Crowning work of history

One big measure of a new book once it arrives here is how much of what’s between the covers is actually new. We’re therefore pretty excited about Crown Coach Corporation, Louk Markham’s 128-page look at the dearly departed Los Angeles firm best known for its fire trucks. There’s a great deal more to the story, […]

The Ford Times’s generous definition of custom

Flipping through more Ford Times magazines that Paul Bellefeuille lent us, we can see that when the editors of that magazine decided to hand over a couple token pages to photos of customized Fords and Ford products, they didn’t stick with the whole kustom scene going on at the time. As well they shouldn’t have […]

Road food, 1957

Photo by Rueben Greene, courtesy northbennington.org We’re quickly coming to learn quite a bit about Rueben Greene, the North Bennington, Vermont, photographer who was behind the lens for a couple of vintage pictures we’ve already examined. First, he seemed to take just as much interest in everyday happenings as in those of a noteworthy nature. […]