Snapshots of car journeys across America, from the 50s to the 70s, by Martin C Johnson and his wife.
(h/t, Coudal.)
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Snapshots of car journeys across America, from the 50s to the 70s, by Martin C Johnson and his wife.
(h/t, Coudal.)
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The golden age of road trips. Brilliant. These are worth a look too -
http://www.squareamerica.com/o.htm
Posted by: sk60 | September 30, 2008 at 09:16
It’s the details that please. Like the slightly mad hair, the number of handbags and Alabama’s governor being named Lurleen.
Posted by: David | September 30, 2008 at 09:32
They're wonderful. And check out the gallery of smoking: http://www.squareamerica.com/so.htm
Posted by: Anna | September 30, 2008 at 10:46
Those pictures are fabulous. What a treat. They bear out what I've always thought - that even at its most ordinary, America still manages to be astonishingly beautiful.
Posted by: Paul | September 30, 2008 at 12:33
Dr Westerhaus emails to point out that Lurleen Wallace was the wife of – and successor to – George Wallace, the Democrat supporter of racial segregation who was shot and paralysed in 1972, while running for president.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurleen_Wallace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFCgX1COZpY
See? There are stories in them thar photos.
Posted by: David | September 30, 2008 at 16:04