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Mid-Century American Cars

Black and white footage of classic American cars from the 1940s and 1950s. Depicting various transportation scenarios, emphasizing the era's automotive design.

California USA 1949
California USA 1949
145 assets in this story
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Family in convertible
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Lifestyle in the 1950s. An old car is driving on a road in the spring. Photo Kristoffersson Ref BV77-12. Sweden 1952
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Vintage Photograph. Traffic stopped at corner.
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Hearse at a funeral, St. Martinville, LA
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Fulgencio Batista, Cuban Leader, on Visit to Washington, DC, USA, November 10, 1938
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Electric Car, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, February 1974
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Mello Fuel Company, 37 Brookley Rd., Jam. Plain , Trucks, Petroleum industry.  Leon Abdalian Collection
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Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard receives Pick-up Car Peugeot 404 for World Wild Life Fund in Soestdijk. Prince Bernhard at the car. June 16, 1971. Soestdijk, Utrecht (province)
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WB2 Z , Radio & television towers, Automobiles. Needham Building Collection
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Fire trucks on Mass. Ave. near Harvard Square , Cities & towns, Streets, Vehicles, Traffic congestion, Fire engines. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt
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In 1961, Dr. Lloyd McGaskill makes a house call near Maxton, NC. He was a car enthusiast, and often drove an antique Ford he owned.
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1960s CROWDED PARKING LOT FULL OF AUTOMOBILES
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East on Brattle Street , Cities & towns, Streets, Vehicles, Traffic congestion. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt
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Vintage Photograph. Historic small-town street bustling with vintage cars.
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Vintage photograph. Smithsonian. Cars parked on street with museum in background
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Vintage Photograph. An exhaust cloud coming from a car. Frame 1.
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Finland History - Employees' cars in the underground garage of cooperative insurance company Kansa's new head office. ca. 1962.
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1960S Family Father Mother 3 Sons Loading Car And Trailer For Camping Vacation
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Side profile of an attendant washing a car
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Fire trucks on Mass. Ave. near Harvard Square , Cities & towns, Streets, Vehicles, Traffic congestion, Fire engines. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt
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Trip to Western States: Honolulu, Hawaii, visit to USS Arizona Memorial, 2:40PM. President John F. Kennedy (center left, shaking hands with an unidentified Navy officer) 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. Governor of Hawaii, John A. Burns, disembarks behind President Kennedy; the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) sits in the foreground at right. Director of Protocol for the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC), Colonel Donald J. Robinson, stands second from right, behind the limousine. Notes: Scratches and blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.
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Rome, italy 4 may 2025: people exploring a diverse collection of cars at an outdoor car show, appreciating automotive design and engineering
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Gas station attendant filling up a car
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Vintage/old cars at diner on Route 66,, California, USA
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Vintage photograph. Low angle rear view close up of man driving Allen Offy Special Midget auto racer
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United States:  c. 1951. Two brothers sitting in their new Radio Flyer wagon while their mother looks on from the front steps.
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Truck in front of a hardware store, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Niedernach am Walchensee, Jachenau, Bad Toelz, Bavaria, Germany, historic, sixties, shore, Ford, car, Ford Taunus, summer, summerly, water, lake, lakeside, pre-Alps, excursion, Europe
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1960S Family Father Mother Sons Loading Car And Trailer For Outdoor Summer Vacation
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Rear view a of gas station attendant filling a car with fuel
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Lowell, Arizona, USA. Police cruiser. (Editorial Use Only)
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Two men standing among parked cars, Swampscott, Massachusetts , Older people, Automobiles. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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Two men standing among parked cars, Swampscott, Massachusetts , Older people, Automobiles. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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Cars parked in an drive-in movie theater
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Trip to Western States: Honolulu, Hawaii, motorcade, 3:15PM. President John F. Kennedy (in second car) rides in the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) as his motorcade travels through Honolulu, Hawaii; the peak of Diamond Head is visible in the background at left. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Dick Johnsen, Dennis R. Halterman, and Bill Greer. Crowds line the street. Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.
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