Classic Car History

Vintage photographs of classic cars and notable historical moments, illustrating the evolution of automobile design alongside significant events and figures.

Group of people standing behind a car, 1949 Studebaker Land Cruiser
Group of people standing behind a car, 1949 Studebaker Land Cruiser
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Poll photo collection. Israel 1964-1965: Tel Aviv, Sabbath. Tel Aviv on Sabbat: buses on the parking lot of the draw. January 1, 1964. Israel, Tel Aviv
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Anefo photo collection. Motor scooter and moped exhibition RAI. Opening and tour Minister J. Algera. 28 February 1957. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Almost unnoted the Gold Plated Car draws up outside a secluded hotel at Monks Fryarston Yorks when they arrived for the Marbles contest tomorrow. March 2, 1955. (Photo by Daily Herald).
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Billy Middlebrooks trying to dissuade a mob which is attempting to haul an African American motorist from his car, as the latter passed through Clinton, Tennessee. Aug. 31, 1956.
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Anefo photo collection. Jumping Amsterdam Raymondo Dinzeo (Italy). November 3, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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1957 Chevy Pickup
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Anefo photo collection. Great ice night party on the Gouwzee between Maasdam and Volendam. Push cars. February 23, 1963
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Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. The National Life Insurance Bank and the building of C. Store & Sons at the Havenkade in Willemstad. October 1955. Curaçao, Willemstad
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A Soviet Chaika automobile stands on the beach in front of a Pomornik class air cushion vehicle, on display during the visit of the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS THOMAS S. GATES and the guided missile frigate USS KAUFFMAN (FFG 59). The two warships are making the second goodwill visit to a Soviet port by American naval vessels since World War II. Base: Kherson Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN)
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Bronx street in New York City. An abandoned automobile, a vacant lot and tenement apartments on Macombs Road. Ca. 1964
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Poll photo collection. Car train Airolo in the Swiss canton of Ticino / Tessin. Ford 17m by Willem van de Poll in Airolo with his wife Hildegard Eschen. 1 June 1964. Tessino, Switzerland
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Car pulling a camper with a monument in the background, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota, USA
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Anefo photo collection. Ninth international Tulpenralley 1957. Arrival Noordwijk. May 9, 1957. Noordwijk
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Lasky Motor Car Corp., 90 Montrose Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., St. 2-7500 , Commercial facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Vintage Photograph. Corvette - Side view.
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Flying Standard 12 saloon Date: 1936
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This is RR's 'cheap' model, but still a superb combination of high performance with luxury travel. Date: 1936
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The Renault 12-1 hp touring saloon is a no-frills family saloon. Date: 1937
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Trip to Western States: Honolulu, Hawaii, visit to USS Arizona Memorial, 2:40PM. President John F. Kennedy disembarks from the Admirals Barge at a Naval Station Pearl Harbor boat dock after visiting the USS Arizona Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii; a sign over the dock stairs reads, CINCPACFLT Landing. Those disembarking behind President Kennedy include: Senator Daniel Inouye (Hawaii); Governor of Hawaii, John A. Burns; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Naval Aide to the President, Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC), Admiral Harry D. Felt; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. Standing beside the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible; left to right): Secret Service agent, Tony Sherman; Director of Protocol for the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC), Colonel Donald J. Robinson; unidentified; agents, Don Lawton and Bill Greer. Notes: Scratches and blemishes throughout image are origina
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Long Limousine, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America
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Anefo photo collection. Cinema du Midi. Film "Lawrence of Arabia". December 20, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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12/31/1958. One of the streets of the town Torremolinos (Málaga).
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Super Car, Matchbox Covers
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Magazine advertisement for the 1935 New-Value Dodge, a luxuriously- appointed automobile endorsed by noted interior decorator Louise Vanderbilt, sold for $645, Detroit, MI, 1935. (Photo by GG Vintage Images)