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It surely is a joy for tourists to Cuba to take a drive in one of the old American 'classics' like this beautifully restored 1950s era Chevrolet. And the owners love to do it as it brings in some much welcomed money, and gives a chance to show off the results of their years of loving care for the car.
Thanks for looking, etc.:)
Macro Mondays - Book
McDougall's Cookery Book
19th Edition circa 1950's
I believe this belonged to an old neighbour and has been very well used!! It still has the original string/wool at the top for hanging and in this instance for keeping some of the pages in place !!!
Central square in Calico Ghost Town :)
Calico is a ghost town and former mining town in California, located in the Calico Mountains of the Mojave Desert region. It was founded in 1881 as a silver mining town and abandoned in the 1890s after silver lost its value. In 1890, the estimated population of the town was 3,500 people, including citizens of China, England, Ireland, Greece, France, and the Netherlands, as well as Americans living there, and in 1907 the town was already completely abandoned. Walter Knott purchased Calico in the 1950s, and rebuilt all but the five remaining original buildings to look as they did in the 1880s. Thanks to this, we can see the town looking almost the same as it did in its best days. In November 1962, Calico Ghost Town was registered as a California Historical Landmark. Nowadays, Calico is a popular tourist attraction. There is a museum, souvenir shops and a camping site, mine tours, stunt shooting shows, gold panning, and demonstrations of traditional costumes and customs of the Wild West. You can also take a ride on the historic Calico & Odessa narrow-gauge railway.
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Centralny plac w Calico :)
Calico to stare miasto wydobywcze rodem z Dzikiego Zachodu, położone w górach Calico, na na pustyni Mojave w południowej Kalifornii. Zostało założone w 1881 roku, jako miasto wydobywające srebro, a porzucono je w latach 90. XIX wieku po tym, jak srebro straciło na wartości. W 1890 roku szacowana populacja miasta wynosiła 3500 osób, a byli to obywatele Chin, Anglii, Irlandii, Grecji, Francji, i Holandii, a także mieszkający tam Amerykanie, zaś od 1907 r. miasto było już całkowicie opuszczone. Walter Knott kupił Calico w latach 50. XX wieku, odrestaurowując wszystkie (poza pięcioma) oryginalne budynki. Dzięki temu oglądać możemy miasto wyglądające niemal tak samo, jak w latach swojej świetności. W listopadzie 1962 roku Calico Ghost Town zostało zarejestrowane jako zabytek historyczny Kalifornii. Obecnie Calico jest popularną atrakcją turystyczną. Znajduje się tam muzeum, sklepy z pamiątkami i pole kempingowe, odbywają się wycieczki po kopalniach, pokazy kaskaderskich strzelanin, płukanie złota, pokazy tradycyjnych strojów i zwyczajów Dzikiego Zachodu. Można się też przejechać zabytkową wąskotorową kolejką Calico & Odessa.
I think this is a 1950s Dodge. It is a Dodge, but I didn't take the moment to check what year it was, nor did I get a photo of the exterior. The show this year just wasn't as good as it has been in the past.
A 1955 Mercedes Benz 190 SL from a time when chrome was king and wonderful white wall tyres adorned the wheels.
This is my newly arrived 1/18th scale diecast model by Norev. I can't wait to take it out in daylight. The shiny dark grey paintwork doesn't show at its best in this lighting, but I could not wait to take some shots of it.
Both shots are 15 image tripod mounted focus stacks.
What a project. I found this poor dress at a local thrift store, where it was forgotten and dumped. It was stained, torn and crumbled into ball; a mess. I am absolutely amazed with its recovery. Available 2/20
The beachfront at the 1927 Royal Hawaiian Hotel with its sweeping view of Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head. Vintage red-bordered cardboard mount “Kodachrome Transparency Processed by Kodak” slide produced between 1955 and 1959 from a group of 1957 slides.
Photo details
- 1941 Waikiki Bowl, square white building, left center
- 1912 Steiner beach house (white building with two beach piers), next to Waikiki Bowl
- 1928 Waikiki Tavern and Inn, green building
- 1940s Kuhio Beach Park hau tree arbors along Kalakaua Avenue
- 1951 Kapahulu Groin sand wall, center right
Next up the 1950s. And boy did the Diahann Carroll style short hairdo slay the day!!
