I long for the America of the '50s and '60s! We will never see those days again.
@fenian123
Жыл бұрын
Which is good thing.
@StinkFingerr
Жыл бұрын
@@fenian123 No Bunky, it isn't.
@elvisjerrylee
Жыл бұрын
For 8 minutes I was 8 years old again.......Thank you!!!
@TheHistoryLounge
Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome. I really appreciate your comment too - thank you!
@sarge3469
Жыл бұрын
I grew up in the 50’s & 60’s and just found this site and love it so much. Went to Vietnam to serve my country in the late 60’s for 2 tours in the Marine Corps. Now have Parkinson’s but would go to serve my country again. A real shame that our country is in such a reck. I don,t think I’ll see it like that in the 50’s & 60’s again but thankful I had the chance to grow up than. Thank you all and God bless us all.
@jerilynnwilson930
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!! It was a glorious time in our history, I write this with tears in my eyes. Even as a child I was so happy to be blessed an American. We had pride in our Country then, we took pride in our communities, our accomplishments, our homes, our families. The streets were safe. I, for one, want my Country back....Please pray for the healing of this great land and people.
@TheTriplelman
Жыл бұрын
the demoCRAPS have destroyed America!
@DrLumpy
Жыл бұрын
My family owned many of those cars. I was the rambunctious little brother that slept in the back of many (most!) of those station wagons. We vacationed at all but a couple of those Natl Parks and Natl Forests. Those men with their haircuts and their hard shoes, and those women with their dresses and hand bags, were hard working, proud Americans raising a family, and paying 24.9 cents per gallon for gasoline to visit our great country. No cell phones, computers, or internet. Not even cable TV. My generation invented that just after we pulled off mini-skirts and that flight to the moon thing. We had books, and parental encouragement. Most of us had an AM radio. You could receive Country music and Mexican stations, including Wolf Man Jack in the later 60s. FM radios were rare. If you could find one there was typically one or two stations playing classical music. Some of us had a B/W TV. Everybody's parents worked at the same job all their adult lives. Apologies for my wandering trip down memory lane. Similarly, apologies to the Harvard grads for the comma misuse. Video presenter, thanks for the slide show.
@cynthiajohnston424
Жыл бұрын
In reference to " the slide show " ... As a baby boomer , I traveled w/ my parents to most of these places in the 50's & 60's . My dad was an amazing amateur photographer so when we returned home from a trip , his photos were made into slides & then we relived our experiences w/ the slide projector & pics on the big white screen in our living room . Wonderful memories ! 💙
@amit4Bihar
Жыл бұрын
Seems Americans exchanged books for mini skirts, smarts for showoff fashion and brains imported from other countries. USA has become a country of excesses afforded by dollar being reserve currency
@johnnyraiderallison851
Жыл бұрын
NO APOLOGIES NEEDED, SIR. THE REST OF THESE WHINERS, CAN GO F THEMSELVES ANDIVE IN CHINA, RUSSIA OR PAKISTAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@jean-marcducommun8185
Жыл бұрын
As a foreigner this is what the US used to be namely a role model for the World in almost every way. Today it's about the contrary. Tears in my eyes ...
@DTD110865
Жыл бұрын
That's partially because too many people had the wrong idea about what "the American way" was, and they turned against it.
@cindytrayer4279
Жыл бұрын
The country has fallen so far I don’t think it can come back.
@grockreddeck4284
Жыл бұрын
Me too brother😢.
@paulsmith3487
Жыл бұрын
Font give up yet!you are surrounded by good people,you just havent met them all so far
@paulsmith3487
Жыл бұрын
@@cindytrayer4279 most things work on circles,good days are sure to return when enough people walk away from what you consider bad,can't happen soon enough,even here on Australia!
@Myreply59
Жыл бұрын
A much better world than today. How sad it is to remember and not be able to have those days back again.
@armorpro573
Жыл бұрын
Enjoy your life while it lasts because the future isn't getting much brighter
@MSE9107
Жыл бұрын
I think maybe you mean a much better US than today? Not all the world has crumbled like the US. In fact, a lot of countries have improved their way of life. But yeah, surely watching this and then watching the walking dead videos of US streets does make you wonder “what the hell happened”? It looked like a dream back then but of course this was only true if you were white. Blacks probably had it worse than today back then.
