam pics are taken crudely without any human thought for lighting, weather, composition, timing . . . so these poor downtowns, with the life already stripped out of them, look even worse when photographed from a robo-camera on top of a moving car. Sparky | ||
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| hemidenis |
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Expert Posts: 3895 Location: Northen Virginia | |||
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Location: Parts Unknown | I went through the archives at the Bartow Times newspaper, and apparently the County sold that mountain for use as a movie prop in 1972 and it was hauled to California for use there.  | ||
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| hemidave |
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Expert Posts: 4654 | Topless in Scottsdale (Scottsdale, AZ 2.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Scottsdale, AZ 2.jpg (126KB - 210 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 4654 | Watertown, NY (Watertown, NY.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Watertown, NY.jpg (126KB - 218 downloads) | ||
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| mrtester |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 802 Location: Norcross (Atlanta area), GA | Charlotte Auto Fair, in the car corral section at the speedway. The white '63 Imp is the closest thing to an actual FL car I could find on the Auto Fair's web site. Edited by mrtester 2011-08-01 1:49 AM (p_cc011.jpg) Attachments ---------------- p_cc011.jpg (78KB - 210 downloads) | ||
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| Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Awesome black barrel. Bet it took "Best in Class". | ||
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| Windsor59 |
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Expert Posts: 2596 Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | DeSoto 60 Plymouth 60 and 55-56 Airport limos Edited by Windsor59 2011-08-01 5:23 AM (c525.jpg) (c519.jpg) (c527.jpg) Attachments ---------------- c525.jpg (59KB - 199 downloads) c519.jpg (53KB - 211 downloads) c527.jpg (37KB - 200 downloads) | ||
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