Category: postcard
’58 Oldsmobile, ’60 Plymouth, Flagstaff AZ
This chrome postcard shows the State College in Flagstaff AZ back then. Parked in front is a brownish 1958 Oldsmobile and a 1960 Plymouth Valiant station wagon. The later seem to be very rare. I could only find very few other photos of this car from 1960. – The color of the Olds is probably Read More …
1963 Oldsmobile at Motel in Lake Tahoe CA
1950’s Lake Tahoe motel: This color post card shows a 1963 Oldsmobile, a 1963 Ford and a couple Of Chevy’s on the left. According to paint charts, the color of the Olds may be 1963’s ‘Holiday Red’, paint code ‘V’. Description on Post Card: 952 Stateline Avenue South Lake Tahoe, California 95279 P.O. Box 4385 Read More …
A turquoise 1952 Oldsmobile ’98’ and a black 1946-48 Oldsmobile parked on the main square in Angola IN. This is a postcard, probably published before 1955. 60 years later we can still see the monument and the brick buildings, but the square is not a busy center anymore. (The 1952 Olds had a special spear Read More …
1960 Oldsmobile Myrtle Beach SC
1960 Oldsmobile motel: This color post card shows a 1961 Ford Galaxy and a 1960 Oldsmobile in Myrtle Beach SC. A car of English origin we can see at the right. The year 1960 in the United States was marked by significant cultural, political, and social developments. It was the height of the Cold War, Read More …
1953 Oldsmobile in Daytona Beach
A 1953 Oldsmobile near the shore in Daytona Beach FL. From a postcard of a motel. Another Oldsmobile of the same year in red color and a Cadillac on a 2nd image on the same card. Seems that motel has been popular with GM owners, three cars of that make at the same time on Read More …
A blue 1948 Pontiac is parked close to the school district in Eveleth MN. From the cars in the background I estimate the photo was shot ca.1953 The car is a Silver-Streak model. Note the chrome gravel guards.
Glenwood IA, 1950, Parking Cars
RPPC Postcard: Glenwood IA 1950 Parking Cars. Black and white real photo post card, Glenwood IA. The car in the foreground is a ca.1947 Oldsmobile 76/78, two-tone color.