Grocery Run 3
America changed immeasurably in the years following WWII. Young men who had grown up poor and served in the military, had the chance to go to College through the GI Bill. The urban landscape began to change as well. As these men started families, Suburbs sprouted like weeds and cities changed to accommodate the car. Parking lots and freeways claimed old neighborhoods and buildings under the banner of Urban renewal.
Estate wagons, once purchased mostly by wealthy people became station wagons, icons of suburbia long before soccer moms discovered SUV"s.
Cars slowly became less tubby through the 1950s as the Detroit styling departments embraced jet fighter influences. By the end of the decade, fins would reign supreme.
The way in which family memories were captured also changed in the fifties. Color film became available to dads across the land.
We offer up, a simulation of this transition from lush Pan X film stock to Kodachrome to the Digital now.
Happy Independence Day!
Go out and annoy a tyrant.
This is a forced perspective photograph of 1/43 scale die-cast model cars, trucks and buildings in front of a real background.
Vehicles are:
Mack B Series Box Van is a Corgi Classic [no year]
Divco Delivery Van is by American Heritage Models. Divco stands for Detroit Industrial Vehicle Company. [no year]
1949 Dodge Coronet Woody Wagon is by PRX Models
Nash Rambler is by Franklin Mint [no year]
1957 Chevrolet Nomad is by Vitesse
1950 Nash Ambassador [green] is by Premium X
1958 Edsel Bermuda Station Wagon is by Minichamps
1936 Ford Coupe is by Design sudios
1937 Ford Sedan is by Design studios
1956 Mack B-61 Tractor is by Mattel.
1950 Nash Police Car is by Premium X
Building on left BG is unknown.
Grocery store and 3 story buildings are by Woodland Scenics from their Landmark Structures series.
Grocery Run 3
America changed immeasurably in the years following WWII. Young men who had grown up poor and served in the military, had the chance to go to College through the GI Bill. The urban landscape began to change as well. As these men started families, Suburbs sprouted like weeds and cities changed to accommodate the car. Parking lots and freeways claimed old neighborhoods and buildings under the banner of Urban renewal.
Estate wagons, once purchased mostly by wealthy people became station wagons, icons of suburbia long before soccer moms discovered SUV"s.
Cars slowly became less tubby through the 1950s as the Detroit styling departments embraced jet fighter influences. By the end of the decade, fins would reign supreme.
The way in which family memories were captured also changed in the fifties. Color film became available to dads across the land.
We offer up, a simulation of this transition from lush Pan X film stock to Kodachrome to the Digital now.
Happy Independence Day!
Go out and annoy a tyrant.
This is a forced perspective photograph of 1/43 scale die-cast model cars, trucks and buildings in front of a real background.
Vehicles are:
Mack B Series Box Van is a Corgi Classic [no year]
Divco Delivery Van is by American Heritage Models. Divco stands for Detroit Industrial Vehicle Company. [no year]
1949 Dodge Coronet Woody Wagon is by PRX Models
Nash Rambler is by Franklin Mint [no year]
1957 Chevrolet Nomad is by Vitesse
1950 Nash Ambassador [green] is by Premium X
1958 Edsel Bermuda Station Wagon is by Minichamps
1936 Ford Coupe is by Design sudios
1937 Ford Sedan is by Design studios
1956 Mack B-61 Tractor is by Mattel.
1950 Nash Police Car is by Premium X
Building on left BG is unknown.
Grocery store and 3 story buildings are by Woodland Scenics from their Landmark Structures series.