Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[JRoberts]

Man, you guys sure have good eyesight!

Ain't it the truth!

[Noxnabaker]

It's also possible to cheat like I do, borrow the pic & enlarger it...

[studegary]

I love the way Studebaker used terms from the wagon days like 'dash' and British terms like 'wing guard'

The Studebaker name was Winguard.

[BobPalma]

From Hemmings Daily Blog:

[BobPalma]

[8E45E]

(To give credit where credit is due: City of Edmonton Archives photo, Beth Shalom synagogue.)

Craig

[christophe]

San Francisco 1948. From Hemmings daily.

[WinM1895]

Interesting picture, appears to be an IOWA class battleship at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard.

[Skip Lackie]

Agree, but my old eyes can't read the hull number.

[skyway]

I'm not even sure its there/visible.
Great picture tho!

[spokejr]

Those old war wagons didn't just sit low along the water, they were DEEP!

[BRUCESTUDE]

Yakima, WA 1976:

[christophe]

Interesting picture, appears to be an IOWA class battleship at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard.

I found on Wikipedia that the USS IOWA was deactivated at San Francisco in September 1948. This might be a picture of this event.

[WinM1895]

I found on Wikipedia that the USS IOWA was deactivated at San Francisco in September 1948. This might be a picture of this event.

The IOWA (BB:61) is now located in Los Angeles (San Pedro) Harbor as a museum ship.

The other IOWA class battleships are also museum ships:

USS NEW JERSEY (BB:62): Camden NJ .. USS MISSOURI (BB:63): Pearl Harbor .. USS WISCONSIN (BB:64): Hampton VA

[christophe]

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The IOWA (BB:61) is now located in Los Angeles (San Pedro) Harbor as a museum ship.

The other IOWA class battleships are also museum ships:

USS NEW JERSEY (BB:62): Camden NJ .. USS MISSOURI (BB:63): Pearl Harbor .. USS WISCONSIN (BB:64): Hampton VA

Very nice pic. I hope you enjoyed your cruise to Hawaii. Thanks for the details, by the way. So far, I thought the IOWA was a single ship, not a battleship class.