The 1950s was the era of strong communities and family values. Although there were many injustices going on at that time, people joined together to share love, food, and a good time between fighting for what they deserved. I admire this era because people actually looked out for one another and valued kindness more than in the present day.
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Vintage Fair Items:
i { DH } - Fun Fair Vendor Prop Fireworks
KiB Designs - Ruby Outfit (On Sunny)
Here is another look back through that magical photographic window to yesteryear at a scene of a 1950s style thresheree.
This vintage Kodachrome only had a number penciled on it (probably for filing purposes), and the newest car model I could spot parked up on those hills was a 1951 Ford.
But there is so much cool detail in this photo, with the two vintage (even back then) steam powered tractors, a water wagon between them for when the boilers need a drink, and a well-worn 1936 Dodge farm truck that was probably loaded with split firewood to feed the fireboxes.
The truck had a license plate for the State of Washington, and based on the open terrain all around, this location was most likely somewhere in the more wide-open, East-Central Prairie Territories of the State.
I also noticed the somewhat formal, country-folk attire of many of the spectators, so maybe this was a Sunday after Church crowd attending on that Sunny day so many years ago. – Circa September 1952.
Photographer Unknown – Collection of, and Photoshop slide scan restoration by Jeff Hampton ©
Wedding gift for my cousin Johnny and his new bride Laura, who are getting hitched in Chicago on Saturday. Johnny is a huge fan of Wyoming, Jackson Hole, the Grand Tetons, skiing, etc.
A western boy at heart.
Painted from a 1950s postcard in my collection: "Snake River through the Grand Teton National Park."
Show car from 1955 based on a standard body with a classic Packard grille. It doesn't quite work with the horizontal lines of the rest of the car.
Austin K8 Truck (1947-54) Engine 2200cc
Registration Number OPP 16 (Buckinghamshire)
AUSTIN SET
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The Austin K8 was a distinctive commercial vehicle produced by the Austin Motor Company, and used the 2.2 litre engine taken from the Austin 16 h.p.
As with other Austin commercial vehicles, it was put to a wide variety of uses, including the well-known ‘3-Way’ van (so-called because of the three sets of doors – at the front, the side and the rear), but also other more specialised uses, such as the ‘Welfarer’ ambulance and even small coaches.
Thankyou for a massive 58,780,895 views
Diolch am 58,780,895 gwych, golygfeydd, mwy na phoblogaeth y Lloegr honno yn y Gorllewin
Shot 21.05.2017 at Chiltern Hills Classic Sar Show, Weedon Hill, Aylesbury REF 126-034
Montgomery, Texas - The weird cream chartreuse color was not unusual in the 1950s. Close examination shows that this restoration is not finished. Spotting the non-authentic radio is a tip off.
Off the shelf and to the driveway. Had to show a couple vintage work horses on the way to a job. They don't build them like this any more. Probably a good thing with all the hot burning polymers in virtually everything we buy these days. Bottom line, fire burns much hotter, and more toxic than ever. Thanks for looking!
Ivatt No. 46512 works away from Boat of Garten Station during an Andrew Fowler and Jonny Gourlay photo charter at the Strathspey Railway, March 2022.
This has become one of my favourite photos because of the atmosphere that it oozes. True heritage and scenes that recreate the feel of days gone by are one of the things that I aim for with my photography and as this is no longer what many railways try to achieve now I treasure those rare occasions when the pieces fall into place. Well done to Strathspey for managing to evoke that heritage feel.
Constructive criticism always welcome.
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Late afternoon aerial view from Punchbowl Crater of Honolulu and Waikiki on south shore Oahu. Vintage red-bordered “Kodachrome Transparency” slide produced between 1950 and 1955.
Photo notes
- 1949 Kapiolani Drive-In movie screen, center right
- 1933 Honolulu Civic Auditorium black dome, center
- 1927 Royal Hawaiian Hotel ("Pink Palace") on Waikiki Beach
- Diamond Head in the distance