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1960 Chevrolet Custom Features Brochure
The 2010 North American International Auto Show is under way in Detroit.
All the new bells and whistles and energy saving vehicles are being introduced.
But let us go back and look at some custom features available for a brand new 1960 Chevrolet!
For some reason I thought these next three features weren’t available until the early 1970s. [...]
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DC-7 American Airlines postcard
The weekend’s snow storm is over in the Northeast and it’s the beginning of a week of heavy travel for a lot of people. One mode of transporation for folks back in the mid-1950s was the new Douglas DC-7. Here’s a postcard of it from 1954.
American Airlines introduced the DC-7 in November 1953 during a [...]
Erie Railroad business card
First, let me begin by asking if you know who J.E. Warner was?
And do you know the approximate date of this business card? If you know please post a comment!
Anyway, the Erie Railroad was completed in 1851. At this time the Erie ran 123 locomotives, 68 passenger cars, and 1,373 freight and baggage cars. The [...]
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Ford Motor Company logo
Have you driven a Ford lately? Well, to be honest I haven’t. Many years ago I owned a Ford Escort. But the point of this blog entry isn’t to answer the car company’s slogan/question. I want to mention briefly key moments in the history of this iconic logo.
The very first logo (in 1903) [...]
