Going to Town
Going to town on Saturday afternoon. Greene County, Georgia, May 1941. Reproduction from color slide.
This is a color photo from 1940(!!)
This is a color photo from 1940(!!)
NÜRBURGRING IN 1950 - Speedhunters
Look at the legendary racing ring in Germany in 1950--safety fence = optional
Agoura Hillclimb - 1955
a Hill Climb is a gravelly race with the car/driver reaching the top first wins!
6 Remarkable Retrofuturistic Visons of 21st Century Life [PICS]
it seemed that we would never stop making discoveries and advances at breakneck speed. We fully intended to have robot servants and live on moon colonies by this time. While science and technology haven’t quite taken us there yet, we do live in a pretty amazing time. These six retrofuturistic illustrations remind us that, just 40-50 years ago, we thought the world would be ours for the taking by now.
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Twelve Hours of Sebring (1970)
1970 was one of the greatest years in American car and racing history. The Race at Sebring is one example. Steve McQueen talks about his broken foot and how despite this, he's still racing a porsche 908.
MooseLord:
there's the conclusion of the race. McQueen/Revson got 2nd place even though his porsche was underpowered AND McQueen had a broken foot
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there's the conclusion of the race. McQueen/Revson got 2nd place even though his porsche was underpowered AND McQueen had a broken foot
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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Showdown
Pretty awesome seen from Leone's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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i like ike
1950's ad for Eisenhower
BrianE:
this is many orders of magnitude better than any presidential spot I've seen, in fact I may have to write Ike in for 2012
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MooseLord:
What I find interesting is that very subtlely everyone from white America is included--blue collars, a family couple, everyone except black people, unfortunately
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Mainstreet in a town in Idaho, 1941