Los Angeles, 1966

When do they start flipping cars and burning couches? According to the caption that went with this photo on the UCLA Library’s Digitial Collections site, these are UCLA students “rampaging” in November 1966 on the San Diego Freeway near Wilshire Boulevard after learning that USC was going to the Rose Read more

Columbus, Ohio, 1968

You know, as many everyday street scenes as we’ve shown, rarely have they featured emergency vehicles. Granted, an emergency by definition doesn’t count as an everyday matter, but one would still expect to see more fire trucks, ambulances, and police cars sharing the streets with four-door sedans and other daily Read more

Chicago, 1976, part 4

A couple more C. William Brubaker shots of mid-Seventies Chicago today. Above, East Oak Street from North Michigan Avenue, and below, East Chicago Avenue between Wabash and Rush, both portions of the cityscape that haven’t changed all that much over the last few decades. What do you see here?

Happy holidays

If you’re reading this blog today, we hope you’re doing so while gathered with family, friends, and loved ones. (Show grampa or the grandkids the photos in our street scene series!) We’ll return to our regular programming tomorrow, so in the meantime enjoy this selection of collector car-themed holiday photos Read more

Boston, 1940s

From the same set of Boston Public Library photos that we featured the other day comes this overhead shot of what appears to be folks waiting to throw rice on a newly wedded couple. Either that or a pending mob hit. Whatever the case, what do you see here?

Somewhere USA, 1950s

It took some guessing, but we finally got an answer to where our last unknown street scene was taken, so let’s try this again and up the ante. As with the previous unknown street scene, this one comes from the Duke University Library’s photo archives, but this time we’re not Read more