A Love Affair of
a Lifetime
About 65 years ago I first fell in love with automobiles.Cars of all kinds, domestic and foreign stirred a passionin me that still seems as fresh as it did when I was ayoungster. Here for your enjoyment is a collection ofphotos of life as it was between 1950 and 1960.
There weren’t any shopping malls in the early 50s – a typical main street
Do you remember these merry go rounds? Ca 1950
Mount Hood, Oregon 1951
New York City 1951
South Texas circa 1951
Santa Monica, California 1951
Eugene, Oregon in 1952
Miami, Florida drive in 1952
Atlanta, Georgia in 1952
Los Angeles Civic Center 1953
Manhattan Beach, California 1953
French Quarter New Orleans 1953
Bathin’ Babes in Phoenix 1953
Lakewood California Mall 1953
Newark New Jersey 1953
Brownsville, Texas circa 1954
Boston Massachusetts 1954
Chinatown, San Francisco 1954
Laguna Beach, California 1954
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1954
Shirley Highway Virginia 1955
USA Suburbia 1955
Hollywood Boulevard 1955
General Motors Parade of Progress 1955
Cherryland Inn Michigan 1955
Drive In movie theaters circa 1955
Jackson Hole Wyoming 1955
Car hops at drive in restaurants
Lynwood California 1956
Malibu Inn California 1956
Dairy Queen Drive In 1956
Reno Nevada 1956
Disneyland Magic Kingdom 1957
Terre Haute Indiana 1957
Harvey’s Broiler Los Angeles 1957
Escape from Los Angeles 1957
Redding California 1958
Caddy at the Latin Quarter 1958
Tijuana Baja Mexico 1958
Remember having trunk space?
Eagle River Wisconsin 1959
Salt Lake City Utah 1959
Sioux Falls South Dakota 1959
California Girls 1959
Fremont Street Las Vegas 1960
Flamingo Las Vegas 1960
Daytona Beach Florida 1960
Phoenix Arizona 1960
Huntington Beach California 1962