Wagons in vintage Street scenes

A policeman talks with a motorist he
has pulled over on Southfield Road,
in Allen Park, Michigan. Photo 1956

 

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

 

^^^

It's interesting to note that the good 'ole American Motorist will gladly wait in line for his gasoline - anytime! Low price, or low supply.........

 

Broadway, Los Angeles, Ca. 1957

 

Main Street, Los Angeles, looking at old Plaza, Pico House, Merced Theater and Masonic Hall, 1957

 

Paradise Cove in Malibu, California with a fire raging in the hills.
I guess the vehicles belong to looky lou's. Paradise Cove was trailer heaven.

 

The beach house in the film ''Mildred Pierce'' was located at what is now 26652 Latigo Shore Drive in Malibu, Calif.
Latigo Shore Drive branches off from PCH just west of Corral Canyon Drive and parallels the shoreline, while PCH continues west, ascending a bluff. But originally, PCH (back then called Roosevelt Highway, which opened in 1929) followed what is now Latigo Shore Drive. In the later 1940s when PCH was rerouted over the bluff, Latigo Shore Drive was turned into a private street, and today the street's name changes as you move from east to west; the street branches off from PCH and is called Seagull Way, then becomes Latigo Shore Drive, and then becomes Malibu Cove Colony Drive.
The house was destroyed in 1983 by a terrible storm.

 

Carousel is a 1956 film adaptation of the 1945 Rodgers
and Hammerstein stage musical of the same name.
The 1956 Carousel film stars Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones,
and was directed by Henry King.

 

A Rickenbacker made an appearance in a 1959 Twilight Zone episode.

 

A Plymouth owned by the Herald-Examiner

 

Santa Monica, east on Wilshire between Euclid and 14th

 

Pasadena Freeway, 1962

 

Los Angeles City Hall in the background with blimp.

 

1962, and the only '62 models are one 62 Comet and three 62 Oldsmobiles (four if the two tone wagon by the black 57 Buick vert is a 62 and not a 61). The T-bird is either a 61 or 62 but I think a 61. I think the Falcon is either a 60 or 61. There is a 61 Impala, and a Corvair that could be anything from 60-64. But the Oldsmobiles are the only cars that are definitely identifiable as 62 models. Looks like Oldsmobile sold very well in that part of town that year. Almost never see a 62 Olds even at car shows today.