I wonder what kind of a spin Rod Serling could have put on this snapshot from the El Patio Motel in the mid-Fifties. Look at the two chaps poolside: “A relaxing moment for Fred Hall and Bill Watson. Two friends who just sat down from a tiring day on the road. Little do they know […]
Over the years, when the mood hits me at a swap meet or flea market, I’ll stop what I’m doing and sift through a stack of vintage postcards. If there’s a Buick somewhere in the shot, I buy it (so long as the price is reasonable). Only later do I sit back and really look […]
Auburn, Indiana, credibly bills itself as the home of the classics, and its cruise nights prove that out. On Auburn weekend (also known around the rest of the country as Labor Day weekend), the action picked up around the town square around 5 p.m., a place that’s awash in history of all sorts. Before it […]