The Automobile and American Life

This blog will expand on themes and topics first mentioned in my book, "The Automobile and American Life." I hope to comment on recent developments in the automobile industry, reviews of my readings on the history of the automobile, drafts of my new work, contributions from friends, descriptions of the museums and car shows I attend and anything else relevant. Copyright 2009-2026, by the author.

Saturday, September 29, 2012

The last cruise-in of the summer of 2012

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A very nice 1973 BMW 2002.  The car had numerous decals indicating track time at Mid-Ohio and Watkins Glen. The above three photo...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Before the Garmin or Tom-Tom -- the 1939 "Arrow-Auto-Touring Chart"

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Hi folks - a very neat pre-WWII travel calculator. This one is at the Library of Congress Maps division.  Note routes to and from New Y...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

An Old English White 1964 MGB

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A photo taken by Ed Garten at the recent Dayton Concours.  It was only a year or two after the B got into the market that the folks at MG ...
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Saturday, September 22, 2012

1916 Bathing Beauties with a Paige-Detroit automobile

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Hi folks -- it has always been about cars and girls.... Paige-Detroit  automobile  with 'Bathing Beauties' / photo by Har...
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Your Car -- an interesting primary cultural source for auto history, mid-1920s

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Hi folks -- this source is digitized at the Library of Congress and available online via American Memory. Some very interesting article...

President Calvin Coolidge , The AAA, the Highway Gang, and his Lincoln

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Hi folks -- from the Library of Congress, a few images from the mid-1920s depicting President Calvin Coolidge   [President Coolidge in...
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