Anchorage, Alaska, 1955

Ongoing since the mid-1930s, the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous – a.k.a. Fur Rondy – takes place in February of each year and for many years included the Fur Rondy Grand Prix, perhaps the only city street auto race to use snowbanks as safety berms. Presumably the sign strung across Fourth Street Read more

Racing Heroes – James Hunt

James Hunt in the Hesketh 308. Photo credit cheshyre. In today’s sponsor-driven, polished and impeccably tailored world of Formula One racing, there would be no room for a character like James Simon Wallis Hunt. Described as “larger than life” by those who knew him, Hunt played by his own rules, Read more

Galveston, Texas, 1973

With our Vermont winter comes plenty of daydreaming about warmer weather and warmer climes, so let’s check out the beach near Galveston, Texas, as seen in this July 1973 Documerica photo by Blair Pittman, for today’s carspotting exercise. Fortunately, the sunny summer day brought out plenty of bathers and thus Read more