Archive for September 3rd, 2010


His world in pictures
Boston Globe
Tattersall had no ambitions to become a male model in the 1950s. But when he needed to make money to put himself through medical school, he started making ...

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Los Angeles Times

Port Chicago, site of a World War II home front tragedy, is a classroom today
Los Angeles Times
Which paved the way for the integration of the American military and, many say, the emergence of the American civil rights movement in the 1950s. ...

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Happy 325th birthday, Danbury -- sort of
Danbury News Times
Pictures of the city's Main Street in the 1950s show it lined with cars. Those cars have moved to the parking lot of the Danbury Fair mall. ...

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One of a kind...
Moulton Advertiser
The 64-year-old Parker, a former commercial pilot and native of Town Creek and Courtland, said he bought his first muscle car to help out his nephew. ...

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Big wheels come with big expectations on Skins tribute car
Washington Examiner
The average Caprice was nothing unique, and even by 1990s standards, these cars were pretty unremarkable. But with their revitalization as hi-risers, ...

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Modern muscle car makes a 40-year-old dream come true
San Francisco Chronicle
But somehow I was able to convince her that we really needed this modern muscle car. This Mopar missile has been a decent seller for Dodge. ...

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On the Boardwalk, HBO Hangs Out With a New Mob
New York Times (blog)
Mr. Winter was initially interested in 1950s Atlantic City and a character named Skinny D'Amato, a club owner and Rat Pack hanger-on. ...

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Roadside Eye on America
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
... the quirky collection "America by Car," are up at the Whitney starting tomorrow. Friedlander shot jazz musicians in the 1950s for album covers and is ...

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Easy Reader

Beach bucket
Easy Reader
... by the 1950s, and restorers responded to both their history and their craftsmanship. Nowadays we're even preserving '50s and '60s mass-produced cars. ...

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2010 is end of the road for Dodge Viper
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
This model shows just how far the Viper has come during its 18 years on the road, going from a basic, topless muscle car with very little in the way of ...

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