In reality, not just better appearance, but also more aerodynamic than many current offerings from truck manufacturers!
I have no information on this one, just found it while surfing the web. Great color shot from the 50s.
Brownwood, Texas in 1939. Cool old car a little worse for wear. Just hang your bald spare tire and other stuff on the running board.
An interesting place name. Still exists? What is the significance of "Magnolia"? I see it is a Mobilgas station...???
Oh yeah, Falfurrias is still a going place. I have driven through it many times on my way to south Texas and Mexico. It is southwest of Corpus Christi and was named after founder Edward Cunningham Lasater's ranch, La Mota de Falfurrias. As for Magnolia,
This one is from the collection of a friend of mine, Story Sloane. He runs Sloane Gallery in Houston and has a huge collection of old photos. He is big into preservation and digitizing old negatives before they self destruct. As film ages it is prone to have the emulsion crack and shrink up ruining the image.
Here is another of my old favorites: and a website that is the motherlode of photo's: http://www.roadarch.com/roadside.html
That's gotta be one of the coolest gas stations ever. That roadside architecture site is fantastic - lots of modeling inspiration.
Crystal City, Texas in 1939. Russell Lee photo. How about something to drink while you fill up you car?
Do they have enough signs to attract a little attention? Maybe a volcanic eruption would bring in more customers....
Grand Prize was Howard Hughes’ excursion into the brewing industry right after prohibition was repealed. He arranged for it to be distributed by the Dr. Pepper Bottling Company. Hughes opened Gulf Brewing Company on some of his property next to one of his other enterprises, the Hughes Tool Company. Grand Prize became the best-selling beer in the Texas. To get the best master brewer for the Houston Ice and Brewing Company he hired a Belgian/Houstonian by the name of Frantz Brogniez. Brogniez was awarded the Diplome de Grand Prix at the International Conference of Breweries in 1913. His entry called Southern Select, placed first out of nearly 4,000 other beers.
