Willys coupe 1941

Mellow in yellow

This lemony yellow 1941 Willys coupe takes a short break from cruising with a leisurely stop at the beach.

n.b.  previously seen here.

 

Appealing Dodge 1950 pickup truck

Awaiting restoratives, this 1950 Dodge pickup truck shows off its typography and design elements:

Front grill

Right side

The front and side signage uses different font styles.

The hood ornament is the "leaping ram":

Hood

Peeling paint

The frontal three quarters view of the pickup truck.  At some time, it was painted with a high gloss clear coat that is now peeling.  

Summer and swimming pools

Summer vacation can be fun except sometimes at the swimming pools.  This letter relates some events from the summer of 1997; the transcription is below each page.

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1.

July 31 / 97

Dear Charlin',

I am having

a nice vacation.  Are you?  As I

said before in my other letter what is

your telephone number.  I will be

happy to hear from you.

I got this stationery 

for Christmas and it is the first time

I used it.  Did you have any exciti

ng experiences this summer.  Please 

don't mind the hand writing it is 

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2

about twelve - thirty in the morning

I went swimming up

North Attleboro Pool once this summer.

The deepest end is 11 feet.  But there 

are ropes to separate the diving and the 

swimming.  In the /t/h/e swimming

part the water is 5 feet at the highest 

place.  And as I said before the highest

in the diving section is 11 feet.

You can't go past the

ropes to swim if you do you will 

be put out.

And today I went swim-

ming up East Side Pool.  There (Ther) aren't

any ropes in this pool because the

deepest end is about five feet.  There 

isn't and diving at East Side

Pool.

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3.

The boys up there are fresh.

They dunk you, and dunk, you and

splash you, and chase you.  You really 

have a hard time swimming or trying 

to swim.  Well I hope you have a 

vacation, as I hope the last of your vaca-

tion is nice.  Because you have less 

than two months to enjoy yourself.

Well please write soon!

Love

Katherine

Gareau  C//

P.S.

As I said before

please excuse the

hand writing.

C//

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The two public swimming pools that are mentioned in the letter are located in North Attleboro, Massachusetts and on the East Side in Providence, Rhode Island.

The letter paper shows the effects of time and oxidation.

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This letter, from 1997, was found inside the Spring 1954 edition of Reader's Digest Condensed Books.  The front cover of that edition flourishes a floral leafy pattern:  

Reader's Digest Condensed Books Spring 1954

The volume contains:  "The Night of the Hunter", "God and My Country", "Not as a Stranger", "The Best Cartoons from France", and "The Young Elizabeth".  

Irisation revealed

Colorful clouds

These ice crystal laden clouds revealed their iridescence and irisation as they come closer to the afternoon sun.