03-12-2009, 07:06 AM
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Some great pictures from 40's & 50's
Just found these great B&W pictures of Milano and Roma
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03-12-2009, 07:35 AM
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Is it a Alfa Romeo behind the Fiat ?
And the truck ?
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03-12-2009, 08:04 AM
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Interesting! From memory, I remember seeing some very similar slave wheels in an old garage near Milan about ten years ago. At the time, I thought they were some kind of railway wheel.
Great photos.
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03-12-2009, 08:21 AM
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Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 ??
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03-12-2009, 12:35 PM
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A couple months ago Life Magazine released its archives to Google. It is both a disorganized box of images and a wonderful treasure. I first saw Ferrari images, maybe at Ferrarichat, then I looked for Alfa. What was amazing for Alfa is that we have a small portfolio of photographs shot by Dmitri Kessel for Life Magazine in June 1948--Alfa Romeo, and Italy, were just rebuilding.
There are minimal captions available if you open the photos in Google images.
Dmitri Kessel Italy source:life - Google Image Search
His photos show us how difficult conditions were at Alfa Romeo. They also show that production was fitful. But by enlarging the search we see what Italy was like before prosperity. Interesting, I think.
There are another couple of photographs of the BZ308 passenger airplane:
Dmitri Kessel aviation italy source:life - Google Image Search
Italy was receiving a lot of assistance from the United States after WWII. We wanted Italy to succeed, but not like that  The airplane did not reach production.
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Last edited by CarterHendricks; 03-12-2009 at 12:37 PM.
Reason: typo
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03-12-2009, 01:25 PM
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ReAlfisted 3/06
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Originally Posted by AlfaRonny
Just found these great B&W pictures of Milano and Roma
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 working in that pit gives me the hebe jeebes.
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03-12-2009, 02:49 PM
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Here's two more pictures from the Dmitri Kessel's Life library (dated June 1948). What might the 2nd car be (the caption says: New modern car "Midget.")?
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03-12-2009, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by tubut
Here's two more pictures from the Dmitri Kessel's Life library (dated June 1948). What might the 2nd car be (the caption says: New modern car "Midget.")?
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03-12-2009, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by dretceterini
I'm not sure exactly what it is, but it appears to be some sort of Fiat Topolino based etceterini.
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--Carter
Last edited by CarterHendricks; 03-13-2009 at 08:27 AM.
Reason: to completely reverse what I said ;) [joke]
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03-12-2009, 11:55 PM
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Enlarging the picture indicates the hubcaps do seem to spell FIAT...
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03-13-2009, 08:19 AM
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Also nice. 1947 Fiat Volugrafo, one cylinder vehicle.
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03-14-2009, 12:27 AM
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Volugrafo. Hmmm... What do you say, "How do you like my new car?!?"
I dig these period publicity shots of ordinary folks sporting the latest in contemporary post-war car design.
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04-10-2009, 02:15 PM
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That is one cool photo. So many captions spring to mind..."How do you like my new death trap?", "Yeah...hi...get your foot off my 'car' before you bend it!", "Catch me if you can! (And you probably can, on foot, even.)", "I can drive this to work...to my desk, even.", "The 1947 Fiat Volugrafo: cooler looking than an Isetta."
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