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Manny, Moe, and Jack hit a Home Run Selling Auto Parts
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The first Pep Auto Supplies store was opened in Philadelphia, PA, by four friends in 1921. Meeting with success, that first store became a spring board for forty other outlets in t
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George Byers Sons Columbus Ohio – Remains in Business After 124 Years
2d ago Share George W. Byers opened Blue Ribbon Stables in Columbus, Ohio, and began to build horse-drawn buggies in 1897. At that time, he planted the seeds of a business selling vehicles that
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Four Fun Friday Kodachrome Car Photographs No. 324
3d ago Share For the fun and enjoyment of our readers being able to join in and solve mysteries, in this weekly series, we ask you to tell us the year, make, and model of all of these vehicles.
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The Family Gathers for Sunday Dinner at the Lynskey’s
4d ago Share Thanks go out to reader Don Lynskey from South Carolina, who is sharing these photos, which he took with circa 1950 Argus C3 camera. He wrote: “The photos were taken in front of
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Dodge Rebellion Operation ’67 at the Texas State Fair Auto Show
5d ago Share We return to the 1967 Texas State Fair Auto Show today, held in Dallas since 1904. Today’s feature contains a video including some of the 1967 models and three images of the “D
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1964 New York Worlds Fair: The Ford Pavilion and the Magic Skyway
7d ago Share Today’s featured image colorized Patty Allison of Imbued With Hues is courtesy of the Ford Motor Company. This photograph brings back personal memories as my family visited the 1
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Monday Morning Gridlock in the Motor City
7d ago Share It’s Monday morning once again, and no doubt some of you are caught in traffic on your way to work. Today’s feature images were taken on the highways in the Detroit, Michigan a
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1932: Motorists Jam the New Arlington Memorial Bridge
9d ago Share Arthur E. Scott took today’s feature image and the expandable version below on January 17, 1932, when an estimated 100,ooo motorists crossed the Bridge and toured the area. It wa
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Four Fun Friday Kodachrome Car Photographs No. 323
10d ago Share For the fun and enjoyment of our readers being able to join in and solve mysteries, in this weekly series, we ask you to tell us the year, make, and model of all of these vehicles.
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1960 Heavy Rush Hour Highway Traffic in Arlington Virginia
11d ago Share This image by James McDonnell was taken in October of 1960, at Arlington, VA, probably atop a bridge crossing this unidentified highway. Arlington is located across the Potomac Riv