Great video compilation.Yup, road trips as a child were always so wonderful, so much of our country to explore. We either slept in the car or in the trunk, LOL. My mother loved to drive the back county roads, she had a nose for finding creeks, streams, without any maps!
The greatest advance in autos is, 12 volt system,cooling systems and tires. I’am old and spend hours finding water, fixing tires and pushing old cars to jump start them. We loved every minute of it.
Born in 1950, I recall Dad telling how thumbing was a chore in 48, after the war, got to winnemucca nv and built motels & swimming pools. Stayed 3 months and saved enuf to get home to Mi.back to the farm where he grew up
At 5:55 that was "air conditioning", filled with ice/water, hang on slightly open side window and the flow of air would blow the "cooled" air from a side vent into the window opening.
They sucked. My parents had one (1959-60) on road trips pre-Interstate between Phoenix and Tucson. It did not work. The Desert flax water bags did. Three of them drooping in front of the radiator of the family Buick coupe helped with the engine and a bag an hour for drinking keep us kids hydrated with cool water.
🟥🟥🟥 Ahhh. The good old days. When you could fix a car with bailing wire and pliers. Not like today where a micro chip, diode, or a resistor will leave you stranded because you have no bars on your cell phone to call for help.
I started to write a comment and got sidetracked reading about Atkinson, which is in northcentral NE, way far north of Omaha which is on the Iowa border?? Mr Grant took these pictures 3 years before I was born but not too far removed from the times my dad drove us through wyoming, nebraska, kansas too, on trips to see his mom and family members. I remember having to stop cuz engines overheated, radiators needed water and tires got flat-- those were the days as I recall tires had inner tubes and when they got punctured one could be up the proverbial creek. =) Days were hot, nights were muggy and buggy, but so were the days. winters were cold and snowy, so summer trips were more the norm.. towns were few and far between so if one of us had to go potty (or dad had to fix a flat with his handy tool kit in the back :)) we literally had to find a tree which are fairly sparse in that country-- sagebrush was harder to hide behind!! oh the rolling hills of nebraska and as these pictures show straight roads in many areas for as far as the eye could see! I will only mention in passing the times my sister got car sick-- amazing how well tissue boxes worked! I can also remember driving through thunderstorms which off course lit up the night skies and scared my sister and I. It was my maternal grampa come to visit one year who taught us to count slowly when we saw the flash and stop when we heard the thunder. He instructed us to divide that number by 5 which was sposed to be the distance from where we were to the lightning strike-- I still do it!! This was a most delightful armchair trip down memory road-- thank you so much!! God bless!! Finalllyyy-- I've got a phrase from a song rattling around in my brain- The writer and singer of the song says "I've been to Nebraska, it reminded me of Spain" I might be off a word or 2!!? Please correct me if you know it!! Peace to all!! and
Look up "Straw Foot' by 16 Horsepower on youtube, to see if that matches .I am not alone And looks can be deceivin' When we get down to it You're talkin' when you Should be leavin' I've been to Nebraska It reminded me of Spain All the questions loaded All my answers same
The Mom carrying the baby on the double motorcycle is....everything. I wonder where that baby is today!! I hope it has had a great and interesting life!!
A llot has changed…but honestly, go back 73 years BEFORE 1948 and it is clear that even more changed in those years. 73 years on, that four lane paved highway on a hill can be seen in ten thousand places. 73 years before, such a thing had not even been invented yet.
In Northwest Indiana we call it Route 30. Also had a famous dragstrip on Route 30 and Clay Street in Hobart,IN called U.S. 30 dragstrip. "Wailin' U.S. 30"
@@thespiritof76. ok , the road has changed often over the last 100 years , what was once part of U.S 30 may have been changed over time , this is common even on route 66 ,
Back in the good old days on a road trip it was common to see cars pulled off to the side of the road with steam gushing from the radiator. I couldn’t figure out why the drivers would open the hood and remove the radiator cap at the risk of scalding.
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Every time I see those videos it puts me at ease if just for a moment
Love these old pictures moments frozen in time.
So enjoying this channel. Music is also very enjoyable and fits the video perfectly. Thanks so much for putting it all together for me to enjoy. 😊😉😌
This is a great collection...thanks
There is an excellent PBS program on the Lincoln Highway through Wyoming, available for viewing on youtube somewhere.
Great video compilation.Yup, road trips as a child were always so wonderful, so much of our country to explore. We either slept in the car or in the trunk, LOL. My mother loved to drive the back county roads, she had a nose for finding creeks, streams, without any maps!
The greatest advance in autos is, 12 volt system,cooling systems and tires. I’am old and spend hours finding water, fixing tires and pushing old cars to jump start them. We loved every minute of it.
My buddies and I converted many a 6v system to 12 -changed everything but the starter - boy did those starters work good on 12v !
Thanks. I like your photos and the music. Everybody must have a story.
Born in 1950, I recall Dad telling how thumbing was a chore in 48, after the war, got to winnemucca nv and built motels & swimming pools. Stayed 3 months and saved enuf to get home to Mi.back to the farm where he grew up
At 5:55 that was "air conditioning", filled with ice/water, hang on slightly open side window and the flow of air would blow the "cooled" air from a side vent into the window opening.
