Neat old photos

[Pappy]

This goes back a few years: Mohammad Ali, looking dapper. A young Jimmy Hendrix and the Beatles before they were famous.

 

[Pappy]

Autos of the forties and on top of Woolworth building.

 

[SeaBreeze]

Cool pics Pappy!

 

[Pappy]

An early bike for two:

 

[Ina]

How cool! No backseat necking going on back then. :hee:

 

[Pappy]

No, Ina. Maybe a goose or two.:sentimental:

 

[Ina]

Your right again Pappy, The proof is that we're here right? :wave:

 

[Pappy]

End of prohibition, 1933, and a young, dapper Clint Eastwood.

 

[hollydolly]

Great Vintage photos I love this thread , thanks Pappy.

Here's some of celebrities.

John lennon in school uniform



Robert Redford

Rare vintage colour photo of the Beatles

old colour photo of Betty White

 

[Pappy]

Paul Mc Cartney and Mick Jagger on a train to Bristol. 1967

 

[Pappy]

The first Oreo cookie packaging.
Old view from Liberty's torch.
Could this have been the first Dunkin Donut shop?

 

[Shamhat]

Wonderful photos. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Pappy]

Wonderful photos. Thank you for sharing.

My pleasure. I have more.

 

[oldman]

Here is a picture taken probably in 1955 of me, my Mother and an older woman, Martha, who was a very good friend of the family and we looked after her, or I should say, my Mother and Dad did. It was taken on a stone bench in Gettysburg, PA.

 

[Pappy]

Have to call you youngman in this picture. Nice photo.

 

[Pappy]

The First Benz auto.
Building a mock ship, NYC, 1917, recruiting for the Navy.

 

[Ina]

Oldman, Your mother looked liked she was a happy soul, and you were a little cutie. :wave:

 

[oldman]

I like looking at old 'family' photos. I like looking at the hairdos and clothes, not to mention if there is any old background scenery. Just very cool!

My Mother was a happy go-lucky individual. My Dad was still in the Army and we had it pretty good in those days. The 50's were the best. We were finally out of WW II and Korea by the early 50's and people were mostly back at work. Inflation, I believe was low, my parents told me that Ike was a popular President and actually lived in Gettysburg and that for the most part, people were happy. No racial issues that I can remember and we didn't have to be politically correct about everything.

The older lady in the picture lived to be 98 and she was the sweetest lady that I ever knew beside my Mother. She was never married and my Dad meant her at a Dutch restaurant. She was a cook and lived in a little shack-like house with no running water or a bathroom. She had a pump house out back and an outhouse to use as a bathroom. My Dad felt bad for her and brought her home just before my Mother had me. She willingly took on the role as my nanny at nights because she said she wanted my Mother to get her sleep. My Mother told me in later years that Martha used that as an excuse to pay her way, but mostly because she wanted to be close to me. Her and I stayed friends right up to her death and I had a child of my own at that time. And by the way, she was one heckuva' cook and even taught my Mother how to can.

 

[Tamra]

I love seeing old photos... thanks sharing those priceless memories.

 

[Pappy]

Reminds me when I was about his age and lived by the RR tracks. The circus is coming to town.

 

[Pappy]

Greenland in the 1800's.

 

[Pappy]

The first McDonalds and menu.
Before automatic pin setting machines, we did it this way. Heads up !!!!

 

[Meanderer]

I liked the bowling pics! Thanks!

Lowell, MA (1911).

Brooklyn, NY (1910).

 

[Pappy]

Now that's my kind of demonstration.

Before the the big cider mills took over. This is the way it was sold.

The old tow truck.

 

[Kitties]

oldman, your mother is beautiful. Wonderful picture. I'm wondering if it was the end of the roll due to the bottom of the picture? Or did it scan that way.

Love the Ali and Hendrix pictures. And Betty White, gorgeous. And since I love vintage fashion, that dark bathing suit the pretty lady in the Clint Eastwood picture is wearing is amazing. Love him in the Dirty Harry movies.

Great pictures.