Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[Studedude]

[8E45E]

Bill Pressler will love that photo!

Interesting that 'vice' President has Pope Paul hubcaps on it; not full wheel covers.

Craig

[6hk71400]

#7171 if you notice the date is was exactly 8 years later that JFK was shot in Dallas. Figure November 1955 was the date and that is when new car announcements were a big deal.

Bob Miles
Tucson AZ

[Bill Pressler]

#7171 if you notice the date is was exactly 8 years later that JFK was shot in Dallas. Figure November 1955 was the date and that is when new car announcements were a big deal.

Bob Miles
Tucson AZ

That photo was taken by my friend Ed Filer. The Carl E. Filer Co. was the Studebaker dealer in Greenville, PA, in the NW part of the state, from 1926-1968. From 1969-72, the local Chrysler-Plymouth-AMC dealer took over the Studebaker Parts and Service franchise, which I think tells how many Studebaker customers there still were in my small hometown (population 8,800 in 1960 census). The Filers live in Ohio now but are good friends of mine.

[dictator27]

J.M. Brown showroom in Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Post 7164

This is the same dealership shown in post 6013 (page 151). It was taken on the same day - July 4, 1946 by Stuart Thomson who was Vancouver's official photographer for more than 30 years. Since Thomson was at J.M. Brown, he obviously considered it to be an important event, so it must have been the official unveiling of the new Studebakers in Vancouver and the choice of July 4th was not coincidental. Studebaker seemed to like Georgia Street. Between the middle teens and the 1950's there were three dealerships on a two block stretch of Georgia. The first was actually Studebaker's Western Canada Regional office and parts warehouse which also had a showroom and service department. It was in the 1000 block. The second was Willis Kingsley which was in business from the early 20's to about the early 30's. Mr Willis was apparently charged with and convicted of fraud and embezzlement resulting in the dealership's closure. The address was 1190 W. Georgia. The third was J.M. Brown which operated from the late 30's into the 50's. Their address was 1126 W. Georgia. By the 1960's Vancouver's business centre had moved up to Georgia from Hastings Street and car dealerships were not part of the plan. Today there are no dealerships - or gas stations - in the downtown core.

Pop quiz: what are the three cars parked in front of the dealership?

Terry

[Studedude]

[danasgoodstuff]

Bi-partisan support for Union labor, that's a different time.

[6hk71400]

Post 7164


Pop quiz: what are the three cars parked in front of the dealership?

Terry

Taking a shot at it: I think the cars are Triumph sedans. The Triumph Mayflower came over in the early fifties as to try to break into the American market but was not successful. They could be possibly Standards as well. Just the styling says English original. I could not see if the cars were right hand drive but if they were, that would also be a clue as to origin. My other thought is an Austin or a Morris. Before the British-Leyland combine happened, the British car industry did flourish with several different companies.

As I say just a shot.

Bob Miles
Tucson AZ

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[JRoberts]

[Studedude]

[Dick LeRoux]

#7164. I'll be darned, I guess they do have 4th of July in Canada.

[spokejr]

I have no idea the history, I pulled this from Gasoline Alley.

[JRoberts]

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