Atlanta, 1951

It’s easy enough to identify cars from the front. That’s the view we most often see in photos, and so we memorize headlamp and grille configurations before any other aspect of a car. But how about the rear? Taillamps and trunks can be just as distinctive. That said, let’s take a look at another Charles Cushman street scene, this one shot in December 1951, looking north on Pryor Street from Wall Street in Atlanta. How many cars in the shot can you identify?