The dude sitting on the edge beam may be fishing. For photos in color from the 1950s and 1960s, get the book New Zealand Maritime Images: the Golden Years
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
circa 1939 De Soto cars
The sign for importer and assembler Todd Motors makes clear exactly where this was -- part of the NZ Centennial Exhibition held in Wellington from November 1939 to May 1940. NZ was techically at war with Germany then, but not with Japan at that stage and the USA wasn't in the war then either.
For lots more get the book Wellington: a Capital century
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Cahuenga Pass traffic, L.A. circa 1950
new Moscow metro station design
It's rather more impressive than what you see in L.A. This is the recently built terminus of the Moscow Red Line. The ring looking structures have wooden seats in them.
El Paso, Texas, gasoline station from 1919
This was restored by antiques business owner Rod Davenport. The pump globes are 1940s style, though.
Monday, April 27, 2026
Duisburg, Germany, electric tram, early 20th century
At the time these were meter gauge, from 1966 they were standard gauged. The station was then in the era of the Preussische Staats-Eisenbahn; after DR takeover, in 1934 it was replaced.
an ex-Auckland tram runs around the MOTAT circuit
Museum of Transport and Technology. An old postcard scene.
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