@byronbuck1762
8 ай бұрын
absurd. Racism was rampant, pollution uncontrolled, and the cars rarely lasted more than 70,000 miles
@2201Duluth
Жыл бұрын
back when we were civil to each other. Beautiful tribute to an era of my life i will always treasure 😊
@grampy2014
Жыл бұрын
Well said and appreciated.
@jbncnow
Жыл бұрын
Civil to each other? ya if you were white, I live in a state that still had separate drinking fountains and restrooms well into the 1950s and early 60s Black families traveling america had to have a special book that showed places where they were welcomed at
@rollitupmars
Жыл бұрын
Civil until a innocent person of color enters the room
@ieronymos9265
Жыл бұрын
Except for the so-called “blacks.”
@kevinbotsford6497
Жыл бұрын
My 78 yr old father and I (at 58) took our 1951 Chevy Styleline Deluxe all the way across Route 66 and back in 2017. It was an unbelievable trip and experience that we will remember forever. There are still many iconic landmarks on the route that have survived all the years of modern road construction. I highly recommend everyone do something like this with someone important to you!
@JrGoonior
Жыл бұрын
My dream road trip and 52, my dad is no longer here but hope to find someone to share the trip with someday.
@patriciajrs46
Жыл бұрын
@@JrGooniorDon't wait for someday sweetie. It's lije tomorrow: it never comes. Take a sister, brother, or cousin, or one of your children. It will be a solid memory.
@ruthnagarya2028
Жыл бұрын
It was an absolute honor to grow up in the 50's I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. thank you Lord! A "road trip" WAS our "entertainment" and those 50's cars are like NO OTHER...EVER! Dad had a 53 Buick in mint color and it was ALWAYS in pristene condition...if I could afford it, I would have a 50's car they were beautiful and unforgetable.
@analogman9697
Жыл бұрын
I was born in 1955 and am convinced that my incredibly comfortable life is going to end in world of chaos and hardship. We hsd a '56 Olds Super 88...similar to your Buick. Loved it.
@58Brando
Жыл бұрын
I would hate to have been an adult in the 50's. Absolutely sh*t completely exaggerated by people who today are close to death and have zero worth living for.
@analogman9697
Жыл бұрын
'56 Olds here....what a great car.
@mikemullay5622
Жыл бұрын
I do have a '50's car. It is a 1956 Buick Special. As it is mostly original it is a rolling time capsule of the way things used to be back then. It is a time capsule of much of my own history as I have had it 38 years.
@sweetassugar2076
Жыл бұрын
@@58BrandoWtf is your act ? Do tell
@Nicksonian
Жыл бұрын
I was born in 1957. It’s hard for me to imagine that I was alive when many of these photos were taken. How things can change in a lifetime.
@martincvitkovich724
Жыл бұрын
The people seemed genuinely happy
@handsupbud
Жыл бұрын
I've been to a few places in this video and it is a bitter sweet experience in how much I miss my grand parents,Mother and Sister. I miss and love you all deeply. The days grow near where I will see your sweet faces again.
@simons5193
Жыл бұрын
Excellent. Pictures of the by gone days. Life was so much better and peaceful than today's.
@fenian123
Жыл бұрын
Just seemed like it
@StinkFingerr
Жыл бұрын
@@fenian123 Oh? So you were there?
@moonjumper66
Жыл бұрын
Please bring me back...so tired this era.
@jimtwisted1984
Жыл бұрын
Hundreds of years from mow people will look at those photos and think what a time to be alive.
@armorpro573
Жыл бұрын
And a hundred years from now, people will be looking back on life and think how much painless we lived through
@dguy0386
Жыл бұрын
as a member of Gen Z we already do that!
@skyblue5509
Жыл бұрын
I have warm feelings looking at digitally restored old pictures. It is like returning home to the family when we were all together and couldn't get away from each other. People look happier then.
@moviemagg
Жыл бұрын
For the first six decades of the 20th century the United States had the best looking cars in the world. The cars in these photos were just amazing. Thanks for posting this..........
@grampy2014
Жыл бұрын
The auto industry kept America’s economy strong.
@maple1255
Жыл бұрын
Splendid collection of photographs from the 1950s and 60s, all of those beautiful cars of the era, happy people traveling around the U.S.
