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1950s Snapshot Photo Family with 1950 Oldsmobile Car Parking Lot Deckle Edge B&W — photo 1 of 2

Photo 1 of 2

About this piece

Original 1950s black and white snapshot photograph of a family group gathered by a parked sedan that appears to be a 1950 Oldsmobile, with its chrome grille, globe hood emblem and front bumper guards clearly shown. A woman in a sun hat and a man in white wave toward the camera, a boy in a print shirt stands to the left and a girl in a sundress shades her eyes beside a second dark car. Deckle-edge print, about 5.2 x 3.6 inches. Good used condition with light toning and minor edge wear.

The setting is a wide open lot with trees and hills behind, the kind of roadside stop or overlook found on a family road trip. The car is the star of the picture and is shown nearly head-on, which makes it a nice reference shot for Oldsmobile and 1950s automobile collectors.

The back is blank apart from a stamped processing number; no names, date or place are written.