Old Austin: 1952 Buick Roadmaster Convertible USO Celebration
This picture was taken on October 10, 1955, in Austin. Cannot find hide nor hair of “Sinnons Motor Co.”, which provided the luxury car for this patriotic event.
Category: Old Austin
Old Austin: S. Congress Ave. Parts Store & T.O. Brooks’ 1938 Ford Deluxe Coupe
Brothers T.O. & M.F. Brooks owned this auto parts store on S. Congress Ave. — in the 1930s, it was called ‘San Antonio Highway.’ The Standard 1938 Ford Model 81B was a lot different than
Old Austin: Swearingen-Armstrong Auto Sales, 202 W. 1st St., at Colorado St.
W.A. Swearingen founded this Ford dealership, later to became Leif Johnson Ford, with Jack Gray, an All American basketball guard at UT, and then UT’s basketball coach (1936-42, 1945-51). Gray changed basketball shooting technique forever
Old Austin: Austin Beverage Company Factory & Warehouse at 1923 E. 7th Street in 1946
I see a 1947 Studebaker, so the picture must have been taken late in 1946.
Old Austin: Yellow Cab on June 28, 1949 – Unknown Make
Is that the Congress Ave. Bridge? And, what kind of car is this??