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