'nothing beats reading a real good book'

Lycoming aircraft ad, 1952

The company is still going strong. Info on the official website.

1938 MG TA

cars in Klamath Falls, Oregon, 1940s

Le Mans motorcycle and racing car trials poster, 1965

The Fifth Motorcycle Criterion, together with trials of cars racing in the next Le Mans 24 Heures.

Sentinel truck, late 1940s

a couple of automotive oddities

1955 Mack Thermodyne fire truck

This provides tourist trips from the San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf area over the Golden Gate Bridge.

almost forgotten: San Francisco's Belt Railroad (1890-1993)

An 0-6-0 steam switcher works in July 1938.

a scene from 1941

Pictures taken where tourists now stroll along The Embarcadero and historic streetcars now roll.

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1914 Fiat

With  the 1912 Simplex, seen at Crater Lake, Oregon.

1912 Simplex

Union Pacific SD70ACe

Seen at the head of a 4-unit lash up in Klamath Falls, Oregon.  The set wasn't attached to the freight cars on the track in the background, but was moving light through the yard.

1939 Lincoln Zephyr V-12 4-door sedan

1922 Marmon Roadster

via shorpy.com

Air India poster, 1980

With a Boeing 747 graphic.

Western Maryland F7's from 1953 with a coal train in 1974

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Perrier is mad with a 2-masted (bottled) surfing yacht poster, 1981

Porsche Motor Racing team poster, 1983

DB V200 on the Schwarzwaldbahn at Triberg, West Germany

No date -- 1960s?

1950 Packard Eight Club Sedan

The 2018 Ramadan Bombathon final score

Alaska Railroad GP40-2

Seen near the Grandview whistle stop on the Seward to Anchorage line. (Geoff Churchman pic)

1959 Plymouth Savoy

1957 Oldsmobile 88 4 door hardtop

1953 Allard Monte Carlo

1952 Chevrolet Delivery sedan

DC-3 poster with cutaway interior details, 1937

vessels in Wellington harbour, 1959

For lots more, see the book Wellington: a Capital century.

'I prefer a real book as a source of good information'

not Wellington NZ

Nor any other of the Wellingtons in the world; we think it's the name of the glass photo platemaker.  A scene in Belgium or the Netherlands?

RENFE 1st class passenger car HO model by Electrotren

Baldwin 3 ft gauge mining electric loco from 1914

Now displayed in the Alaska State Museum in Juneau.

1935 Renault with Moteur 85 poster

four Stockhom Metro stations in Muslim migrant areas now treated as no-go zones

As of today, four stations in Stockholm Metro (Rinkeby, Tensta, Rissne and Hjulsta, all located in blighted urban areas) are marked with a code symbolizing the highest danger, the Swedish daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported.

Full story

Sydney vessel movements at night

Sydney is having a Vivid Lights festival this month.  (Destinations NSW pic)

Canadian Pacific FP7

Seen in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1978.

bulk carrier 'Istria'

Year Built: 2013
Gross Tonnage: 43,951
Deadweight: 81,699 tonnes
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 229 metres × 32.26 metres

Maximum speed: 10.7 knots

Seen in Seattle. (Geoff Churchman pic)

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ships in Brownsville, Texas, 1950s

1960 Oldsmobile Coupe

'I like the pleasure that comes from a good book'

you seem inclined today, Felix

For a Saturday afternoon drive in the 1977 Pontiac LeMans.

South Korean steam locomotive stamps, 1999

Royal Gorge, Colorado, promo poster, 2010

Art credited to Ward Hooper. See earlier posts.

Renault poster circa 1970

At the height of the psychedelic era...