@robjudge181
Жыл бұрын
Each picture was like a beautiful painting. Thank you for posting.
@paulbroderick8438
Жыл бұрын
Autos were works of art for sure. No tattoos or Phones, just fine with me. Thank you.
@TheHistoryLounge
Жыл бұрын
Works of art indeed!
@AnberThe
Жыл бұрын
I on the other hand, can’t live without them
@johnuhelski8613
Жыл бұрын
True that , Paul . How I long for those days . Pre interstate , fantastic cars, no seat belts... Dad ALWAYS was up for a road trip . Off we went , back roads , no phones. He lived to 93 and was a great day tripper to the last .
@TwitchyMovies
Жыл бұрын
Man what's wrong with tattoos?
@Jleed989
Жыл бұрын
@@TwitchyMovies everything
@mikebutler3263
Жыл бұрын
It was a wonderful time for doing a road trip, if you could afford a nice car. Amazing places to visit and never overcrowded, people look so smart and happy. I love every single photo. Thanks.
@goodboyringo9716
Жыл бұрын
In 1962 a new car cost 3,000 and in 1965 they cost 3500.00 . I don't think they had any plastic on them and all the parts were made in America. We don't even make tooth pick in USA Now, they raise the price on cars every week. What have we done to our country ?
@llanamejia
Жыл бұрын
@@goodboyringo9716 what you have done to the country? You voted Democrat
@goodboyringo9716
Жыл бұрын
@@llanamejia .... Voting Democrat is standing up for the American people . Voting Republican is helping the rich and big business that pay no taxes. Someone poor like you voting Republican degrade what is right for working the man. Trump gave the rich the biggest tax brake in history to the rich and now the people had to pay for it, ....but thats ok we'll blame it on the Democrats, ggg
@TerminalLumbago3657
Жыл бұрын
@Alfonso Llana *Sigh* Yet another reactionary. I don’t like liberals either, but I also don’t like reactionaries.
@goodboyringo9716
Жыл бұрын
@@llanamejia ... The only reason the USA is in good shape is because of the Dems. The Republicans would vote no on a unemployment extention but at the same time give oil companies million in subsidies
@biggusbestus551
Жыл бұрын
Memories I would not sell for any amount. I was truly blessed to take road trips then ...
@TheHistoryLounge
Жыл бұрын
That would have been great - thanks for watching and commenting!
@robalston590
Жыл бұрын
Simple times, slow pace, notice how well dressed everyone is, and lots of smiles...carefree
@coaster-obsessionguydontat3274
26 күн бұрын
I remember people used to dress up for airplane travel. Now it’s flip flops and shorts or pajama pants.
@Mr91495osh
Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Coconut Grove, a vintage fishing village near Miami. It was like Mayberry. Tennis, sailing and diving for Florida lobster. I wouldn’t want to grow up now. Life has gotten so much more complicated.
@TheHistoryLounge
Жыл бұрын
Great comment - thanks for sharing it.
@surfer103
Жыл бұрын
This is the America I grew up in and miss.
@fenian123
Жыл бұрын
Only because we were young and didn't know the ugly side of the world
@surfer103
Жыл бұрын
@@fenian123 You may have a point in a way but it was a great time to be young.
@armorpro573
Жыл бұрын
@@surfer103 Yeah. The mid forties to early fifties was the best era for Americans. It was only after the 70s that things declined real fast
@garylivingston9052
Жыл бұрын
Tee Pee's seem to be a theme then. cool cars and humble people. Now we just have A-holes everywhere you turn.
@Jleed989
Жыл бұрын
On the cell phone no less
@DA-jw6nm
Жыл бұрын
Did anyone notice? Happy people and not a single smartphone to be seen.
@Plexpara
6 ай бұрын
5:03 She got a Smartphone in her Hand...what you talk about...
@nicholastracy4915
Жыл бұрын
No cell phones or artificial intelligence in sight. Ah, I prefer this. Respect for community, streets clean. Good vibes.
@armorpro573
Жыл бұрын
So ironic that the future seems more chaotic than the past. Actually I take that back.
