An early-ish two door Minor, with a family enjoying a picnic from the boot of their trusty Morris.

Image & text source: http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/minor.htm

18th Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 1968 Poster by Eldon Dedini. This was the third year that cartoonist Eldon Dedini, of Esquire, New Yorker, and Playboy note, created the artwork for the Concours poster.

Text source: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/14/arts/14dedini.html?_r=0

July, 29th 1924. Wreck of Stutz car with bootleggers.

Image source: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/npc2007011862/

A Vauxhall in a 1932 picnic.
This set was taken at a very agreeable time of the year, June 1932 to be precise.

Duesenberg Model A with the White House, Washington, D.C., in background.

Published: 1921-2

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Swamp Buggy Day races: Naples, Florida 1953.

"The Swamp Buggy is a vehicle used to traverse boggy swamp terrain. They must be able to move about on dry land, shallow mud, and shallow water. Additionally they possess one or more of the following abilities:
Propel itself through or over deep mud and water
Drive through or over moderately dense vegetation
Drive over rough terrain possibly including logs and stumps
Float in water or mud"

Image source: http://www.thegentlemanracer.com/2012/08/swamp-buggy-day-races-naples-florida.html

Text source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_buggy

Forty years ago, a $3 donation was all it took to get in.

1938 Mercedes Benz "Silver Arrow" W154 travelling by sea.

Start of the 1910 Indy 500.

Autocar periodical December 7th 1923

" A SERVICE DEPOT FOR ANTIQUES. Every Friday the Caledonian market, Caledonian Road, Islington, is the scene of a remarkable collection of odd parts of motor cars and motor cycles, offered for sale on the stones. This market often proves exceedingly useful to owner of old and out-of-date cars urgently in need of some part unobtainable through the ordinary channels."

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, c. 1930

"For a festive few, even turkey takes a backseat to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, originally called the Macy's Christmas Parade because it kicked off the shopping season.

The tradition began in 1924 when employees recruited animals from the Central Park Zoo to march on Thanksgiving Day. Helium-filled balloons made their debut in the parade in 1927 and, in the early years, were released above the city skyline with the promise of rewards for their finders.

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, first televised nationally in 1947, now draws some 44 million viewers—not counting the three million people who actually line the 2.5-mile (4-kilometer) Manhattan route."

2013 event: http://social.macys.com/parade/

Image Source: http://www.nycvintageimages.com/content/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-c-1930

Text source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/11/131122-thanksgiving-2013-dinner-recipes-pilgrims-day-parade-history-facts/

Live coverage of the1899 New York Auto Show!

"This may be the first annual automobile parade, held on November 4, 1899 in downtown Manhattan. At least ten different makes are seen, including electric & steam powered machines.

In 1900, the first National Auto Show was held at Madison Square Garden and the favorites were the electrics and the steamers. "

Video Source: Edison film from the Library of Congress

"Times Square was an appropriate starting point for an event the world media would use terms like “stupendous”, “a Gallic dream” and “beginning of the end for European supremacy” in describing the unfolding adventure. 250,000 spectators jammed in to the Square to see the competitors with their marvels of automotive technology. The world super-powers were well represented.

Italy fielded the Zust, to defend her title as world champion earned just the year before in the Peking to Paris Race. For the young Italian team it would be a grand romantic adventure.

The start was to be far more elaborate than the simple waving of a green flag we would see today. This would be the Mayor of New York City firing a gold plated pistol into the air above Times Square. Something unthinkable in today’s world…

As it turned out with a quarter of a million people crowding the Square, even with a police escort Mayor George B. McClellan could not reach the starting line. The honor of the start was then given to Colgate Hoyt, the President of the Automobile Club. At 11:15 AM he raised the gold pistol and fired the shot that began the Race Around the World!"
From www.theoldmotor.com.

Poster art for the 37th Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance August 23rd 1987

Artwork by: Ken Eberts

A Hemmings advert for The 1978 Vintage-Auto Almanac.

"Take the Almanac road to Hershey this fall--or wherever else you may be traveling! Plot your travel in advance with the new 1978 Vintage Auto Almanac's Tourguide and stop at any of the thousands of old-car business along the route."

“Dagen H (H day) was the day on which traffic in Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right. The change was widely unpopular, The campaign included displaying the Dagen H logo on various commemorative items, including milk cartons, men’s shorts and women’s underwear. Swedish television held a contest for songs about the change; the winning entry was Håll dig till höger, Svensson (‘Keep to the right, Svensson’) by Rock-Boris.” text: Wikipedia Photo: www.Retronaut.com

Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance poster 1967