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21 hours ago, neil morse said:

 

Sophia?

 

Yes, there is a 1953 Buick in this photo, but who could really concentrate on it when Ms. Loren steals the scene?

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2 hours ago, Elpad said:

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I love this photo, but I can't find the Buick.  Did that crazy "car/plane" have a spinning prop on it that powered it?  Or were the front or rear wheels powered?  If it had a prop -- Yikes, what could possibly go wrong?

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15 hours ago, Elpad said:

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Elpad, you have me in this one-

I cannot find a single Buick here

Behind the wagon is a 1951 Nash belonging to a New York Press Corps member - they were issued plate starting with "NYP",

and behind that the bathtub Mercury, Packard convertible, Dodge, and some roofline.

Behind the wingless plane we see a Studebaker and a Willys Jeep Wagon

with a pair of Oldsmobiles in the "hammer" lane,

and a shoebox ford going the other way-

 

Clara Peller asks: WHERE'S THE BEEF ?? in the old Wendy's commercial

I ask:

Where's the Buick?

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7 hours ago, Marty Roth said:

 

Elpad, you have me in this one-

I cannot find a single Buick here

Behind the wagon is a 1951 Nash belonging to a New York Press Corps member - they were issued plate starting with "NYP",

and behind that the bathtub Mercury, Packard convertible, Dodge, and some roofline.

Behind the wingless plane we see a Studebaker and a Willys Jeep Wagon

with a pair of Oldsmobiles in the "hammer" lane,

and a shoebox ford going the other way-

 

Clara Peller asks: WHERE'S THE BEEF ?? in the old Wendy's commercial

I ask:

Where's the Buick?

I miss-identified the Packard convertible with a Buick. Probably was to quick in posting the photo without really taking a second look. That piece of grille and mustache fooled me. Maybe the plane is Buick related. At least I learned something about NY press plates.

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7 hours ago, Elpad said:

I miss-identified the Packard convertible with a Buick. Probably was to quick in posting the photo without really taking a second look. That piece of grille and mustache fooled me. Maybe the plane is Buick related. At least I learned something about NY press plates.

 

Thanks Elpad,

 

Another thing about those "NYP-xxx" New York State issued New York Press license plates:

Vehicles with those plates were entitled to use specially reserved curb parking areas which were designated by certain "NO PARKING EXCEPT FOR NYP". There was one such area in New York City on northbound 6th Ave (later Avenue of the Americas) at the corner of 50th Street, directly in front of the Time & Life Building where I was assigned by IBM in the 1960s. This was also directly across 6th Ave from Radio City Music Hall, and diagonally opposite the NBC Building of Rockefeller Center.

 

In those days, the Press Corps were respected, and were afforded special attention.

 

Yes, I could understand the Packard appearing to sport a Buick "Mustache" - thankfully no beard😎

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6 minutes ago, Elpad said:

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1st row - 8th from left looks like 1956 Special or Century Riviera

2nd row - 7th from right is a '54 4-door sedan

                  15th is a 1949 sedan

                   18th is a 1958

                   21st is another 1954

Can't see enough of 3rd row, and none in 4th row -

Beyond that, my eyes get fuzzy.

 

Any idea what this place is? Too nice to be a junk yard,

and don't see a factory or shopping center, unless behind camera

 

Thanks for all your posting and effort

 

 

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26 minutes ago, Marty Roth said:

 

1st row - 8th from left looks like 1956 Special or Century Riviera

2nd row - 7th from right is a '54 4-door sedan

                  15th is a 1949 sedan

                   18th is a 1958

                   21st is another 1954

Can't see enough of 3rd row, and none in 4th row -

Beyond that, my eyes get fuzzy.

 

Any idea what this place is? Too nice to be a junk yard,

and don't see a factory or shopping center, unless behind camera

 

Thanks for all your posting and effort

 

 

Have no idea. No info when reverse search. Looks like a big event parking 

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On 10/21/2020 at 10:54 AM, neil morse said:

 

I love this photo, but I can't find the Buick.  Did that crazy "car/plane" have a spinning prop on it that powered it?  Or were the front or rear wheels powered?  If it had a prop -- Yikes, what could possibly go wrong?

Probably why everyone is giving it such a wide berth.

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