http://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/home.aspxVarious pictures from my files, scrapbooks and library of pictures through the years.en-usCopyright 2012, WNTA-FMSat, 19 May 2012 12:31:38 GMTFri, 18 May 2012 02:42:32 GMT1http://emmisinteractive.comThis is from the website Shorpy.com which I recommend you visit and see wonderful pictures of the United States from the mid 1800's to just recently.  The detail on these pictures is pretty amazing. This is a 1955 Buick Special parked next to a Dairy Queen sometime in the 1970's.  The Buick still looks great after about 20 years, and if you look closely, there are snow tires in the back.  It's a time exposure done in black and white and you could print this out and hang it on a wall with the right frame.  To see the picture in a higher definition and see more detail, just go to Shorpy.com iPad/iPhone users touch link below to see the picture.  http://www.nta.fm/Pics/Blogs/1000844/dq2_-001.jpghttp://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10384618http://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10384618Fri, 18 May 2012 02:42:32 GMTA page from the Joliet High School yearbook (now Joliet Central).  The "dotting" on the pictures is due to my scanner.  The picture would have to be in a much higher resolution to get rid of that. I found this yearbook nestled in a bunch of books I purchased at an estate sale in the summer of 1975 in Joliet.  The yearbook had belonged to Florence Barringer.  Most of the students were born around 1895-1896.  I'm sure some of the men in this yearbook fought in World War I, and if those in the yearbook lived a long enough life, saw some changes in their lives, electricity, phonographs, the birth of the automobile, radio, television, jet travel and man on the moon. iPad/iPhone users touch the link below to see the picture: http://www.nta.fm/Pics/Blogs/1000844/scan0007-007.jpghttp://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10382425http://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10382425Fri, 11 May 2012 14:04:53 GMTIn December of 2001, I drove to Padre Island to help some relatives move from one house to another and I drove my 1970 VW Beetle there and back and enjoyed every mile. In 1970, the basic design of the Beetle was 30+ years old and was starting to show its age compared to the competition.  Cars like the Opel Kadett were quieter and had better gas mileage while cars from Japan offered more features for the money and were beginning to make inroads into the U.S. Still, the VW Beetle was an icon in its own right and was put together better than just about all cars on the market.  And there was no mistaking what you were driving when they saw this profile. FYI, the 1970 Beetle shared only one part in common with its pre 1940's version.  That was the foam rubber seal that went around the underside of ...http://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10380415http://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10380415Mon, 07 May 2012 12:42:23 GMTMy Dad is the person on the right apparently shouting something.  When I first saw this picture, I thought of the line by Robin Williams in "Good Morning Vietnam" where someone in artillery wanted him to play something.  When he asked him what he wanted to hear, he said, "ANYTHING! JUST PLAY IT LOUD!" iPad/iPhone users touch the link below to see the picture: http://www.nta.fm/Pics/Blogs/1000844/DadArtillery-001.jpghttp://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10379413http://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10379413Thu, 03 May 2012 12:46:58 GMTNewspapers and ad agencies used line drawings of cars for advertisements in the days when color printing was limited to Sundays.  I pulled this image of a 1958 Ramble Deluxe (a car I owned) that was used by a New York Rambler dealer.  The dealer started out in late 1957 as an Edsel dealer, but quickly changed after Edsels were selling rather poorly and the Rambler line was selling like nickel cigars. The Deluxe was the plain Jane, with single headlamps, instead of the dual headlamps in the other models, smaller hub caps and no side trim, although there was still enough chrome on the vehicle to make it quite shiny, both inside and out.  I'm also including my '58 Rambler for comparison. iPad/iPhone users touch the links below to see the pictures: Line Drawing: http://www.nta.fm/Pics/Blogs/1000844/Rambler1-001.JPG Actual Car: http://www.nta.fm/Pics/Blogs/1000844/mayhew1-001.jpghttp://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10377816http://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10377816Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:05:08 GMTI've always been a fan of car dashboards and steering wheels, since that's what I see the majority of the time when I'm driving a car.  This early Ford Mustang uses some nice touches, including the chrome on the steering wheel.  While the detail of the photo doesn't show it, it also features a 140 mph speedometer (just an illusion as it couldn't get that fast), at a time when most where reading 120 mph.  By the way, Volkswagen's speedometer at the time was a more reasonable 80 mph. All that fun and an AM radio, too. iPad/iPhone users touch link below to see picture: http://www.nta.fm/Pics/Blogs/1000844/MustangConvDashBloom0606-001.JPGhttp://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10373252http://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10373252Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:54:19 GMTI was working in Evansville, Indiana when Penny Marshall directed the movie, "A League of Their Own" and the radio station where I was employed was in charge of extras for the movie.  Bosse (bossy) Field, which was a long standing AAA minor league ball park, served as the background for the movie's baseball scenes, and parts of Evansville would be 1940's Rockford.  Little did I know that in the fall of 1991, when the movie was being made that I'd be working in Rockford 11 months later. This is the baseball card given to persons participating in the World Series shoot.  That's Geena Davis at bat, and the card was made just after filming started in order to hand them out for the final weekend of shooting.  iPad/iPhone users touch links below to see the front and back sides of the card:  http://www.nta.fm/Pics/Blogs/1000844/scan0007-005.jpg http://www.nta.fm/Pics/Blogs/1000844/scan0008-003.jpghttp://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10372162http://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10372162Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:20:57 GMTFrom the website Shorpy.com which lists numerous high definition photographs from the Civil War to the 1950's.  New York. April 22, 1912. "Titanic survivors." Brothers Michel ("Lolo") and Edmond Navratil, ages 4 and 2, whose father perished when the RMS Titanic sank 100 years ago today, and were known as the "Titanic orphans" until their mother was located in France. Lolo, the last male survivor of the Titanic, died in 2001. Bain News Service photo. iPad/iPhone users touch link below to see picture: http://www.nta.fm/Pics/Blogs/1000844/SHORPY_11222u-001.jpghttp://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10371209http://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10371209Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:30:46 GMTAt the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan is this Mustang looking vehicle that was designed a couple of years before by the Budd Company.  They proposed it to American Motors/Rambler that would have used one of their Ramblers as a platform for the vehicle.  It was called the XR-400, and the Budd Company would have supplied the modified body panels.  If AMC would have said yes, it would have beat the Ford Mustang to the market by six months. However, George Romney was to leave the company to be the Governor of Michigan and his successor wanted bigger vehicles, so they passed on the sporty four seater market.  To be sure, it would not have sold in the large numbers that the Mustang would, but it would have been a viable option for many.  Later on AMC would make the Javelin and the AMX, but only after Mustang's success that continues to ...http://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10370674http://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10370674Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:01:09 GMTTaken a few years back at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. iPad/iPhone users touch link below to see picture: http://www.nta.fm/Pics/Blogs/1000844/Texas2010%20064-001.jpghttp://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10368720http://www.nta.fm/Blog/MarksPicture/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10368720Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:58:14 GMT