But first a brief interruption to include last week's theme photo.
Dancing On the Moon or Dansen Op De Maan
Dancing into Sepia Saturday with Alan's photo prompt below, last week- until..... Something got in the way.
Before I was able to finish that post, spring interrupted my world for the weekend and a day. Then by Wednesday we had snow again and 30 something degrees.
I'm so happy I embraced all that I did
of a very short spring.
I'm so happy I embraced all that I did
of a very short spring.
But I really liked Alan's featured theme photo!
Being an automobile person, my thoughts were on three of my favorite old time vehicles. The Volkswagen Beetle, it's brother the Volkswagen Van and what appears to me as a Corvair directly behind the VW Bug.
The first car I really remember growing up was my father's old red Corvair. It was our second car, that he drove, while my mother had the better, newer car.
Click on any photo for a larger image.
Ta Da..... welcome to the ever charming 1945 to 1959 edition of the
Volkswagen Beetle
Isn't it adorable? It's like it always has a happy face.
Is this a two for the price of one option?
All joking aside, did you know the Volkswagen Beetle dates back to 1938?
Yes, here it is, a 1938 Volkswagen Beetle.
Then someone had a brilliant idea.
The production of the Volkswagen Transporter Van actually began in 1950.
I'd really like to share some of those awesome 1960's vintage Hippie Vans, but I'm saving that for another post, in the future!
Welcome the Corvair in a 1960 commercial
From Pikes Peak Library, photographer unknown, these twenty-seven men and one woman stand with the latest Corvair, as personnel involved in making the Corvair commercial.
What I remember most about my father's little red Corvair was the smell inside, and the sound of the motor, and the look on my father's face when he drove it.
What I remember most about my father's little red Corvair was the smell inside, and the sound of the motor, and the look on my father's face when he drove it.
Rolling into this week's theme photo with.....
Now for catching up with Alan's photo theme this week here it is.
This is not just your average run of the mill vending machine. I couldn't believe it when I read that the cigarette arrived out of the machine already lighted for your super-convenience.
Isn't that just nearly unbelievable? How ever could they do that?
A more common vending machine.
Okay, this stamp vending machine from 1907 is a much more common machine, and would be extremely hard and wasteful to come out, already dampened, so yes, sir you are required to lick your own stamp!
Feeling like you need to freshen up a bit?
Do you think she's all by herself, or does she have a friend along?
Oh my, what do these ladies have planned for tonight?
You'd almost think this photo was taken later then 1939, and it's one some of you may remember. Except for the one on the right, which I don't really recall ever seeing.
Is anyone looking for a great mystery today?
Mystery or just plain bizarre?
Until this theme of vending machines, I never realized just how many bizarre or just odd vending choices there were.
Until this theme of vending machines, I never realized just how many bizarre or just odd vending choices there were.
For other Sepia Saturday posts go here
http://sepiasaturday.blogspot.com/2013/04/sepia-saturday-175-4-may-2013.html
18 comments:
Whiskey on ice out of a vending machine, it'd have to be better than coffee out of a vending machine!
I like your car posts--I miss those old VWs
Those pictures are so sweet! I love to look at pictures of the 50s and 60s. I didn't know the volkswagen dates back to 1935.
Whenever I see a Beetle it's Herbie I think of,
I've been searching the local town for vending machines that sell anything but coffee.
What a cool post! You reminded me of learning to driveIn a corvair!
and my beloved vw
Aloha:-)
I enjoyed your "Beetle" post, In Switzerland it was the car to drive for everybody, because it was affordable. In 1938 it was produced as the "Volkswagen" it was meant a car the masses could afford. It was a hit! As children we were fascinated by the vending machines. It was a treat to get a tiny, minuscule, very thin, funny tasting chocolate out of it! Karen, always top posts.
That last one looks like she's using a blowtorch for that "outdoor, tanned" look! Wow!
I hope somebody told those little girls they were at the wrong vending machine!
This was a real two-fer! Just like when you put your quarter(s!) in the machine and an extra candybar falls into the tray. I like the Book-O-Mat and wonder what kind of literature you could get for 25 cents.
Oh, Karen, you outdid yourself! Love the VW pics (I've had a bug, van, Sirocco and Mom had a hatchback when we were growing up.) The Sirocco was the only one that was a pain in the butt.
Loved all the vending machine pics too ... can you imagine buying little bottles of booze from a vending machine?
Hugs,
Kathy M.
The spray-on tan vending machine is a real delight - wonder why that never caught on?
I love the old VW beetles.. It was an aspirational thing when I was younger for it's sheer quirkiness.
As for the vending machines... the country that excells nowadays is Japan.. never seen so many on every street corner!
Thanks for the post..very interesting
Japan is apparently THE place for vending machines. It is amazing what you can get from a vending machine.
A self-spraytan machine! That's pretty bizarre. Who knew?
And I'm thinking the microbus just looks naked without the vinyl flower power daisies. Maybe it was a West coast thing.
Did not know the VW Beetle was that old. Jerry used to restore Corvairs in CA with a friend and we had one for a long time as did our son who managed to set the engine on fire in his, end of his Corvair. Well spring has again returned at least down here in the "banana belt" of MN! The welcome sunshine does get me far away from the computer.
I always wanted a VW van to take on the road in my hippie lifestyle imaginings. You found some interesting vending machines!
A whiskey or vodka vending machine may be a bit over the top, but I wouldn't mind a coffee liqueur machine in the office :-).
"Then someone had a brilliant idea"
Actually, it was someone from Amersfoort, Ben Pon (the first and largest Volkwagen dealer in The Netherlands) who came up with the idea of a Volkswagen Transporter in 1947.
Marvelous collection of vending machine photographs! Most I had never heard of before!
Wow, lots of interesting old photos Karen! I wonder what ever happened to the already lit cigarette... machine catch on fire possibly? lol The alcohol vending machines? People getting a bit too tipsy at the office, or out shopping?
The bug reminds me of Herbie, I remember the car but not the story from when I was young. I wonder if I can find it again. If I remember I'll take a look one of these fine days.
Have a g'day!
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