Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[JRoberts]

Photo 1051 shows a load of Christmas trees on a Chevy truck. I wonder where that picture was made. It doesn't appear a place where Christmas trees would be grown. A lot of Christmas trees are grown from here in the Georgia mountains, on up through the North Carolina mountains. That picture certainly showed up at the appropriate time of year.

The picture was taken in E. Rutherford, Hew Jersey in 1957. That load of Christmas trees certainly could have been quite a trip in that truck back in those days. I am sure it was done often, but driving that truck loaded with trees through the southern Appalachian’s would have been quite a chore.

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The two tone 56 backed into the water brought back some memories of a two tone 56 (nicknamed "Bell Ringer") my dad had when I was in grade school. It usually was parked in a lean-to garage built on the uphill side to to the old original 1 car garage, resulting in having a below grade foundation and floor (affectionately called the Dug-out garage). Wintertime could prove a little tricky to get the car out and up the concrete ramp if there was ice on the concrete. One such day, Dad gunned the car backing it out and flying across the gravel drive hitting a pole with an old cast dinner bell at the top of it. The impact broke the cradle for the bell and the bell get rung by the top of the 56, also cracking the bell in the action. I can still remember that white with coral accent color 2 door wagon with the rubber floor matting and slider rear windows. Dad took a pretty good ribbing about the bell ringing for some time after that.

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1967 Copley Square , Boston Mass ..................

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Trinity Church, Boston - 1956

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Vine Street, Hollywood 1953

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Some nice station wagons here.