@nicholastracy4915
Жыл бұрын
@@armorpro573 Both are chaotic because ultimately that is the nature of humanity. But, I would dare say, with great power comes great responsibility (not my quote), and with the incredible power of technology in weapons and the nature of humans as it's always been, I think the catastrophic potential resulting therein, is more chaotic. In the 1810s Napolean could invade Europe and people suffered. Same with Russia today. But Napolean didn't have 5000 huge Nukes.
@johnreitz5676
Жыл бұрын
Another wonderful journey into the past.
@charleshamilton9274
Жыл бұрын
I grew up in a military family and long, sometimes cross country road trips were common when my dad got orders to a new assignment. In the mid-60s, I remember going from Mather AFB (Sacramento) to Anaheim (visiting Disneyland for the first time) then on to Keesler AFB in Mississippi. My dad had a brand new Buick Wildcat that he just loved. My sister and I in the back seat looking forward to stopping at a Howard Johnson’s “motor lodge” for the night. (Anyone remember HoJo Cola?) Good memories.
@TheHistoryLounge
Жыл бұрын
Great comments! (I do not remember the HoJo Cola.) Thanks for commenting!
@analogman9697
Жыл бұрын
My brother and I giggled through an entire lunch over "hojo cola". Just sounded funny.
@jerrywestermann4435
Жыл бұрын
Same here,brotha,my dad was in the Air Force,got transferred alot,endless road trips,staying at motels,which little brother & I loved,lotta memories in this video.
@judyfroemming7756
Жыл бұрын
I remember taking our kids to the amusement park and we we😅nt to a restaurant I believe it was Friendly's and my daughter ate 5 bowls of soup
@timoteo950
Жыл бұрын
A calmer time for sure.
@StinkFingerr
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, things seemed more tranquil and safe.
@staffanlindstrom576
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful.
@gregatkinson7276
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful scenery and same for the cars! Thank you again for a great look into our wonderful past...
@johnbockelie3899
Жыл бұрын
No tailgaters , impatient drivers, or road rage. A nicer time to take a drive.
@Lajos279
Жыл бұрын
@2:29 As an old Dutch petrolhead, I'm very surprised to see a beautiful two-tone Auto Union 1000 S in the States! In my childhood a rather common sight here in Holland, but I didn't expect to see one on the other side of the pond. Besides, they had a two-stroke engine, very beautiful, fast and roomy cars. The whole video is an absolute treasure, thanks so much!
@jochenpeiper6797
Жыл бұрын
Bro , thanks for the ID on the Auto Union ( Audi ) did not know what that was , Hans Sthuck 1940s Speed record , Quatro Group B Monster !!!! my first car 1973 was an MG A then Lotus Europa , Lancia Monte Carlo , E type Jag fixed head coupe etc etc , my daily driver is my 06 Daimler Ghia Crossfire i purchased NEW , Cheers from Padre Island TEXAS
@JeffDeWitt
Жыл бұрын
In those days it was a lot easier to bring cars into the US. We had been living in Germany, bought a Citroen (a 59 ID 19 I believe) and brought it back in 63. These days bringing back a four year old non US spec car would be pretty much impossible.
@ralfi955
Жыл бұрын
Spotted that 1000s too, remember when my uncle pulled up in it brand new in Germany, early 1960 I think.
@prestoni
Жыл бұрын
Dank u well
@nortsulpedal
11 ай бұрын
😮 DKW Auto Union... unbelievable🙏😃🔝
@pamelabennett5672
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! This was fun to watch. I grew up in the 50s and 60s, so it was very nostalgic for me.
@carlob95
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful color photos
@stuckeystop
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the Stuckey’s shout out! 🎉
@cwiii3378
Жыл бұрын
68 years old here, our family traveled every summer somewhere and my father loved the Stuckey's Pecan Rolls.
@Jleed989
Жыл бұрын
1.99 breakfast! They must have spent a lot of money on billboards. They were everywhere
@TheHistoryLounge
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely, @stephaniestuckey5216! Thanks for watching!
@JohnSmith-cf4gn
Жыл бұрын
Born in 1952 I remember and loved the 50s. We prayed in school and God blessed America. It was a whole different world back then and I believe heaven will be much like it. The air you breathed even felt different.
@catfish24
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting these great pictures. Good times in America.
