Omaha, Nebraska, 1962

Today’s carspotting photos come from the University of Nebraska Omaha’s Flickr page, which has provided some great images in the past. Unlike those photos, however, these August 1962 photos go off-campus, into downtown Omaha, full of traffic and congestion, perfect for our purposes. Above, we see parking along 17th Street, Read more

Tampa, Florida, 1958

Long before Wal-Mart came up with the idea of combining a department store and a grocery store, J.M. Fields pioneered the concept up and down the East Coast, including Tampa, Florida, where this photo of a J.M. Fields store was taken in 1958. The location is now (or perhaps was) Read more

Racing Heroes – Evel Knievel

Photos courtesy Harley-Davidson. Ask a dozen people to describe motorcycle stunt legend Evel Knievel in a single word, and you’re likely to get a range of answers spanning the gap from “fearless” to “egomaniacal.” In his prime, Knievel himself likely would have fielded the question with a smirk and a Read more