This shot of Kettner Motors, located in San Diego, California was taken in the early 1950s for CNP Signs, the maker of the attention-getting sign for the used car lot. Courtesy of The Old Motor
Thompson Cadillac-Oldsmobile. Research has found that Bloomberg lists a Thompson Cadillac and Oldsmobile at 2600 Wake Forest Road in Raleigh, NC. The dealership appears to be in business today as Thompson Buick GMC at the same address and lists 1956 as the year that the agency was established. The first five cars are used vehicles followed by what appears to be eight or more 1955 Oldsmobiles. Courtesy of The Old Motor
This photo is of Page Hughes Buick. The circa 1954 photo is courtesy of Northern Virginia History and states the location is in Falls Church, VA at the intersection of Annandale Rd and Rt 50. Bill Page Honda is now located in Falls Church at a different address and maybe operated by a member of the same family? Courtesy of The Old Motor
Walter E. Allen’s Chrysler-Plymouth Dealership was located at 13th St and North Harvey Ave in Oklahoma City, OK, and this image shows a Clayton “Motor-Mirror” chassis dynamometer . On the far-right side of the service bay is a sales cabinet with a display of rearview mirrors and clocks that could be fitted to customer's cars. Courtesy of The Old Motor
I see banners for Nash, Chrysler, Plymouth, Ford, Chevrolet and possibly Pontiac, (but it's really hard to tell.) Just one more sight you wouldn't see today.
This set of publicity images of the Darby Everest Cadillac Service Department located at 400 N. Walker Street in Oklahoma City, OK date to April of 1955. Between 1966 to ’70 the operation was named Darby Cadillac and later it became Bob Moore Cadillac in 1970 which is still in business today in another location. You can view other photos of Darby Everest Cadillac here. Images courtesy of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Courtesy of The Old Motor
According to the source of today’s first photo, it was taken in January of 1936 when truckloads of new 1936 Ford cars were being unloaded at George Holzbaugh’s Dealership. The operation was open 24-hours a day and located at West Grand Boulevard and West Fort St. in Detroit, MI, and included a billiards parlor. Holzbaugh was an experienced Ford salesman who earlier worked at Peter J. Platte Motor Sales also located in Detroit. James O’ Connell reported in the 2017 Spring “Lincoln Link” that in “March 1924, Peter J. Platte Motor Sales was recognized by Ford Motor Company for employing the “Champion Ford Salesman” (Holzbaugh) in the United States. There he had a total monthly sales of 202 cars and trucks and beat the nearest salesman by 28 units.” In 1934 Peter J. Platte moved to selling DeSotos and Plymouths and apparently Holzbaugh then opened this dealership. He and his salesmen’s ability to sell large numbers of cars and trucks probably accounts for the three-car transporters unloading new Fords at the Dealership. The second photo below also dated to January 1936 shows some kind of a sales event held at Holzbaughs. Photos courtesy of The Henry Ford. Courtesy of The Old Motor