1956 DeSoto Fireflite 4-door sedan

1962 AMC Rambler Ambassador

cars in Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1960s

What is the one on the left?

arty rail bridge pic

From a wallpaper website, no info.

vessels in Santos port, Brazil, 1959

1957 Lincoln Continental

NZR poster, 1935

"Train for Christmas" -- Santa is exercising? It looks more like an old guy making off with a bag of loot...

For lots of NZR posters, better than this, see the book New Zealand Railway Memorabilia.

'yabba dabba do!' car

Eva in a Flintstonesque vehicle made of wood at the entrance to a wooden bench and outdoor furniture manufacturer in Paraparaumu, NZ.

3ft gauge tanker cars at Alamosa, Colorado, 1955

See earlier posts.

an inventive use for an old VW Touran

fly Braniff to Rio de Janeiro poster

No date.  The aerial cableway gondola to the statue of Christ the Redeemer is the obvious reference, with a "switched on" implication (in A/NZ this old style switch would be in the off position).

1968 Buick Skylarks

Custom 4-door hardtop and 4-door sedan.

Riga bus station in Latvia

Probably in Soviet days.

Restaurant car art, 1935

No other info.

older Ford trucks

a 1971 750 on the left next to 1980 D1618.

1908 Reo Roadster

1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Sport Sedan

1931 REO Royale Eight

"We send everything in the Reichsbahn container", poster 1935

1967 MG Magnette

One of the cars of Chris Evans who runs the Blue Train in Paraparaumu, NZ (see earlier).

'give me a book to read anytime, not a smartphone'

traffic in Zurich, Switzerland, 1950s

Not very much of it: an American car on the left and a British truck (a Leyland?) on the right plus a motor-scooterist in the centre.

cars in Gray Street, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 1940s

With a 1940 Oldsmobile on the right.

Rhodesian railways Garratt loco art, 1948

Another cape gauge system, today Rhodesia is Zimbabwe. You'd think the comment "track that cannot be laid on very firm foundations" would cause a little consternation.

large sail and rowboat, India, 1900s

It's hard to tell what sort of cargo it was intended for, if other than general merchandise.

aeroplane 'L'Arrivée' (the arrival), 1910

It may be relief that a pilot has made it to the landing field, but more likely a race winner.

'Hot Rod Race'

or a normal scene in West Auckland maybe... Art by Robert Williams (American, 1943 -), dated 1976.  Website

a steam train crosses the Taubenloch gorge near Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, 1910s

cars in a West German town, 1960

Along with the ubiquitous VW Beetles and a Karmann Ghia is an early 1950s Mercedes.

steam train along Copenhagen harbour, 1960s

With the Hotel Europa, now the HI Danhostel.  Trains along there are now a thing of the past.

1962 'Jet Smooth' Chevrolet Impala

sto(p) bus

"The letters are too big? Not my department."  In slavic languages Sto means 'hundred'.

Mickey's Christmas train

Issued by St Vincent in 1988.

Christmas wishes to customers and readers

As in each of the last 10 years, customers for traditional books have fallen again as those who who prefer them to small screens steadily diminish and the traditional book economics are now so poor that all our intended general market publications have now been cancelled.  But we still have reasonable stocks of several backlist titles.

We continue with the service side of the business for those who want everything from photo restoration through design to complete books on any subject.

Have a save and enjoyable holiday period.

Deutsche Bundesbahn class 624 diesel multiple units

This was a series of B-2+2-2+2-B type MAN-built 3-car diesel-hydraulic sets from the 1960s. A pre-series run of 8 power cars and 4 unpowered mid-cars dated from 1961. The main production run comprised 80 power cars and 55 unpowered mid-cars built between 1964 and 1968. Originally designated as VT (Verbrennungstriebwagen) 24, they were later designated as Class 624. Final withdrawal was in 2005.

More info

car by the lake, Weggis, Switzerland, 1950s

What is it?

cars in West Berlin, 1956

"U denk dies Porsche ist zu conspicuous für espionage?"

Inflight magazine -- with an obvious difference

If it looks like an airline magazine for Muslim terrorists they probably would like it: an artistic instruction manual for hijacking, equipped with essential things such as a specially developed for this occasion safety instruction card and a vomit bag.  A black humor satire of what every airline passenger finds in front of them in the seat pocket. 128 full color pages in 214 x 277 mm.

1972 Volvo advertisement

Michelin men circa 1920

If you didn't know what Michelin made, these pics should have made it fairly obvious!  The first photo with a Model T Ford van seems to have been taken in Cuba.

'I like to read a book on my bed, forget smartphones'

1947 Chevrolet Fleetmaster

1947 Lincoln Continental

1940 Studebaker Land Cruiser ad

Brenda Frazier was popular as a 'socialite' at the time.

1936 Chevrolet Coupe

1936 Vauxhall

1931 Renault Nervastella Berline sport 8 cylinders

cars outside the Royal Abdeen palace, Cairo, 1940s

A Rolls Royce and a Packard(?)

1951 Marmon trolley bus in Cleveland, Ohio

Seen in 1960.   Info