Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[JRoberts]

[Studedude]

[Studedude]

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[Buzzard]

No pics BUT, just received my September 2017 Hot Rod Magazine. On the "contents" page there is a top photo depicting 60 years of sidewinder dragsters. The sign on the dragster says Long Beach but I can't make out the full name but Joe is definitely the first name. Could Mondello be the last? However, look BEHIND the dragster and what do we see? A '54/'55 2 door wagon? Some with better eyes and computers may be able to tell.
Bill

[52-fan]

No pics BUT, just received my September 2017 Hot Rod Magazine. On the "contents" page there is a top photo depicting 60 years of sidewinder dragsters. The sign on the dragster says Long Beach but I can't make out the full name but Joe is definitely the first name. Could Mondello be the last? However, look BEHIND the dragster and what do we see? A '54/'55 2 door wagon? Some with better eyes and computers may be able to tell.
Bill

I scanned the page and cropped out the other stuff. Maybe you can read it.

[Studedude]

[Dwain G.]

Answer to question in #9714 is found on page 48.

[kurtruk]

Another one from Studebaker's Salvage Building.

You can see where they painted over the letters "CASO" in front of "AUTOMOBILES."

[kurtruk]

Sacramento, California

Sharp photo but very modern. Many giveaways...handicapped parking sign, Rubbermaid Brute trash can (with graffiti), sign stating that C.K. McClatchy is a closed campus, whitewall width...

[52-fan]

Sharp photo but very modern. Many giveaways...handicapped parking sign, Rubbermaid Brute trash can (with graffiti), sign stating that C.K. McClatchy is a closed campus, whitewall width...

Good catch. I knew the picture was sharper than most, but I didn't look close enough to notice those details. It is posed in a very natural way.

[Studedude]

[Studedude]

[JRoberts]

Sharp photo but very modern. Many giveaways...handicapped parking sign, Rubbermaid Brute trash can (with graffiti), sign stating that C.K. McClatchy is a closed campus, whitewall width...

Fooled me too!

[Studedude]

[BobPalma]

That's at least a two-fer, Dave: Look at the light blue 1961(?) Lark along the extreme left side of the photo, about a third of the way up from the bottom.

I'll bet there's others. BP