Photos from out on the road: in the '60s..

[Brock Samson]

From the late 1950's through the early 1970s Martin C. Johnson took a number of road trips criss-crossing the country from his home in Suburban Chicago to both coasts and all points in between. For each trip he put together a slide show to document his travels. Judging from these shows he (and his wife who must be responsible for at least some of the photographs) was far more interested in the road itself than wherever his final destination might have been. For every photograph of Mount Rushmore or The Grand Canyon there were three or four shots of the empty (or not so empty) road taken through the windshield of the car. For every shot of friends and relatives visited there were two of the motels he stayed in on the way. In doing so Johnson has left behind an invaluable record of the golden age of auto travel- an era when the new interstate highway system had opened up the country but before the development it brought had homogenized it.

i recognise several pictures from san francisco and the S.F. Pennisula area..
this one's from North Beach.. notice the newspaper rack, used to be you just picked up your paper and went inside the store to pay your dime for the paper... 


this one is from the great highway, where i was just yesterday and stopped  to snap some pics of a cherry '59 Chevy four door...



this is san francisco from the oakland bay bridge just as you get to angel island..




this is from the far right lane of the same bridge... possibly a different day or trip...

[BMOTOXSTAR]

Thanks for sharing man.
That is cool.

[Brock Samson]

here's the link to the rest of the pics from squareamerica...

http://www.squareamerica.com/lo.htm

if you count up all the chryslers the total number is quite amazing,..
try and find an import in these pics...  i saw a mercedes in the pic of Reno Nev.

[694spdRT]

Those are some cool pics.

This one is about 15 miles from my house and I pass by it quite often. Once the snow melts I should take a picture to show how it has changed.

[Brock Samson]

 

see the gas prices?.. 

[Ghoste]

WOW!  It's like I remember family vacations from when I was 8!

[Brock Samson]

here's some pics of the Impala I caught yesterday not more then 50 yards from where that old pic up top was taken...
BTW: the pacific ocean is about 20 yards off to the right..

[Brock Samson]

couple more..

[Charger_Fan]

Man, those pics bring back a lot of memories for me too.
I bet this bucket is still there...only all rusted.



I remember how bad my Dad bitched when these signs went from this...to 55.



Nice scenery!!

[694spdRT]

see the gas prices?.. 

I think there is still a station there so just move the decimal over one place. 

[Shakey]

here's some pics of the Impala I caught yesterday not more then 50 yards from where that old pic up top was taken...
BTW: the pacific ocean is about 20 yards off to the right..

I've got a photo of me standing in the same spot (on the sidewalk) as the car.  The Cliff House - right?

[tan top]

good pictures guys  thanks for  sharing 

[70charginglizard]

see the gas prices?.. 

Yeah look real glose because you'll never EVER see that again.

[Brock Samson]

there's a station here selling gas at $ 4.33 a Gal for 91 octaine... 
we sure get shafted here in san francisco, dispite there being refineries at point richmond... 

[Todd Wilson]

I love all those old time photos. It was just another world then. I really like looking at the old picture books from my grandma and even stuff from when I was a kid as I remember some of that kind of travel and vehicles in the early 70's.


Todd

[Brock Samson]

I think it would knock your socks off to see some of the old photos I've aquired in the past three Mos...
I need to get a good scanner and some software to enhance and restore them to a larger size and fix them up by eliminating the blemishes and such,.. if anyone has any recommendations as to which software/scanner is good for these applications, i'm all ears...
I plan on getting into this hobby and reposting them possibly on my own website for old car photos or someone elses if i find one...
in a very big way. 

[694spdRT]

Old pictures really intrigue me also.

My grandfather took tons of pictures and movie reels from the 60's through the late 80's until he passed. I have slowly been going through his collection and our family is really fortunate for what he did. The bad thing is grandpa spent so much time filming that pictures of him are somewhat rare.

Here is one of grandpa and me at a cousins wedding back in the late 70's. As usual he had his trusty camera and video recorder with him. 

[BigBlackDodge]

here's the link to the rest of the pics from squareamerica...

http://www.squareamerica.com/lo.htm

if you count up all the chryslers the total number is quite amazing,..
try and find an import in these pics...  i saw a mercedes in the pic of Reno Nev.

Great pics!

The 'Gettysberg' pic looks like there's a 68-69 Charger in the baclkground............maybe a Coronet?


BBD

[Charger_Fan]

My Grandparents took a lot of pictures of their travels too, it would be nice to spend the time someday to collect & categorize them all. Most of them were scenic pics & of people, not many of cars & stuff. I talked my Mom into digging out a few of their Airstream trailer & various tow vehicles they used.

I posted the ones she found here; http://1970chargerregistry.com/70messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=4725