@carrieharvey1120
Жыл бұрын
Anemoia: a nostalgic sense of longing for a past you yourself have never lived. It is nostalgia for the “good ol’ days”; more specifically, the good ol’ days you are too young to have known. It is a sense that something was intrinsically better in the distant past than it is in the present; that we’ve lost something crucial in our ceaseless march of progress.
@davedesmond7288
Жыл бұрын
Your ‘56 Chevy Nomad’ is actually a 210 Wagon. The Nomad was a two door, with rakish 'B- pillar’ styling… -Dave Desmond, South Australia
@ronwalker8863
Жыл бұрын
Alright, you got me hooked. Visited several of those places as a kid. You trying to get me choked up and sentimental? Darn it. Keep up the good work.
@richystar2001
Жыл бұрын
I would go back in a heart beat....everything was normal back then.
@jossip1171
Жыл бұрын
What was normal back then ??? No unions. Hire and fire-system even worse than today. Workmen´s rights ZERO !!! Allmighty cops that could treat you as they liked. Glorifying any military stuff. Workmen´s life was LISTEN AND OBEY !!! But great cars, no doubt !!!
@jossip1171
Жыл бұрын
@SalNova15, concerning computers and cell phones, you are right !!!
@henryhorner3182
Жыл бұрын
And the women, at least most women, were slim, shapely and beautiful. Today's waddling blobs of fat would have had me celibate for life!
@treetoppa8388
Жыл бұрын
@You'll See exactly. That chump is probably a millennial who buys into the woke shit they’re spreading today. It was a time of great prosperity. People had core values. No gangster rap. I was born in 53 and I have nothing but good memories of the late fifties and sixties.
@schotext2683
Жыл бұрын
Retrotopia, the longing for a non existing past..! Sure the cars where nice, but very dangerious in accidents en polluting, women were supposed to be tending to the children en the house, they were fired often when pregnant, black were not even allowed to stay in the same hotels as whites, cancer simply killed you, with a worn out hip you had to drag yourself through life, the church had a firm grip on everyday life, and many of the pastors on little children…homosexuals were in danger of being incarcerared, etc. Etc. Etc. Wake up from your nostalgic dream and inform yourself about the realities of daily life in those days, !
@billymatthews7346
Жыл бұрын
Best life was right then, not now
@mkoldiefan
Жыл бұрын
Wunderschön gemacht, einfach zum wegträumen. Es erzeugt viel Fernweh und viel Erinnerungen an eine schönere Zeit.😃🥰 Danke
@TheHistoryLounge
Жыл бұрын
Ich freue mich sehr, dass es dir gefallen hat. Vielen Dank fürs Zuschauen und dafür, dass Sie sich die Zeit für einen Kommentar genommen haben!
@mkoldiefan
Жыл бұрын
@@TheHistoryLounge da nehme ich mir immerwieder die Zeit um es bis zur letzten Sekunde zu schauen 🥰 Ich besitze selbst 2 US Cars aus den 50` und da geht mir das Herz auf wenn ich das sehe! (aber kleine Anmerkung, in der Musik ist immer wieder ein krtzen und ein Geräusch als würde Jemand laut atmen;-)
@mkoldiefan
Жыл бұрын
@@TheHistoryLounge und bei min3:53 auch noch mein Auto, einen 1956 Pontiac zu sehen ist überwältigend!
@mkoldiefan
Жыл бұрын
@@TheHistoryLounge was ist das für eine Musik als Hintergrund?
@TheHistoryLounge
Жыл бұрын
Hallo, @@mkoldiefan - Die Musik heißt „Maca“ von Adrian Berenguer. Ich denke, es klingt irgendwie inspirierend, oder?
@martinw9425
6 ай бұрын
I just love the music, its so inspiring with the pictures. Was born in 65, and i still remember the cars, the more humble stores , the family's with their pets, people were talking ( or yelling). But a very different time to live and grow. Today we have cellphones and computer to talk to.
@llanamejia
Жыл бұрын
What a terrific video and that Adrian Berenguer music so beautiful and appropriate. What a wonderful country was the WASP U.S.A.
@johndersham1
Жыл бұрын
I am loving this series.
@TheHistoryLounge
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad to hear it! Thanks!
@tombegg5648
Жыл бұрын
Loved this. A different time, a different world.
