Anywhere, USA, 1970

Even if there were visible clues in the background, or if you could read any license plates in this image, we wouldn’t suggest trying to figure out exactly where the photo was taken or how so many vehicles could get jammed into such a tight space. That’s because it wasn’t Read more

Racing Heroes – Junior Johnson

 Junior Johnson at the Riverside 500 in 1965. Photos courtesy Ford Motorsport, unless otherwise indicated. Editor’s note: This piece comes to us from new Hemmings contributor Steve Thomas. Ripping down a barely-paved county road in the mountains of North Carolina with revenue agents closing in isn’t what you’d typically think Read more

Chicago, 1944

What is this madness? While browsing through the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Flickrstream, we came across two photos of the intersection of Sheridan Road and Foster Avenue, both looking east toward the lake along Foster, both taken on August 11, 1944, but each showing traffic moving in opposite directions. Read more