Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[BobPalma]

From a Chevrolet advertisement in Hemmings Daily Blog:

[BRUCESTUDE]

Broadway between Pike and Pine, Seattle.

[Don Kelstrom]

Sands Motors was in that area at that time, but I don't recall that they were on Broadway. They show an address of 11th and Pike. Seattle Police, Fire, and some other departments had Studebakers in the 20s.

[BobPalma]

From today's Hemmings Blog. They say this is 1958 but I find that hard to believe because the newest car might be a 1952 or 1953 Buick.

There's at least one Studebaker, the dark bullet-nose facing the sidewalk about 1/3 in from the left margin. Probably others, too.

BP

[8E45E]

I also see a light colored '47 Champion 2 door sedan 5th car from the right in the front of the sidewalk centered between the darker and lighter colored power poles.

Craig

[BobPalma]

I also see a light colored '47 Champion 2 door sedan 5th car from the right in the front of the sidewalk centered between the darker and lighter colored power poles. Craig

Agreed, Craig.

I kinda thought so, too, but knew the bullet-nose was a sure thing and made the photo worth posting here. BP

[TWChamp]

That's also the only 2 Studebakers I could find. The dark one is 1950 with a split windshield and more chrome bullet.

[Commander Eddie]

That's also the only 2 Studebakers I could find. The dark one is 1950 with a split windshield and more chrome bullet.

Tom, only 2 Studebakers in that photo kind of tells the sad tale, doesn't it.

[BobPalma]

Tom, only 2 Studebakers in that photo kind of tells the sad tale, doesn't it.

Yes and no, Ed. There are hundreds of cars in that photograph, considering those on the street along the top edge. Chances are excellent there are more Studebakers; we just can't identify them due to the photo's clarity.

The same would be true of any make...for example, I don't see any Hudsons right off, but given the time frame and the popularity of 1948-1950 Hudsons, there are surely some of them in that photo.

'Wish we had a clearer copy. BP

[jclary]

Yes and no, Ed. There are hundreds of cars in that photograph, considering those on the street along the top edge. Chances are excellent there are more Studebakers; we just can't identify them due to the photo's clarity.

The same would be true of any make...for example, I don't see any Hudsons right off, but given the time frame and the popularity of 1948-1950 Hudsons, there are surely some of them in that photo.

'Wish we had a clearer copy. BP

I agree about the clearer copy. I took the pic into another program to enlarge it, but it will only enlarge so much before it becomes too pixilated to be of much help. So, anyone want to take a stab at the "rarest" identifiable vehicle you can identify? How 'bout the oldest? I think the newest I can determine is a 1954 Ford.

[JRoberts]

Anybody figure out what the two toned coupe with fender skirts is? Looks good from this distance.

[Jerry Forrester]

Anybody figure out was the two toned coupe with fender skirts is? Looks good from this distance.

I'm thinking Lincoln Zephyr.

[BobPalma]

I also see a light colored '47 Champion 2 door sedan 5th car from the right in the front of the sidewalk centered between the darker and lighter colored power poles. Craig

Agreed, Craig, as I said earlier.

However, look immediately behind that light-colored car. Is that another dark-colored bullet-nose? (I repeated the image here since we are now on Page 257 of this thread!) BP

[8E45E]

Bob,

I believe you are right!

So far, that makes for a total of three Studebakers in that photo.

Craig

[BobPalma]

Bob,

I believe you are right!

So far, that makes for a total of three Studebakers in that photo.

Craig

And, predictably, that new discovery appears to be blocked in by a fat, two-toned Buick! BP