@portnuefflyer
Жыл бұрын
At 73, it's somewhat depressing, to find that this all looks somewhat familiar! The big station wagons, with the rear facing rear seat and power rear window, were a great place for the young kids to geek out at cars behind, I remember that like it was yesterday, todays kids, safely strapped and belted into a mini van (sure, they have a much higher surviability rate in a crash) don't know what their missing. The car's year and model was a nice touch, though I knew them already.
@Patrick-vt79w2
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading these pictures of yesteryear recollecting those nostalgic “days of wonder”; sadly, now being eroded by today’s society.
@ainhoasamford8046
Жыл бұрын
La mejor época del sueño americano, viendo estas fotos viaja uno al pasado de una época dorada, que sólo la podrán disfrutar los que la vivieron y conocieron esas rutas felices en el recuerdo de una parte de sus viajes, cuándo está uno en los últimos atardeceres de nuestras vidas
@TheHistoryLounge
Жыл бұрын
Bien dicho. Agradezco sus comentarios, ¡gracias por compartirlos!
@1melodyoflove1
Жыл бұрын
The Videos remind me of the days I wish I could enjoy once more.
@axdesho
Жыл бұрын
I love nostalgia, great job!
@grampy2014
Жыл бұрын
Yes sir. Where the old meets the new.
@kevinhurley3699
Жыл бұрын
What a simpler time!!!!
@lifehappens2370
Жыл бұрын
A couple of car corrections but this is an exceptional nostalgic video, including a rarity…truly beautiful and appropriate music. Thanks for posting! I’ll be back.
@TheHistoryLounge
Жыл бұрын
Hey, Life Happens - Definitely a few corrections in this, but I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@rosemoreno2817
Жыл бұрын
Beautifully restored pictures the closest thing we have to a time machine I love it!!!
@flierbill
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for that, my family traveled in a station wagon from Sacramento to Louisiana. In the early 60's , it brought back some memories.
@TheHistoryLounge
Жыл бұрын
That would have been an amazing drive - what great memories you must have!
@rogermaes6001
11 ай бұрын
A country and its cars in their glory ! Thanks for those wonderful pictures. Greetings from Belgium.
@johnuhelski8613
Жыл бұрын
Wonderfull film, the key here is " off the interstates " . I have been to so many of these sites, a walk down memory lane. And the cars , are you serious ? Finally , the music ! A masterpiece to be sure. Love all your content , thanks for posting.
@Bentcypress
Жыл бұрын
For the most part there weren't any interstates back then. They were just starting to build them.
@TheHistoryLounge
Жыл бұрын
@johnuhelski8613 - Thanks for watching and for your kind comments!
@jamieryall8341
Жыл бұрын
So cool. I was a kid in the '50's & '60's & knew every year & model of cars. Now, they all look the same to me. Sad, really.
@TheHistoryLounge
Жыл бұрын
Those cars do look cool - I wish I could have seen the streets full of them like you did!
@HawklordLI
Жыл бұрын
Exactly! When I go out into a parking lot I can't tell a Ford Escape from a Kia, Chevy or Nissan.
@johnuhelski8613
Жыл бұрын
I too could name any car on the road back then . Now ,not possible. Thats why I love car shows today. OLD IRON, BABY.
@paulsmith3487
Жыл бұрын
I grew up in the fifties,we didn't have a lot,my father was stressed out from the war,but at least we were a family!
@lizzapaolia959
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video as always 👌. Sad to see our country now in 2023. Society has declined so much. Few people have any moral values.... God help this once great country, Amen God bless you and thank you again 🙏
@byronbuck1762
8 ай бұрын
Yes, they are willing to put their faith in a thrice married serial adulterer, rapist, grifter, con man who cares only about himself
@carlos.a.vcarvajal6119
Жыл бұрын
wonderful Times.......thanks for sharing....
@Jbennyho
Жыл бұрын
The red and white car in the center of the picture at the “Roadside Attraction, 1950’s” @ (2:35) is a DKW. It has a 2 cycle engine. Auto Union and DKW combined sometime in the 1950’s or 60’s to form what we now know as Audi.
@paulderyck2573
3 ай бұрын
1967 if i’m not mistaken
@jeffreyhickey4856
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your outstanding videos! I am a child of the ‘50’s and your videos really help me to put my life into perspective!