Thank you for that explanation. I had ZERO idea what that thing was. 😎
It's called a swamp cooler.
@@jons7771 I had heard the term but had no concept of how it looks or works.
They sucked. My parents had one (1959-60) on road trips pre-Interstate between Phoenix and Tucson. It did not work. The Desert flax water bags did. Three of them drooping in front of the radiator of the family Buick coupe helped with the engine and a bag an hour for drinking keep us kids hydrated with cool water.
Thanks! I thought it was a siren on a cop car! 😆
Wouldn't it be fun to stop in at Terrible Terry's Gas? I'd love to know the story behind that business.
🟥🟥🟥 Ahhh. The good old days.
When you could fix a car with bailing wire and pliers. Not like today where a micro chip, diode, or a resistor will leave you stranded because you have no bars on your cell phone to call for help.
I started to write a comment and got sidetracked reading about Atkinson, which is in northcentral NE, way far north of Omaha which is on the Iowa border?? Mr Grant took these pictures 3 years before I was born but not too far removed from the times my dad drove us through wyoming, nebraska, kansas too, on trips to see his mom and family members. I remember having to stop cuz engines overheated, radiators needed water and tires got flat-- those were the days as I recall tires had inner tubes and when they got punctured one could be up the proverbial creek. =) Days were hot, nights were muggy and buggy, but so were the days. winters were cold and snowy, so summer trips were more the norm.. towns were few and far between so if one of us had to go potty (or dad had to fix a flat with his handy tool kit in the back :)) we literally had to find a tree which are fairly sparse in that country-- sagebrush was harder to hide behind!! oh the rolling hills of nebraska and as these pictures show straight roads in many areas for as far as the eye could see! I will only mention in passing the times my sister got car sick-- amazing how well tissue boxes worked! I can also remember driving through thunderstorms which off course lit up the night skies and scared my sister and I. It was my maternal grampa come to visit one year who taught us to count slowly when we saw the flash and stop when we heard the thunder. He instructed us to divide that number by 5 which was sposed to be the distance from where we were to the lightning strike-- I still do it!!
This was a most delightful armchair trip down memory road-- thank you so much!! God bless!!
Finalllyyy-- I've got a phrase from a song rattling around in my brain- The writer and singer of the song says "I've been to Nebraska, it reminded me of Spain" I might be off a word or 2!!? Please correct me if you know it!! Peace to all!! and
Look up "Straw Foot' by 16 Horsepower on youtube, to see if that matches
.I am not alone
And looks can be deceivin'
When we get down to it
You're talkin' when you
Should be leavin'
I've been to Nebraska
It reminded me of Spain
All the questions loaded
All my answers same
@@skydiverclassc2031 that's it! Thanks!!
Any older than 48 were from the 1800's so being able to actually drive themselves across the country was a huge event.
The Mom carrying the baby on the double motorcycle is....everything. I wonder where that baby is today!! I hope it has had a great and interesting life!!
Would be around 73 so could easily still be alive .
Isn’t it called a sidecar?
That was the year I arrived on this planet.
Beautiful memories
Lotsa car trouble on route 30!
Anyone know the source of the trumpet music?
Tap on the video's title, it's in the description.
Looks like it was not uncommon to just camp beside the road, maybe behind a billboard.
Without a cop being there in 2 seconds....
A llot has changed…but honestly, go back 73 years BEFORE 1948 and it is clear that even more changed in those years. 73 years on, that four lane paved highway on a hill can be seen in ten thousand places. 73 years before, such a thing had not even been invented yet.
Just curious. What happened to the original Yesterday Today channel?
it's also the stretch of road through Nevada known as The loneliest stretch of road in amrica
That's U.S. 50
the Lincoln Highway , no one calls it us 30....it was known as the lincoln highway when it was built by the Ford Motor company before route 66 .
In Northwest Indiana we call it Route 30.
Also had a famous dragstrip on Route 30 and Clay Street in Hobart,IN called U.S. 30 dragstrip. "Wailin' U.S. 30"
@@thespiritof76. do you have lincoln highway markers along the street at any point ?
@@tomjones2121 Along Clay Street? Absolutely not. It's a different road than U.S. 30. Along Route 30? Yes,of course because it's a federal route.
@@thespiritof76. ok , the road has changed often over the last 100 years , what was once part of U.S 30 may have been changed over time , this is common even on route 66 ,
@@tomjones2121 Hmmm. I didn't know that. Have you ever been on Route 66? Perhaps that would be a fun road to ride on a motorcycle...
Meanwhile, in Europe........
Back in the good old days on a road trip it was common to see cars pulled off to the side of the road with steam gushing from the radiator.
I couldn’t figure out why the drivers would open the hood and remove the radiator cap at the risk of scalding.
You had to relieve the pressure before you blew a radiator hose or worse a head gasket.
@@rpm12091 Yes, pre-overflow. Fix the belt with the little lady's hosiery in a pinch, too, right?
It was the united states America is the continent we are on.
@Jerry Friday The continent we are on is North America. The country is America because we are The United States of America.
@@thespiritof76. Planet is Earth...
@@carlsaganlives5112 Galaxy is Milky Way.
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Canada is a!so in North America but they are canadians
Technicall Americans too, along with our hombres to the south, all the way to Tierra del Fuego.