@donnafletcher5386
Жыл бұрын
Once upon a time. Long long ago.
@JamesDonovan-p5r
4 ай бұрын
I really miss these times I could only remember
@maxim_maxim_8025
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful...👌
@upstatenewyork
Жыл бұрын
Grew up in the 50’s. Great video, thanks.
@armorpro573
Жыл бұрын
What was life like?
@lynndupree1205
6 ай бұрын
Momma used to pile us kids into her 1958 Chevy and floor it down the back roads to the beach! We took sandwiches and cokes for lunch and swam all day. Then, tired and a little bit sunburned, back home in time for Gunsmoke on our B&W tv. No kidding!
@user-qv4rj3fo9b
Жыл бұрын
I tried to find any indication of a "Petrified Forest" in New Mexico. Not even Google can find one. The Petrified Forest National Park is in Arizona.
@ShelleeGraham
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful Images with subtle music is a great way to spend our time. Also, nice job on the opening sequence of the heavy doors opening into the History Lounge. 👍 Thank YOU very much.
@TheHistoryLounge
Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching and for your thoughtful comments!
@AndrewGrey22
Жыл бұрын
I think I'm going to cry.
@xaviergonzalez8664
Жыл бұрын
Il like and own fifties and sixties cars Because the design is fantastic. It s the golden age cars.
@Maccamcintyre572
Жыл бұрын
That is extremely cool. I can only imagine what life must have been like in those days as opposed to today's current festival of shit.
@Maccamcintyre572
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your wise and influential comment. Now fuck off and mind your own business.
@dougrobbins5367
Жыл бұрын
It wasn't all gravy. There was a war between generations that was remarkably nasty.
@johnuhelski8613
Жыл бұрын
Nothing compares to this era , it was a time of relative peace and prosperity. Things were not perfect , but NOTHING compared to the absolute shit show of today. So glad I was a kid in the 50's and my parents Loved road trips .
@afrogirl757
Жыл бұрын
Our family sounds like yours - same itinerary during the same years. My dad get his triptik from AAA, odd years we'd go west and even years we went east in our Ford Station wagon. I found a notebook with the trip accounting and the costs were so cheap compared to today.
@josiahmoss3240
Жыл бұрын
5 cent smokes
@fischer9001
Жыл бұрын
the good ol' days for sure! if I had a time machine....
@armorpro573
Жыл бұрын
Take me with you
@prestoni
Жыл бұрын
I was fortunate to have been born in 1950 so I experienced the 50s and 60s. I miss America I knew. Was it perfect--no? Was it better--yes?
@armorpro573
Жыл бұрын
I wish I could time travel back and see my hometown. Sure looks a lot better than today;s standards
@racer72
Жыл бұрын
2:02, not a Nomad. The Nomad was a 2 door station wagon.
@llanamejia
Жыл бұрын
Who cares? The video is not about cars it’s about all America is not now
@PCModelBuilder
Жыл бұрын
@@llanamejia Really? Perhaps you need to look a little deeper. First of all the video mentions many cars by year and name. Secondly no other country is more associated with its cars than America. The 1955-1957 Chevrolet Nomad was/is an iconic car. Not only was it a two-door station wagon (Chevy made "standard" 2-door wagons), they are much more than that stylistically, with a large slanted B-Pillar they are extremely "cool" and very much sought after today. So, yeah the car in the video is a four-door station wagon and not a Nomad and people do care.
@glenngailey4916
Жыл бұрын
thank you for bringing it back
@althunder4269
Жыл бұрын
We had a 1967 Ford Fairlane station wagon back then and went on a lot of trips in that.
@bluzzjazz
Жыл бұрын
About 6:45 in, I see the 57 Olds 98 that my parents used to have, only it was pink and white two-toned. Love the cars from the 50s!
@bedazzled64
Жыл бұрын
6:33 I grew up In Orlando and remember seeing these as a kid. I was fascinated by them! They were the Wigwam Village Motel, which was demolished in the early 70s. I believe some still exist somewhere out west.
@patriciajrs46
Жыл бұрын
I loved the picture of my Wyoming Tetons. Thank you. All the pictures were great. Thank you very much for putting them up.
@RichieCat4223
Жыл бұрын
2:05 Correction to this picture, it is not a Nomad.
@markbehr88
Жыл бұрын
When America was at its peak.
@GordoGambler
Жыл бұрын
Now it's nothing but a freak.
@KreemieNewgatt
Жыл бұрын
There were segregated water fountains in the '50s, so. . .no.
@vernwallen4246
Жыл бұрын
@@GordoGambler Freak show at the WH.😜😜😜
@Ortzmet
Жыл бұрын
@@KreemieNewgatt It kept them in their place. So they didn't create all the mess and riots and muggings and robbing that they do today.
@DrLumpy
Жыл бұрын
@@KreemieNewgatt Who built and paid for those water fountains?
@raynaRobichaud
9 ай бұрын
Yes those were the days. I was born in 1955 am now 68 and love seeing these photos,brings back lots of good memories,and it truly was better times. A good thing never lasts for ever in this world 😥
@cherrylove3656
Жыл бұрын
wow this is a nice video, and the music goes so well with it to me this shows life when it was a better time to live than now cars were built better and had class along with the people unlike now. a more peaceful time when your dollars went a lot further if you purchased an automobile. you got more car for your money. keep these video's coming. they are appreciated by me and many others out there watching thanks.
@byronbuck1762
8 ай бұрын
Positively ridiculous. Cars then rarely went more than 70,000 miles and many rusted out before they even reached that point. They were rolling death traps and the best of them barely got 15 mpg and polluted like crazy.
@belkellen1886
Жыл бұрын
I love those vintage cars
@Arcane1604
Жыл бұрын
People in the 1950's and 60's : i bet the 2000's are gonna be great People in 2023: I would give anything to go back to the 50's or 60's......
@saulnoriega8714
Жыл бұрын
the good times
@se6550
Жыл бұрын
Sigh...better days.
@jeffmullinix7916
Жыл бұрын
@ 0:44 that is not a 57 Biscyne . Biscyne was not made in 1957 . The model line up was the base 150 . 210 and the bel-air . The Chevy in the picture is most likely a 210 with the aluminum side panel option . Most 210 had this option as the dealer thought it would sell the car better . But there are a few that when the car was ordered by the dealer this was omitted and that area was painted white from the factory . Another thing about the Bel-Air and the 210 . The 210 did not have any gold trim . That was reserved to the Bel-Air option . When I was a kid my dad bought a Bel-Air 4 door wagon with the fuel injection option . It also had the eye and electric seat . If I remember right it had power windows also . I know it was decked out from the factory .
@donaldhenry5367
Жыл бұрын
Yep 210 looks like a post between the windows bel-air no post I think
@billdeegan4313
7 ай бұрын
The music complimented the photos perfectly.
@TheHistoryLounge
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for mentioning this! I do my best to choose music that matches each presentation.
@paulderyck2573
3 ай бұрын
You are very, very good at this!
@daviddryden8088
Жыл бұрын
I have been to that Stuckey's many times. 8:34 Cool to see it as it once was. I used to live in South Carolina and whenever we were in Summerton, we'd stop for some boiled peanuts.
@paulwilton735
Жыл бұрын
When men worked very hard and women were happy.
@scotttheil7824
Жыл бұрын
Stuckeys. There was one about 25 miles west from where I live. It's now an Adult video/book shop.
@jec1ny
Жыл бұрын
That could be a metaphor for the whole bleeping world.
@dannidunn9302
Жыл бұрын
Great video.
@paulsmith3487
Жыл бұрын
The u.s .must be a great country to visit ,something to see in every direction.
@armorpro573
Жыл бұрын
It used to be great, but now it's falling apart
@paulsmith3487
Жыл бұрын
I'm sorry to hear that,but you could say that of much of the west.too many government and corporate parasites,too many limp twisted types who couldn't make it unless they were put back in their prams.i have known many here in Australia,they bring us all down!
@armorpro573
Жыл бұрын
@@paulsmith3487 wait, are you Australian?
@paulsmith3487
Жыл бұрын
@@armorpro573 yes,i was born in Sydney,may 1948,I was a genuine baby boomer.
@armorpro573
Жыл бұрын
@@paulsmith3487 My parents were born in Nevada 1970s, but my earliest ancestor came from Portugal.
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